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This article is about an American company. For the counternarcotics initiative, see Central Asia Counternarcotics Initiative. For the think tank, see Central Asia-Caucasus Institute.
CACI International Inc
Public
Traded as
Industry Information technology
Founded July 1962; 55 years ago (1962-07) (Santa Monica, California)
Founders
  • Herb Karr
  • Harry Markowitz
Headquarters Arlington, Virginia, United States
Key people
  • J.P. (Jack) London (Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board)
  • Kenneth Asbury (President and CEO)
Revenue Increase US$3.7 billion (2016)[2]
Increase US$264.8 million (2016)[2]
Increase US$142.8 million (2016)[2]
Number of employees
 ~19,000[1]
Website www.caci.com

CACI International Inc, is an American multinational professional services and information technology company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States. CACI provides services to many branches of the federal government including defense, homeland security, intelligence, and healthcare.

CACI has approximately 19,000 employees worldwide.[1]

CACI is a member of the Fortune 1000 Largest Companies, the Russell 2000 index, and the S&P SmallCap 600 Index.[1]

History[edit]

CACI was founded by Herb Karr and Harry Markowitz, who left RAND Corporation in 1962 to commercialize the SIMSCRIPT simulation programming language.[3] The company went public in 1968.[1] "CACI," which was originally an acronym for "California Analysis Center, Incorporated,"[4] 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. In 1975 CACI Limited was founded in the UK.

Acquisitions[edit]

CACI grows largely through acquisitions of other IT companies.
  • 2003: Premier Technology Group, Inc.[5]
  • 2004: MTL Systems, Inc.[6]
  • 2004: CMS Information Services, Inc.[7]
  • 2004: American Management Systems, Inc. (Defense and Intelligence Group)[8]
  • 2005: National Security Research, Inc.[9]
  • 2006: Information Systems Support, Inc.[10]
  • 2006: AlphaInsight Corp.[11]
  • 2007: Institute for Quality Management, Inc.[12]
  • 2007: The Wexford Group International[13]
  • 2007: Athena Innovative Solutions, Inc.[14]
  • 2007: Areté Software Ltd (CACI Ltd.) [15]
  • 2007: Dragon Development Corporation[16]
  • 2008: SoftSmart Ltd (CACI Ltd.)[15]
  • 2009: EzGov Europe (CACI Ltd.)[17]
  • 2009: Monitor Media (CACI Ltd.)[18]
  • 2010: SystemWare, Inc.[19]
  • 2010: TechniGraphics, Inc.[20]
  • 2010: Applied Systems Research, Inc.[20]
  • 2011: Pangia Technologies, LLC[21]
  • 2011: Paradigm Holdings, Inc.[22]
  • 2011: Advanced Programs Group, LLC[23]
  • 2012: Delta Solutions and Technologies, Inc.
  • 2012: Tomorrow Communications.[24]
  • 2012: Emergint Technologies, Inc.[25]
  • 2013: IDL Solutions, Inc.[26]
  • 2013: Six3 Systems, Inc.[27]
  • 2016: L-3 National Security Solutions, Inc. (L-3 NSS) [28]
  • 2016: Purple Secure Systems (CACI Ltd.) [29]

Controversies[edit]

Abu Ghraib[edit]

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. The plaintiffs, former prisoners, allege that the companies directed and participated in torture, war crimes, crimes against humanity, sexual assault, as well as cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment at Abu Ghraib prison. The U.S. Government had hired CACI and Titan to provide interrogation and translation services at military prisons in Iraq.[30]

CACI employees Joe Ryan and Steven Stephanowicz were investigated in the Taguba inquiry. The Department of the Army found that "contractors were involved in 36 percent of the [Abu Ghraib] proven incidents" and identified 6 employees as "individually culpable", although none have faced prosecution, unlike Department of Defense servicemen.[31]

According to an early Army report, a CACI interrogator "[m]ade a false statement to the investigation team regarding the locations of his interrogations, the activities during his interrogations, and his knowledge of abuses". Further, investigators found the CACI interrogator encouraged Military Policemen to terrorize inmates, and "clearly knew his instructions equated to physical abuse".[32]

