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."

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Re:Picked the Wrong Name for the Job

[jcr]

Don't forget:

5) Waste the Secretary of State job as a consolation prize to mollify some lying, race-baiting, sniveling loser's fan clup instead of appointing a career diplomat who can actually gain the respect of foreign leaders.

I will give credit where credit is due, though. At least Obama postponed a Hillary Clinton administration for a minimum of four years, and he may have prevented it altogether.

-jcr