Federal CIO Kundra Takes Leave of Absence After Woes

CWmike writes "The fallout from Thursday's arrests of a District of Columbia IT security official and contractor quickly raised questions about the fate of Vivek Kundra, the new federal CIO who until recently ran the office now mired in bribery allegations. Appointed by President Barack Obama as CIO less than two weeks ago, Kundra was CTO for the District of Columbia. But yesterday, Kundra's former office in a downtown government building was a crime scene. A White House official, speaking on background, confirmed today that Kundra took a leave of absence from his new CIO job shortly after federal investigators arrested two men in the DC government office on bribery charges. The official would not elaborate on the reasons for the leave; there were no indications yesterday that Kundra was involved in any wrongdoing. Kundra's decision could slow his plan to create a 'revolution' in the federal government's use of technology."

Comments

Change you can believe in

[Anonymous Coward]

Is this Change or Hope ?

Re:Change you can believe in

[iminplaya]

...remember who are responsible for putting him in power.

Sarah Palin?

Catching all the crooks

[Anonymous Coward]

Looks like Obama's plan for catching all the crooks is by appointing them to political office and let the approval process catch them.

Confused

[bonch]

I'm confused. I thought the government under Obama was going to be made of rainbows and kittens glued together with hope. Are you telling me Obama's administration is as corrupt as any other but also has a one-party supermajority Congress and a cheerleading media backing it? Sweet...what a change!

Re:Confused

[IonOtter]

Are you telling me Obama's administration is as corrupt as any other...

Not quite?

If it were, we wouldn't be finding out about this corruption until two years into their term, just like any other democrat. (Republicans don't get exposed until after they leave office, or piss off too many constituents.)

So yes, this IS a very big change from the way things used to be.

Re:Confused

[Late Adopter]

Taxes are like an MMORPG: sure you can solo, but it's better if you play with someone who know's what he's doing. Then if you understand the rules well enough you can win some rewards, though they're paid in in-game money and never seem like a drop in the bucket compared to your subscription fees.

And the rules are always changing, supposedly to "balance" the classes, but it just makes the game harder for everyone. And then every 4-8 years there's an expansion pack that inevitably nerfs one of the classes, usually the ones being bitched about the most on the forums (though the ones the devs play always seem to come out all right).

Anyway, I recommend it, it's the only game in town!

Re:Oh well

[von_rick]

Deadly thing a bribe is, and burned will you be by it. Your cabinet position you will lose and charged for corruption you shall be. Your ally is the force, but abusing it will make the dark side grow stronger. Consume you, it will.

Re:Picked the Wrong Name for the Job

[von_rick]

A KDE app?

Re:Oh well

[value_added]

I don't know whether you're overly fond of imperative constructs, you've been parsing the "will's" and "shalt's" of too many RFCs lately, reading Scripture has taken its toll, or you're just a Star Wars fan, but whatever the reason, hopefully, stop it you will.