Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is an American multinational corporation that provides information technology (IT) services and professional services.[2] Its headquarters are located in Falls Church, Virginia. CSC has 74,000 employees in over 70 countries. Its clients include commercial enterprises and the U.S. federal government, as well as state, local and non-U.S. government agencies.[3]
In the 1960s, CSC provided software writing services to major computer manufacturers like IBM and Honeywell and secured their first contracts for the U.S. public sector with NASA (among others).[9]
By 1963, CSC became the largest software company in the United States and the first software company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange.[10] By the end of 1968, CSC was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and had operations in Canada, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Brazil, and the Netherlands.
In the 1970s and 1980s, CSC expanded globally winning large contracts for the finance and defense industries and through acquisitions in Europe and Australia.
Since its beginnings in 1959, company headquarters had been in California. On March 29, 2008, the corporate headquarters of the company were relocated from El Segundo, California, to Annandale, Virginia.[11][12]
CSC has been a Fortune 500 Company since 1995,[13] coming in at 162 in the 2012 rankings.[14]
In May 2015, CSC announced plans to split the public sector business from its commercial and international business.[15] On August 31, 2015, it was announced that CSC Government Services would merge with SRA International to form a new company as of the end of November 2015.[16] In December 2015, business technology and services provider, Xchanging, agreed to be purchased by CSC.[17]
Business
CSC employs about 70,000 employees (as of March 24, 2015) in 70 countries and ranks among the leading IT service providers in the world.[18][19][20] Geographically, CSC has major operations throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.[3]
The company operates in three broad service lines or sectors:[3]
North American Public Sector (NPS): Since 1961, CSC has been one of the major IT service providers for the U.S. federal government. CSC provides services to the United States Department of Defense,[21] law enforcement and intelligence agencies (FBI,[22]CIA, Homeland Security[21]), aeronatics and aerospace agencies (NASA). In 2012, U.S. federal contracts accounted for 36% of CSC total revenue.[23]
In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized CSC for spending $4.39 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008–2010, instead getting $305 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $1.67 billion.[29]
In February 2011, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched a fraud investigation into CSC’s accounting practices in Denmark and Australian business. CSC's CFO Mike Mancuso confirmed that accounting errors and intentional misconduct by certain personnel in Australia prompted SEC regulators to turn their gaze to Australia. Mancuso also stated that the alleged misconduct includes $19 million in both intentional accounting irregularities and unintentional accounting errors.[30]
The company has been accused of breaching human rights by arranging several illegal rendition flights for the CIA between 2003 and 2006, which also has led to criticism of shareholders of the company, including the governments of Norway and Britain.[31][32]
The company has engaged in a high number of activities that have resulted in legal action against it. These are:
Millions of visas allowing foreigners to enter Britain are being issued by CSC rather than by British diplomats.[33]
CSC was one of the contractors hired by the Internal Revenue Service to modernize its tax-filing system. They told the IRS it would meet a January 2006 deadline, but failed to do so, leaving the IRS with no system capable of detecting fraud. Its failure to meet the delivery deadline for developing an automated refund fraud detection system cost the IRS between $200 million and $300 million.[34]
US$ 12.17 billion (2015)[2]
