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Good morning, Washington. The big local story this morning is still the FBI raid of the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer and the arrests of Yusuf Acar and Sushil Bansal. The Post has a B1 story laying out the FBI’s case against Acar and his alleged accomplices, which involves a complicated embezzlement and bribery scheme that was only discovered after another D.C. government employee who was recruited to participate went to the FBI last summer. The District government was reportedly unaware of the FBI investigation until yesterday.

The total amount alleged to have been stolen by Acar and other suspects (it does appear there were several other employees in the OCTO who were involved) isn’t yet known, but a shell company owned by Acar appears to have taken in about $2.2 million in revenue through phony D.C. government contracts. City Desk also has a good summary of the affidavit.

In a potential further blow to the Obama administration vetting process, the White House has confirmed that Vivek Kundra has taken a leave of absence from his brand new position as federal chief information officer.

Briefly Noted: Dog shot by police remains in hospital … Man struck, killed on shoulder of Beltway … Montgomery Co. Executive to try to cut hundreds of jobs … Three bomb threats called to Montgomery Co. Schools.

This Day in DCist: Today is the one year anniversary of the large Mt. Pleasant apartment building fire.