Posted on 03/12/2009 8:58:08 AM PDT by FoxInSocks
WASHINGTON - Two officials in the D.C.'s Office of the Chief Technology Officer have been arrested in a federal bribery sting, sources tell WTOP.
D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer employees Sushil Bansal and 40-year-old Yusuf Acar have been arrested, sources tell WTOP.
Acar was taken into custody Thursday morning by FBI agents at his home in Northwest D.C.
The FBI is now serving a search warrant at the office of D.C.'s Chief Technology Officer, WTOP has learned.
"We are there as part of a continuing ongoing criminal investigation," FBI Washington Field Office spokesperson Katherine Schweit tells WTOP.
Schweit would not comment on the details of the investigation.
More than a dozen FBI agents - including evidence technicians - at the office, located at 1 Judiciary Square on 4th Street in Northwest, WTOP's Mark Segraves reports.
Most of the employees have been told to go home. Other employees have been segregated into a waiting room.
Segraves reports the FBI's search has expanded from 9th floor offices to 10th floor offices.
A spokesman for D.C.'s U.S. Attorney tells WTOP he cannot discuss the investigation, as it is currently sealed.
On March 5, President Barack Obama named D.C. Chief Technology Officer Vivek Kundra as the federal government's chief information officer.
Kundra's last day was March 4.
Kundra, who was in charge of technology in the District since 2007, has been a consultant to Obama since he won the election.
Kundra Named Federal Chief Information Officer
At the beginning of February, D.C.'s Chief Technology Officer, Vivek Kundra, was reportedly the choice of the Obama administration as the new Office of Management and Budget administrator for e-government and information technology. But this morning he's been bumped up, with an announcement from President Obama that Kundra will become the nation's first Federal Chief Information Officer."Vivek Kundra will bring a depth of experience in the technology arena and a commitment to lowering the cost of government operations to this position," Obama said in a statement. "I have directed him to work to ensure that we are using the spirit of American innovation and the power of technology to improve performance and lower the cost of government operations. As Chief Information Officer, he will play a key role in making sure our government is running in the most secure, open, and efficient way possible."
Kundra was previously rumored to be on the shortlist for Federal Chief Technology Officer. The Post is quoting sources saying that Obama plans to appoint a chief technology officer who will work closely with Kundra. Both newly created positions will operate out of the White House.
Nope. One simply has to read his profile.
I’ll take the zero. Thanks for adding the information.
I’m following the WTOP reporter on Twitter.
1 CTO employee arrested. 1 private contractor. He got $350k worth of contracts last year.
Sushil Bansal says the gadgets help him in juggling his work and family time
Sushil Bansal, a father of two, runs a company in Washington, DC. Thanks to technology, he can take care of much of his business while spending time with his daughters Antara and Saranga.
Why stop there?
The news reports don't say. This story appears to still be breaking, so there aren't a lot of details available yet.
So, uh... what kinda names are those?
Kenyan? From Chicago?
Nope, no pattern here folks, move along....
Honestly, Obama's administration is even more blatantly corrupt than Bill Clinton's.
IMPEACH OBAMA!
Acar is an information security officer who was also, according to online requests for proposals, responsible for contracting. Bansal is listed on the city’s procurement website as the CEO of the Advanced Integrated Technologies Corporation, which was awarded two technology contracts last year worth a total of $350,000.
“We know the FBI is over there but that’s all we know,” said a staffer in the D.C. CTO’s office, Mario Field, who was working from a separate location. Another source familiar with the raid said the FBI had sent all staffers other than senior executives home for the day. WTOP reported that agents are searching the 9th and 10th floors of the building.
A White House spokesman had no immediate comment.
http://www.cbs12.com/articles/office_4715648___article.html/officer_fbi.html
We’ll probably never know. An obama appointee GETS ARRESTED and the MSM doesn’t say a word. Or - maybe I’m just missing it.
Sure seems like the timing was convenient, like he got the heads up or something.
Thanks for pointing out there's another thread on this subject. It's very frustrating to have more than one thread going on a breaking news story. Because different FReepers post different (or the same) bits of info on the multiple threads, it's hard to follow the updates.
I've come to FR for my news updates daily for over 10 years, but there used to be more self-discipline excercised by posters to make sure they search for a story before starting a new thread. These days, multiple threads only serve to fragment a story and the associated FReeper comments, making FR less reliable as a news discussion forum.
This is not a complaint, but more of a lament, since I have no clue what could be done to improve the situation.
While Kundra headed that office?
That's a pretty lame complaint when we're hearing news about this still breaking story from multiple MSM outlets, mostly local in the DC metro area, but MSM nonetheless.
That's because all the "Real reporters" are tied up reporting on the personal life of an 18 year old girl from Alaska because that is "real News".
My my, what a Kunundrum!
No surprise,
By the way what nationality is Yusuf Acar???
Yusuf Acar (District of Columbia Government, US)
Yusuf Acar is currently employed as the Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) at Government of the District of Columbia. He is licensed as a Professional Engineer (PE) and many of industry’s top certifications including Cisco’s CCNA, CCIE (350-020 writing), Cisco DWDM, Cisco ONS15454 and MCSE. Yusuf Acar previously worked as Sr.Optical (SONET) Engineer at Lightwave Communications, GTSI, and NewCall and is currently enrolled in the Master of Information Systems program at Bowie State University.
This is a paper he wrote: http://www.first.org/conference/2006/papers/iheagwara-charles-papers.pdf
These are the slides: http://www.first.org/conference/2006/papers/iheagwara-charles-slides.pdf
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