Industry News Desk
US CIO Reinstated After FBI Raid
US CIO Vivek Kundra not implicated by recent FBI raid
Mar. 28, 2009 11:57 PM
America's first federal CIO, Obama appointee Vivek Kundra, was briefly put on leave right after the FBI raided his old offices and arrested two ex-Kundra staffers, charging one of them, Washington. DC's information system security officer no less, with bribery, money laundering, wire fraud and conflict of interest for ripping off taxpayers by inflating invoices and forging timecards for non-existent employees. Kundra, the cloud fancying former CTO of the District of Columbia, was only in his new job a week before the G-men descended. He hasn't been implicated but the situation at least raises questions as to his oversight. The investigation continues; other arrests are expected.
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