Tony Rome
03-13-2009, 05:16 PM
The U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, appointed by President Obama last week, has been placed on leave, following an FBI raid yesterday at the District of Columbia’s IT offices. (Techmeme)
Kundra, who was previously the District’s Chief Technology Officer and worked in the offices, has not been linked to the raid, which stemmed from a bribery investigation involving employees and technology vendors.
Kundra, who was delivering a speech at a government technology conference during the raid, will be on leave until further details of the case become known, a White House source told the Associated Press. Washington’s WTOP, a local news outlet, has a lot of the juicy details involving the sting operation.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the Department of Justice told the White House on Thursday morning about the raid, according to the WTOP report, but wouldn’t say whether the White House knew of the investigation before then.
Tony
Kundra, who was previously the District’s Chief Technology Officer and worked in the offices, has not been linked to the raid, which stemmed from a bribery investigation involving employees and technology vendors.
Kundra, who was delivering a speech at a government technology conference during the raid, will be on leave until further details of the case become known, a White House source told the Associated Press. Washington’s WTOP, a local news outlet, has a lot of the juicy details involving the sting operation.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the Department of Justice told the White House on Thursday morning about the raid, according to the WTOP report, but wouldn’t say whether the White House knew of the investigation before then.
Tony