Matt Bracken
Managing Editor at FedScoop
Managing Editor at CyberScoop
Managing editor of @CyberScoopNews & @FedScoop. Previously seen @MorningConsult, @baltimoresun & @TucsonStar. Michigan Man. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
fedscoop.com | Matt Bracken |Sophia Fox-Sowell
The Trump administration has decided to terminate the IRS’s Direct File program, according to a source familiar with the situation, putting an end to the free electronic filing system that congressional Republicans and the tax preparation industry have had in their crosshairs since its creation. Work on Direct File began during Joe Biden’s presidency, bringing together some of the administration’s top technical and product minds and tapping into funds from the Inflation Reduction Act.
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2 weeks ago |
fedscoop.com | Matt Bracken
The Internal Revenue Service’s acting commissioner is set to leave the tax agency, according to a source familiar with the situation, a move that comes after the Treasury Department signed an agreement to share taxpayers’ information with the Department of Homeland Security. Melanie Krause, who joined the IRS in October 2021 as the agency’s chief data and analytics officer, is taking the federal government’s deferred resignation offer and was not pushed to resign, according to the source.
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2 weeks ago |
cyberscoop.com | Matt Bracken
A federal study into the national security risks posed by routers, modems and similar devices controlled by U.S. adversaries moved one step closer to law Tuesday by advancing out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security (ROUTERS) Act from Reps.
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2 weeks ago |
fedscoop.com | Matt Bracken
A bipartisan bill placing the Commerce Department at the center of the country’s embrace of blockchain technology advanced out of a key House panel Tuesday, putting it on deck for consideration before the full chamber. The Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2025 from Florida Reps.
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2 weeks ago |
fedscoop.com | Matt Bracken
From an outsider’s perspective, the Internal Revenue Service’s business modernization program has had a seemingly Sisyphean quality to it since its late 1990s launch, drawing criticism from lawmakers and government watchdogs for cost overruns, delays and continued reliance on obsolete legacy tech.
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