03-12-2009, 10:24 PM
<b>Obama official not a target in FBI raid: spokesperson</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->WASHINGTON (Reuters) â The FBI raided the former office of Obama administration official Vivek Kundra in a corruption probe on Thursday but Kundra is not a target of the investigation, a spokeswoman for Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty said.
The FBI was searching the offices of the District of Columbia's chief technology officer, a position formerly held by Kundra, as it investigates employees for corruption there, spokeswoman Mafara Hobson said.
President Barack Obama named Kundra, 34, to be the federal government's chief information officer last week, responsible for overseeing the government's computer systems.
Yusuf Acar, who works in the District's technology office, and another man, <b>Sushil Bansal</b>, were arrested as part of the investigation, FBI spokeswoman Lindsay Godwin said, adding that the charges remain under seal
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<b>2 arrested in FBI raid at Obama appointee's office</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sushil Bansal, President and CEO of Advanced Integrated Technologies Corporation (AITC) was also arrested, sources tell WTOP.
In 2008, Bansal's firm received .Net Development Support and Peoplesoft Consulting Support contracts from the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Office totaling $350,000.
AITC has also received contracts from the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles. In 2008, Bansal received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the Association of Indians in America, according to AITC's Web site.
Government records show Bansal is not a U.S. citizen and <b>holds an H-1B visa</b>, which is given to foreign workers in specialty occupations.
Last week, D.C. Chief Technology Officer Vivek Kundra resigned from his post to take a job in the Obama administration as the federal government's chief information officer.
<b>AITC has been working with the D.C. government since 2004. Once Kundra took over as D.C. Chief Technology Officer in March 2007, AITC's contracts doubled to more than $5 million in 2008.</b>
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The FBI was searching the offices of the District of Columbia's chief technology officer, a position formerly held by Kundra, as it investigates employees for corruption there, spokeswoman Mafara Hobson said.
President Barack Obama named Kundra, 34, to be the federal government's chief information officer last week, responsible for overseeing the government's computer systems.
Yusuf Acar, who works in the District's technology office, and another man, <b>Sushil Bansal</b>, were arrested as part of the investigation, FBI spokeswoman Lindsay Godwin said, adding that the charges remain under seal
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<b>2 arrested in FBI raid at Obama appointee's office</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sushil Bansal, President and CEO of Advanced Integrated Technologies Corporation (AITC) was also arrested, sources tell WTOP.
In 2008, Bansal's firm received .Net Development Support and Peoplesoft Consulting Support contracts from the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Office totaling $350,000.
AITC has also received contracts from the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles. In 2008, Bansal received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the Association of Indians in America, according to AITC's Web site.
Government records show Bansal is not a U.S. citizen and <b>holds an H-1B visa</b>, which is given to foreign workers in specialty occupations.
Last week, D.C. Chief Technology Officer Vivek Kundra resigned from his post to take a job in the Obama administration as the federal government's chief information officer.
<b>AITC has been working with the D.C. government since 2004. Once Kundra took over as D.C. Chief Technology Officer in March 2007, AITC's contracts doubled to more than $5 million in 2008.</b>
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