Computer Sciences Corporation

Computer Sciences Corporation

Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: CSC S&P 500 Component
Industry	IT services, IT consulting
Founded	April 1959
Founder	Roy Nutt Fletcher R. Jones
Headquarters	Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	John Michael Lawrie, (President and CEO)
Services	IT, business consulting and outsourcing services
Revenue	US$ 12.17 billion (2015)
Operating income	US$ -128 million (2015)
Net income	US$ -8 million (2015)
Total assets	US$ 10.20 billion (2015)
Total equity	US$ 2.92 billion (2015)
Number of employees	70,000 (Q2, 2015)
Subsidiaries	CSC India, Computer Sciences Raytheon
Website	www.csc.com

CSC's branch office in El Segundo, California, USA

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is an American multinational corporation that provides information technology (IT) services and professional services. 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.

In September 2009, when Xerox acquired Affiliated Computer Services, CSC became the only remaining major "hardware vendor independent" IT Service provider with headquarters and major operations in the US.

CSC has been a Fortune 500 Company since 1995, ranked 185 in the 2014 rankings. The company also figures in the Forbes Global 2000 list.

History

CSC was founded in April 1959 in Los Angeles by Roy Nutt and Fletcher Jones. CSC initially provided programming tools such as compiler and assembling software.

In the 60s CSC provided software writing services to major computer manufacturers like IBM and Honeywell and secured their first contracts for the US public sector with NASA among others).

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. 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 70s and 80s CSC expanded globally winning large contract for the Finance and Defense industry 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 to Annandale, Virginia. CSC has been a Fortune 500 Company since 1995, coming in at 162 in the 2012 rankings.

In May 2015, CSC announced plans to split the public sector business from its commercial and international business. On August 31, it was announced that CSC Government Services would merge with SRA International to form a new company as of the end of November 2015. In December 2015, business technology and services provider, Xchanging, agreed to be purchased by CSC.

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. Geographically, CSC has major operations throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

The company operates in three broad service lines or sectors:

• North American Public Sector (NPS): CSC is one of the major IT service provider for the U.S. federal government (since 1961). CSC provides services to the United States Department of Defense, law enforcement and intelligence agencies (FBI CIA, Homeland Security), aeronatics and aerospace agencies (NASA). In 2012 US Federal contracts did account for 36% of CSC total revenue.
• Managed Services
• Business Solutions and Services

The company has made several acquisitions, including DynCorp in 2003 and Covansys Corporation in 2007.

Awards/ Recognition

• Ranked 8th in Software Magazine’s Software 500 ranking of the world’s largest software and service providers.

Criticism

• In June 2013, Margaret Hodge, chair of the Public Accounts Committee, a Select Committee of the British House of Commons, described CSC as a "rotten company providing a hopeless system", with reference to their multibillion-pound contract to deliver the National Programme for IT Lorenzo contract.
• 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.
• In February 2011, the 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.
• 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.
• The company has engaged in a high number of activities, that have resulted in legal action against it. These are:
  1. Millions of visas allowing foreigners to enter Britain are being issued by them rather than British Diplomats.
  2. As 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.

See also

• VP/MS (Visual Product Modeling System), a modeling language and product lifecycle management tool by CSC
• Team CSC professional cycling team, 2001–2008
• Top 100 US Federal Contractors

External links

• Official website
• Computer Sciences Corporation SEC　Filings