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{{short description|American management and consulting IT firm}}
'''Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.''' ('''Booz Allen''') is an American [[consulting firm]] headquartered in [[Tysons Corner, Virginia|Tysons Corner]], Fairfax County, [[Virginia]], with 80 other offices throughout the [[United States]]. It is recognized as one of the most prestigious technology consulting firms in the world<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa/rankings/individual?rankingId1=143&rankingId2=143&rankings=1&regionId=0&rankingYear=2012 |title=Tech Consulting Firm Rankings 2012: Vault IT Consulting 25 |publisher=Vault.com |April 30, 2012}}</ref> and one of the best consulting firms to work for by Consulting Magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consultingmag.com/article/ART852138?C=RooxwkyeqLSv769 |title=The 2011 Best Firms to Work For |publisher=consultingmag.com |date= August 22, 2011 }}</ref> Founded in 1914 by Edwin G. Booz, the company is one of the oldest management consulting firms in the world.
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{{Infobox company
| name = Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation
| logo = Booz Allen Hamilton logo.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{NYSE|BAH}} |[[Russell 1000]] component}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1914|6|18}}
| founder = {{ubl|[[Edwin G. Booz]] |[[James L. Allen]] |[[Carl L. Hamilton]]}}
| location_city = [[McLean, Virginia]]
| location_country = U.S.
| key_people = [[Horacio D. Rozanski]] (President & CEO)<br>[[John Michael McConnell]] (Vice Chairman)
| industry = {{Unbulleted list|[[Management consulting]]|[[Technology consulting]]}}
| services = Management and Technology Consulting
| revenue = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{US$|10.7 billion|link=yes}} (2024)}}
| operating_income = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{US$|1.01 billion}} (2024)}}
| net_income = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{US$|606 million}} (2024)}}
| assets = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{US$|6.56 billion}} (2024)}}
| equity = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{US$|1.05 billion}} (2024)}}
| num_employees = 34,200
| num_employees_year = 2024
| homepage = {{URL|boozallen.com}}
| footnotes = <ref name="financials">{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1443646/000144364624000075/bah-20240331.htm |title=U.S. SEC: Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation Form 10-K |date=24 May 2024 |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]}}</ref><ref name="10-Q">{{cite news |title=Booz Allen (BAH) Form 10-Q |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001443646/000144364622000013/bah-20211231.htm |date=28 January 2022 |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]}}</ref><ref name="Federal contractors">{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtontechnology.com/top-100/2007/13.html |title=Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors: 2007. 13: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. |access-date=2007-11-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626033016/http://www.washingtontechnology.com/top-100/2007/13.html |archive-date=2007-06-26}}</ref>
}}


'''Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation''' (informally '''Booz Allen''')<ref>{{cite web|title=Booz Allen Hamilton website: About Booz Allen|url=http://www.boozallen.com/about|publisher=Booz Allen Hamilton|access-date=June 25, 2013}}</ref> is the parent of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., an American government and military contractor, specializing in intelligence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/06/15/booz-allen-under-doj-investigation-for-cost.html|title=Booz Allen under DOJ investigation for government overhead charges|last=Bach|first=James|date=15 June 2017|work=[[Wash. Bus. J.|Washington Business Journal]]|access-date=17 June 2017}}</ref> It is headquartered in [[Tysons Corner, Virginia|McLean, Virginia]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boozallen.com/tools/utility-navigation-pages/office-locations.html|title=Office Locations|website=www.boozallen.com|access-date=2017-06-01}}</ref> in [[Washington metropolitan area|Greater Washington, D.C.]], with 80 other offices around the globe. The company's stated core business is to provide consulting, analysis and engineering services to public and private sector organizations and nonprofits.<ref name="The Washington Post">{{cite news |last1=Heath |first1=Thomas |title=Booz Allen returning to its roots, with a twist|url= http://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-washington-post-sunday/20150712/282870844494417|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=12 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boozallen.com/expertise.html|title=Core Expertise|website=www.boozallen.com|access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref>
Booz Allen Hamilton is engaged in providing management and technology consulting services to the United States government and commercial services. Booz Allen’s services include strategic planning, human capital and learning, communications, operational improvement, [[information technology]] work, [[systems engineering]], organizational change efforts, [[Computer simulation|modeling and simulation]], [[program management]], assurance and resilience, and economic business analysis.
 
==History==
[[File:Fry_Booz_Hamilton_Allen.tif|thumb|Founding partners from left to right: George Fry, Edwin Booz, Carl Hamilton, and James Allen]]
 
===Beginnings===
The company that was to become Booz Allen was founded in 1914, in [[Evanston, Illinois]], when [[Northwestern University]] graduate [[Edwin G. Booz]] founded the ''Business Research Service.'' The service was based on Booz's theory that companies would be more successful if they could call on someone outside their own organizations for expert, impartial advice.<ref name="bah-hist">[http://www.boozallen.com/about/history Booz Allen History]. Boozallen.com. Retrieved on June 25, 2013.</ref> Booz's service attracted a number of clients, such as [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company]], Chicago's [[Union Stock Yards|Union Stockyards and Transit Company]], and the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/booz-allen-hamilton-inc-history/|title=History of Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc. – FundingUniverse|website=www.fundinguniverse.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref>
 
