Managing Editor

Matt Bracken

Scoop News Group

Matt Bracken is the managing editor of FedScoop and CyberScoop, overseeing coverage of federal government technology policy and cybersecurity.

Before joining Scoop News Group in 2023, Matt was a senior editor at Morning Consult, leading data-driven coverage of tech, finance, health and energy. He previously worked in various editorial roles at The Baltimore Sun and the Arizona Daily Star.

You can reach him at matt.bracken@scoopnewsgroup.com.

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Bipartisan Senate bill calls for stronger Secret Service financial cybercrime probes

Cybercrime

Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., listens during a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Hart Senate Office Building on Feb. 29, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Bipartisan Senate bill would promote cybersecurity apprenticeship programs

Workforce

The original stock picture (left) and an AI fake (right) used by a North Korean threat actor who posed as a U.S.-based software engineer and was hired by the cyber firm KnowBe4. (Photo credit: KnowBe4)

Cyber firm KnowBe4 hired a fake IT worker from North Korea

Threats

The US Treasury Department building is seen in Washington, DC, January 19, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Treasury group unveils guidance for financial sector on cloud adoption

Cybersecurity

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on March 25, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Astrid Riecken/Getty Images)

Bipartisan Senate bill takes aim at ‘overly burdensome’ cybersecurity regs

Policy

Department of Homeland Security CIO and CAIO Eric Hysen testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee on June 26, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

DHS aims to boost cyber ranks by streamlining clearance approvals

Workforce

Federal CISO Chris DeRusha speaks at CyberTalks on Nov. 16, 2023. (Scoop News Group photo)

Former deputy national cyber director DeRusha lands at Google Cloud

Workforce

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, speaks about the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 31, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Critical infrastructure operators’ resilience would get federal assessment under new bill

Cybersecurity

Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, speaks at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on July 13, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Community colleges, HBCUs get cyber talent boost under bipartisan House bill

Workforce