CACI said only "a small portion" of its employees in Iraq worked as interrogators and none had been criminally indicted "for any misconduct in connection with this work".[33]

Radio show comments result in a lawsuit[edit]

On August 26, 2005, Randi Rhodes, a host for the Air America talk radio program, claimed that employees of CACI International had raped and murdered Iraqi civilians at the Abu Ghraib prison. CACI sued Air America and its parent company, Piquant LLC, for allegedly making "false and defamatory" charges. CACI sought $1M in compensatory damages and $10M in punitive damages. The claim was dismissed by a US District Court judge on September 21, 2006.[34] CACI pursued an appeal, having received permission to do so from a bankruptcy court (which lifted the automatic stay that resulted when Air America filed for bankruptcy protection).[35]

May 2008 lawsuit[edit]

In May 2008, four former Abu Ghraib prison inmates, who were all released without charge, brought separate lawsuits in four US courts against CACI and L-3 Communications as well as against three civilians. One of these former inmates, Emad al-Janabi, sued L-3 and CACI for allowing their employees to abuse him physically and mentally at the prison.[36] In a statement released on their website CACI has stated that these lawsuits are "baseless" and they "reject emphatically this latest plaintiff's allegations and claims" calling on "numerous and thorough government investigations" in these allegations.[37]

On March 19, 2009, US District Judge Gerald Bruce rejected claims by CACI that it could not be sued because its interrogators were performing duties prescribed by the contract with the US government. CACI responded that it vowed to "pursue all of its legal alternatives to defend itself and vindicate the company's good name" and that "From day one, CACI has rejected the outrageous allegations against the company in this lawsuit and continues to do so."[38]

On September 11, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that CACI did in fact fall under US military chain of command and thus had government contractor immunity.[39] In October 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court considered hearing an appeal and requested the views of the U.S. Solicitor General on the case.[40][41] In the meantime, CACI and L-3 continued to argue in federal appellate court for civil immunity, as clients of the federal government in national defense.[42]

In June 2013, the suit was dismissed by a federal judge due to lack of jurisdiction. Plaintiffs vowed to appeal the verdict, which was described as "troubling" by Noah Feldman, a professor at Harvard Law School.

August 2013 counter-suit[edit]

In August 2013, CACI sued the former Abu Ghraib prison inmates for legal expenses related to the dismissed suit. Maxwell O. Chibundu, a law professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, expressed his surprise at the decision to sue the inmates.

