CACI

CACI International Inc. (originally California Analysis Center, Inc., then Consolidated Analysis Center, Inc.) is an American multinational professional services and information technology company<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> headquartered in Northern Virginia.<ref name="HQ75">Template:Cite web</ref> CACI provides services to many branches of the US federal government including defense,<ref>1988 magazine quote: "today used principally by the U. S. military."</ref><ref name="PC1988">Template:Cite magazine</ref> homeland security, intelligence,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and healthcare.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

CACI has approximately 23,000 employees worldwide.<ref name="Profile" />

CACI is a member of the Fortune 1000 Largest Companies,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the Russell 2000 index,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the S&P MidCap 400 Index.<ref name="Profile" /> Template:TOC limit

History

20th century

CACI was founded by Herb Karr and Harry Markowitz, who left RAND Corporation in 1962 to commercialize the SIMSCRIPT simulation programming language.<ref>"..a simulation language that he created years ago ... Markowitz has ..."</ref><ref name=PC1988/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The company went public in 1968.<ref name="Profile" /> "CACI", which was originally an acronym for "California Analysis Center, Incorporated",<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> was changed to stand for "Consolidated Analysis Center, Incorporated" in 1967. In 1973, the acronym alone was adopted as the firm's official name; reflecting the name customers had grown familiar with.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Their CACI Limited (UK) subsidiary was founded in 1975.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

21st century

In February 2020, CACI announced the hiring of former White House staffer Daniel Walsh as corporate strategic adviser and senior vice president.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In April 2022, CACI announced that it had been awarded the Gold Edison Award, for its critical data dark web analysis intelligence platform DarkBlue.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Acquisitions

CACI's growth has been predominantly via acquisitions of other IT companies.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Internal growth

CACI's SIMSCRIPT software product line added object-oriented capability,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and added a new government contracting area: Space.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Controversies

Abu Ghraib

On June 9, 2004, a group of 256 Iraqis sued CACI International and Titan Corporation (now L-3 Services, part of L-3 Communications) in U.S. federal court regarding CACI's alleged involvement in the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. Details are still, in 2019, under review by authorities,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and also as of 2023, where a judge refused CACI's 18th dismissal request.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

A 2017 story in The Washington Post reported that "a group of former Iraqi detainees got to make the case before a judge ... that they were tortured and that the contractor CACI International is partly to blame."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

As of April 2024, an Alexandria, Virginia federal civil jury was deliberating whether to hold CACI liable for its employees' torture of three Iraqi citizens at Abu Ghraib.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In November 2024, a jury awarded a total of US$42 million to the plaintiffs.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Competitors

Depending on the focus (USA, International), competitors to CACI include Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, Capgemini, Infosys, Leidos, and Science Applications International Corporation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• Top 100 US Federal Contractors
• Espionage
• Counterespionage

External links

• CACI Corporate Official web site