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Special Report: Is US Chief Information Officer (CIO) Vivek Kundra a Phony?
Raging Debate ^ | 8-12-09 | John C. Dvorak

Posted on 08/12/2009 2:04:08 PM PDT by iThinkBig

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I helped the White House administrator RC Kovosos plug some WH security holes after 911 as a concerned citizen. Does that make me qualified now to become the CIO of the United States? I don't think so but somehow this guy who's notable achievement is generating $67k as small business is. The article references the SAIC, a private firm who's primary customer is the US government. The SAIC is a global data collector. I am familiar with there operations. They know what color your socks you wore this morning. This is a bad sign that the CIO is involved with the SAIC. Obama spying on citizens and all that...
1 posted on 08/12/2009 2:04:09 PM PDT by iThinkBig
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I know this is different but I remember when Bob Knight wanted to expose athletic recruiting services and he created a fake player named Ivan Renko. He started talking about the GREAT Ivan Renko who he had seen while playing during a fishing trip to Russia. Sure enough Ivan Renko started appearing on all of the top 100 high school player lists. Of course, there was no Ivan Renko. Knight made it all up and the media believed it hook, line, and sinker.


2 posted on 08/12/2009 2:08:27 PM PDT by cdga5for4
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To: iThinkBig

What is the past association between Obama and Kundra?


3 posted on 08/12/2009 2:08:49 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Democrat - The Party of Obama, Suzanne Kosmas, slavery and Jim Crow laws)
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Be careful, you are likely to be smeared with the “racist” brush by the WH. Surely you know that all of Asian Indian extraction are, by birth, naturally talented in all matters High-Tech and should not be questioned by mere WASPs.


4 posted on 08/12/2009 2:09:38 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: iThinkBig

Well...I can tell you for sure he’s a crony......


5 posted on 08/12/2009 2:09:44 PM PDT by rightwingextremist1776
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To: iThinkBig
The last record for the company (online) showed sales of $67,000 with one employee – apparently Kundra, the CEO.

That's one single 6-month contract at $75/hour, which is a reasonable but not overly excessive 1099 contract rate in DC Metro for a decent IT worker with a Masters degree.

6 posted on 08/12/2009 2:17:01 PM PDT by angkor (The U.S. Congress is at war with America.)
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I believe University of Maryland University College is the ‘distance learning’ program of University of Maryland. If academic pecking order matters to you, it’s probably not quite as prestigious as a degree earned from an on-campus program at the College Park campus.


7 posted on 08/12/2009 2:17:30 PM PDT by CaptainMorgantown
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BWAHAHAHAHAHA

I have my Bachelors in Computer Information Systems
I have my MBA in Technology Management
I have my CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) from ISC2
I have my CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor)
I have managed all aspects of IT for a company with 6+ million dollars in revenue for 14 years.

I would not have considered myself qualified to be Bush's CIO.

What a bunch of cronies!

8 posted on 08/12/2009 2:18:37 PM PDT by Syntyr (If its too loud your too old...)
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Holy $hit. It seems there’s no limit to the underhanded crap the 0bama team is shoving down our throats.


9 posted on 08/12/2009 2:20:03 PM PDT by Rider on the Rain
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Hey, hey! He stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.

(Which makes him much more qualified than any of the remaining Obamaloon cabinet members.)


10 posted on 08/12/2009 2:21:17 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: iThinkBig
Here's his Wiki Bio that includes a picture.
11 posted on 08/12/2009 2:21:59 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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Can I get a job at the WH as CIO Chief?

I can type with both hands.


12 posted on 08/12/2009 2:28:13 PM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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Mongo need job. Mongo pound keyboard

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13 posted on 08/12/2009 2:34:09 PM PDT by Syntyr (If its too loud your too old...)
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Help me with my memory on this:

Was this the former D.C. CTO?

Wasn't there a slight problem in that office RIGHT at the MOMENT that Kundra went to 1600?

Yes and yes.

FBI Raids Washington D.C. CTO Office of Vivek Kundra, Obama's New CIO

14 posted on 08/12/2009 2:34:17 PM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: iThinkBig; cdga5for4; VeniVidiVici; T-Bird45; rightwingextremist1776; angkor; CaptainMorgantown; ...

This got a lot of play here in D.C. with that local scandal connection.

I’ll bet those of you in IT are all too familiar with the “Indian Mafia” phenomenon.

Oh dear, I had better report to my local re-education center now.


15 posted on 08/12/2009 2:40:59 PM PDT by sinanju
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Oh my God almost pissed myself laughing. NICE


16 posted on 08/12/2009 2:49:55 PM PDT by iThinkBig
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Why not? Everyone else in the obama adminisration is, why not one more.

The silver lining to this cloud is that when obama care passes, the old godgers that voted him in power can vote from the cemetaty.


17 posted on 08/12/2009 2:54:17 PM PDT by sport
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18 posted on 08/12/2009 3:10:31 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: iThinkBig

Sure, he sounds like a slick, Obamaesque weasel and over-promoter. But that he worked for a time as, presumably, an independent consultant and called himself CEO of his consulting firm isn’t proof of anything good or bad.

And, he’s work as a chief technology officer in governments before. That’s actually a better credential for a similar position at the federal level than is somebody who’s a wiz at writing code or who built some sort of successful software company.


19 posted on 08/12/2009 3:16:19 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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*whiz* or *wizard*


20 posted on 08/12/2009 3:17:31 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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