June 2014 Appeal[edit]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit found that the lower court had erred in the June 2013 dismissal, as it lacked jurisdiction to hear the case because the alleged incidents occurred overseas.[43] The case will be returned to the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, who had originally dismissed it in June 2013.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ a b c http://investor.shareholder.com/caci/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=984745"
  3. ^ "SIMSCRIPT.com". SIMSCRIPT.com. 
  4. ^ "FAQ". www.caci.com. CACI. Retrieved 2 December 2014. 
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  6. ^ "CACI – News Release: 1/21/2004". CACI. Retrieved December 2, 2012. 
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  9. ^ "CACI – News Release: 10/17/2005". CACI. Retrieved December 2, 2012. 
  10. ^ "CACI – News Release: 3/1/2006". CACI. Retrieved December 2, 2012. 
  11. ^ Clabaugh, Jeff (May 1, 2006). "CACI closes AlphaInsight buyout". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved December 2, 2012. 
  12. ^ "CACI – News Release 5/31/07". CACI. Retrieved December 2, 2012. 
  13. ^ "CACI – News Release 6/29/07". CACI. Retrieved December 2, 2012. 
  14. ^ "CACI – News Release 10/31/07". CACI. Retrieved December 2, 2012. 
  15. ^ a b "CACI – CACI acquire Social Software Ltd". CACI. Retrieved December 2, 2012. 
  16. ^ David Hubler (November 2, 2007). "CACI wraps up purchase of Dragon Development". Washington Technology. Retrieved December 2, 2012. 
  17. ^ "CACI – UK Border Agency goes online". CACI. Retrieved December 2, 2012. 
  18. ^ "Monitor Media". Monitor Media. Retrieved September 17, 2014. 
  19. ^ "CACI – News Release 2/1/10". CACI. Retrieved December 2, 2012. 
  20. ^ a b David Hubler (November 2, 2010). "CACI wraps up its 2 newest acquisitions". Washington Technology. Retrieved December 2, 2012. 
  21. ^ "CACI Completes Acquisition of Pangia Technologies, LLC". www.businesswire.com. Business Wire. 
  22. ^ "CACI Completes Acquisition of Paradigm Holdings, Inc.". www.caci.com. CACI. Retrieved 2 December 2014. 
  23. ^ "CACI Completes Acquisition of Advanced Programs Group, LLC". www.caci.com. CACI. Retrieved 2 December 2014. 
  24. ^ "caci-limited-acquire-tomorrow-communications". Pitmans. Retrieved 2 May 2016. 
  25. ^ "CACI Completes Acquisition Of Emergint Technologies – Quick Facts". NASDAQ. Retrieved December 2, 2012. 
  26. ^ "CACI Completes Acquisition of Delta Solutions". www.businesswire.com. Business Wire. Retrieved 2 December 2014. 
  27. ^ CACI to focus on integrating Six3 acquisition for now: CEO. Reuters (October 30, 2013). Retrieved on December 12, 2013.
  28. ^ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/caci-announces-intent-acquire-l-130000043.html
  29. ^ http://www.caci.co.uk/news/press-release/caci-acquires-purple-secure-systems
  30. ^ Business & Human Rights : Abu Ghraib lawsuits against CACI, Titan (now L-3). Business-humanrights.org. Retrieved on December 12, 2013.
  31. ^ P. W. Singer (March/April 2005) "Outsourcing War". Foreign Affairs. Council on Foreign Relations. New York City, NY
  32. ^ Chatterjee, Pratap; A.C. Thompson (May 7, 2004). "Private Contractors and Torture at Abu Ghraib, Iraq". CorpWatch. 
  33. ^ "CACI in Iraq – Frequently Asked Questions". 
  34. ^ "Court papers: The USA District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Alexandria division" (PDF). 
  35. ^ "Court Allows Lawsuit Against Air America". newsmax.com. Newsmax Media. January 5, 2007. 
  36. ^ BBC: Abu Ghraib inmates sue US firms. BBC News (July 1, 2008). Retrieved on December 12, 2013.
  37. ^ CACI Web site: Statement Regarding Baseless CCR Lawsuit 5/7/08. Caci.com (December 4, 1999). Retrieved on December 12, 2013.
  38. ^ The Washington Post, "CACI Criticizes Judge's Decision", March 24, 2009, p. D3.
  39. ^ Mike Musgrove (September 12, 2009). "Court Rejects Suit Against CACI Over Abu Ghraib Torture". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 1, 2011. 
  40. ^ Greg Stohr (October 4, 2010). "Abu Ghraib Contractor Suit Draws U.S. Supreme Court Interest". Businessweek. Retrieved March 1, 2011. 
  41. ^ "Supreme Court Rejects Hundreds of Appeals". CBS News. October 4, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2011. 
  42. ^ Larry O'Dell (October 26, 2010). "Abu Ghraib contractors seek civil immunity". MSNBC. Retrieved March 1, 2011. 
  43. ^ Ho, Catherine (30 June 2014). "Abu Ghraib suit against contractor CACI is reinstated". Washington Post. Retrieved 17 December 2014. 
  44. ^ Stephanie Kanowitz (June 22, 2011) CACI ranked No. 14 on the Washington Technology Top 100 – Washington Technology. Washingtontechnology.com. Retrieved on December 12, 2013.
  45. ^ "CACI Profile". Retrieved 24 February 2014. 

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