Matt Bracken
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Managing editor of @FedScoop & @CyberScoopNews. Previously seen @MorningConsult, @baltimoresun & @TucsonStar. Michigan Man. Signal: MattBracken.33
Washington, DC
Joined May 2009
.@fedscoop reporters @rebheilweil and @madialder were out front on this, reporting last week that GSA was testing Grok for possible governmentwide use.
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A GSA spokesperson told FedScoop the agency welcomes all American companies who “abide by our terms and conditions."
Announcing Grok for Government - a suite of products that make our frontier models available to United States Government customers. We are especially excited about two new partnerships for our US Government partners . 1) a new contract from the US Department of Defense.2) our.
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RT @mirandanazzaro: Hi again! I'm joining the team at @fedscoop, where I will cover the role of technology in the federal government. New….
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RT @fedscoop: Congrats to FedScoop journalists @madialder, @BillyMitchell89 and @MattBracken for winning a National Bronze Award from the @….
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RT @rebheilweil: SCOOP: DOGE has arrived at OBIM, the office that handles the Department of Homeland Security's biometrics program. https:….
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Sources say the Elon Musk-led group is considering a system that agency leaders had hoped would replace its current biometrics database.
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RT @fedscoop: Congrats to FedScoop managing editor @MattBracken for winning gold at the Mid-Atlantic @ASBPE awards in the Innovation Artic….
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RT @fedscoop: Breaking: IRS cuts about 50 IT staffers, sources say.via @MattBracken @CarolineNihill.
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The Trump administration has already hit the tax agency with thousands of firings.
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RT @fedscoop: • @CarolineNihill: carolinerosenihill.11 .• @madialder: madialder.01 .• @rebheilweil: rebheilweil.59 .• @MattBracken: MattBra….
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RT @fedscoop: Trump likely to scale back AI policy with repeal of Biden order, @madialder reports.
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The incoming Trump administration is expected to rescind Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence. A slimmer policy could take its place.
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A @HUDgov-funded project will bring a mobile 3D printer to Nome, AK to build an affordable housing unit. I wrote about how the researchers, designers and engineers involved hope the project can be a first step to solving rural Alaska's housing crisis.
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RT @CyberScoopNews: Gov. @Tim_Walz, @KamalaHarris’ VP pick, has a notable record on cyber. @timstarks digs into that record: .
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The Democrat signed a cyber executive order for Minnesota, a data privacy law and more.
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RT @timstarks: Big story we just published on the Biden cyber legacy over the four years to which he was elected, with interviews largely c….
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Over the course of his term, Joe Biden has presided over an ambitious agenda on regulation and more, to both praise and criticism.
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RT @timstarks: This one's been in the works for a bit. "Sanctioned and exposed, Predator spyware maker group has gone awfully quiet." https….
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Sanctions, newspaper investigations and reports exposing the Intellexa alliance’s infrastructure all might have led to its diminished state.
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RT @fedscoop: AI will complement @StateDept's diplomatic mission, @SecBlinken says. via @MattBracken.
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The Secretary of State and other agency officials say the technology has massively improved efficiency and enabled more face-to-face diplomacy.
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RT @CyberScoopNews: Picketed at work, confronted at church: Election workers tell @DerekDoesTech why they have left the job. .
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Election workers facing unprecedented harassment are retiring in huge numbers, posing a threat to the U.S. voting system.
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RT @fedscoop: Exclusive: Financial regulators have "insufficiently" addressed hedge funds’ use of AI, new report from @HSGAC says. https://….
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SEC and CFTC oversight of how investment vehicles use AI to inform trading decisions is lacking and poses risks to market stability, a report from the majority staff of the Senate Homeland Security...
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RT @fedscoop: AI fuels rise in attacks from "unsophisticated threat actors," cyber leaders from the @USTreasury, @StateDept and @FBI say. h….
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Officials from Treasury, State and the FBI say information-sharing is increasingly important as AI enables so-so hackers to level up.
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RT @madialder: The Biden admin's plan to bolster the federal workforce with more than 500 AI professionals by the end of FY25 could face a….
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The pool of potential AI workers could pose a challenge to the administration’s efforts to build a diverse workforce to responsibly manage artificial intelligence.
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RT @fedscoop: How often do law enforcement agencies use high-risk AI? Presidential advisers want answers. @MattBracken explains: https://t.….
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A national AI advisory group will recommend this week that law enforcement agencies be required to create and publish annual summary usage reports for facial recognition and other AI tools of that...
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