FBI Raids CTO Office, Kundra Speaks
FBI agents raided the former District of Columbia government office of President Barack Obama's federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra Thursday and arrested two individuals as part of a federal investigation, FBI Washington Field Office spokeswoman Katherine Schweit said. Yusaf Acar, an information systems security officer, and Sushil Bansal, the founder of a local IT consulting firm that was awarded city contracts, were expected to be arraigned as early as this afternoon, but no other details were available at press time for CongressDaily's PM Edition.
Before being named to the OMB post last week, Kundra served as the city's chief technology officer under Mayor Adrian Fenty. As the raid was taking place, Kundra was at the Washington Convention Center speaking to the FOSE government IT conference. During his keynote, he discussed the challenges of changing federal agencies through technology. "It's not easy but it's not impossible," he told the crowd. "We can be leaders when it comes to innovation especially in these tough economic times." Part of his plan to engage the public is hosting weekend forums where he will "invite anyone who has ideas to share."
Watch C-SPAN video of Kundra's speech here and read more about Kundra's ambitious agenda from a recent teleconference with reporters here.
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