# Vivek Kundra **Domain:** Public-sector technology administration **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Vivek Kundra** was appointed United States Federal Chief Information Officer on March 5, 2009. His remit included federal information-technology investment, enterprise architecture, interoperability, information sharing, information security, and privacy. ## Significance The appointment marks institutional centralization of federal IT administration. The record does not support attributing the later federal payment-tokenization program to this appointment; that chronology begins with BuySecure in 2014 and explicit 2015 commitments. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [President Obama names Vivek Kundra Federal CIO, White House archive](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-names-vivek-kundra-federal-chief-information-officer) ## Routes [[wiki/Federal CIO|Federal CIO]] · [[wiki/60-Day Cyberspace Policy Review|60-Day Cyberspace Policy Review]] · [[wiki/BuySecure Initiative|BuySecure Initiative]] · [[wiki/Payment Tokenization|Payment Tokenization]]