During the following three decades, the company went through a number of name changes and business models, eventually settling on Booz, Fry, [[James L. Allen|Allen]] & [[Carl L. Hamilton|Hamilton]], named after their partnership in 1936. Before George A. Fry's departure in 1942, the company's name was changed again to Booz Allen Hamilton.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=McKenna, Christopher D|title=The world's newest profession: Management consulting in the twentieth century|journal=Cambridge University Press}}</ref>
 
=== Post-World War II era ===
In general, the post-World War II era saw a shift in the company's client pool, with many contracts coming from governmental institutions and different branches of the [[United States Armed Forces|Armed Forces]].<ref name=":0" />
 
Edwin G. Booz died in 1951. The company received its first international contract two years later, in 1953, to help reorganize land-ownership records for the newly established [[Philippines]] government.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/spiesforhiresecr00shor|url-access=registration|title=Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing|last=Shorrock|first=Tim|date=2008-05-06|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781416553519|pages=[https://archive.org/details/spiesforhiresecr00shor/page/41 41]|language=en}}</ref>
 
The partnership was dissolved in 1962 and the company was registered as a private corporation. In 1998, Booz Allen Hamilton developed a strategy for the IRS to reshuffle its 100,000 employees into units focused on particular taxpayer categories.<ref name="irs">[https://web.archive.org/web/20021216222829/http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2002/1125/190.html Booz Allen's Sweet Spot], November 24, 2002</ref>
 
=== 21st century ===
[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] named it "the world's most profitable spy organization".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-06-20/booz-allen-the-worlds-most-profitable-spy-organization|title=Booz Allen, the World's Most Profitable Spy Organization|last=Bennett|first=Drake|date=21 June 2013|work=Bloomberg|access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref> According to an [[InformationWeek|Information Week]] piece from 2002, Booz Allen had "more than one thousand former intelligence officers on its staff".<ref name=":1" /> According to its own website, the company employs more than 10,000 personnel who have cleared [[TS/SCI]] background checks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.salon.com/2007/01/08/mcconnell_5/|title=The spy who came in from the boardroom|date=2007-01-08|work=Salon|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
In 2008, the commercial arm of Booz Allen split off to form Booz & Company. In 2013, Booz & Company was acquired by [[PwC]] and renamed as [[Strategy&]]. Since then, Booz Allen has re-entered commercial markets. In 2010, Booz Allen went public with an initial public offering of 14,000,000 shares at $17 per share.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/17/AR2010111706935.html|title=Booz Allen Hamilton stock makes strong debut in IPO|last1=Censer|first1=Marjorie|date=17 November 2010|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/company/booz-allen-hamilton-holding-corp-786199-64523|title=Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp (BAH) IPO|work=Nasdaq}}</ref> In 2012, Booz Allen purchased the Defense Systems Engineering & Support division of ARINC, adding approximately 1,000 new employees to its roster.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Censer |first1=Marjorie |title= Booz Allen Hamilton to buy defense systems unit of Arinc|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/booz-allen-hamilton-to-buy-defense-systems-unit-of-arinc/2012/10/19/85e316d8-14af-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_story.html|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=21 October 2012}}</ref> In 2014, Booz Allen acquired Epidemico.<ref name="The Washington Post" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Chesto|first1=Jon|title=Consultancy Booz Allen plans Boston expansion into big data|url=http://www.betaboston.com/news/2015/12/08/consultancy-booz-allen-plans-boston-expansion-into-big-data/|work=The Boston Globe|date=1 January 2015|access-date=16 September 2018|archive-date=6 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806224854/http://www.betaboston.com/news/2015/12/08/consultancy-booz-allen-plans-boston-expansion-into-big-data/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2015, Booz Allen acquired the software development division of the Charleston, S.C. technology firm SPARC.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Thad |title=Booz Allen Hamilton plans to hire 90 in Charleston after opening new office, buying SPARC in 2015|url= https://www.crda.org/news/local_news/booz-allen-hamilton-plans-hire-90-charleston-opening-new-office-buying-sparc-2015/#|work= The Post and Courier|date=11 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bach |first1=James |title=Why the Carlyle Group's vanishing stake in Booz Allen will be good for the contractor|url= https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2016/06/23/why-the-carlyle-groups-vanishing-stake-in-booz.html|work= Washington Business Journal|date=23 June 2016}}</ref> In 2017, Booz Allen acquired eGov Holdings.<ref>{{cite web |last1=United States Securities and Exchange Commission |title=Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2018 Commission File No. 001-34972 Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation |url=https://markets.on.nytimes.com/research/stocks/fundamentals/drawFiling.asp?docKey=137-000144364618000162-4OA91PA0EESDD9EU32I53VOKES&docFormat=HTM&formType=10-Q |date=25 July 2018|website=markets.on.nytimes.com |page=15}}</ref> In 2018, the SEC awarded both Booz Allen and [[Attain (consulting firm)|Attain]] a $2.5 billion contract to modernize how the SEC purchases IT services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.consulting.us/news/667/sec-awards-25-billion-one-oit-contract-to-attain-and-two-other-consultancies|title=SEC awards $2.5 billion One OIT contract to Attain and two other consultancies|website=www.consulting.us|date=31 July 2018|language=en|access-date=2019-06-20}}</ref>
 
In February 2020, the company became the SEC's major provider of cybersecurity services by securing a 10-year contract worth $113 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.consulting.us/news/3811/booz-allen-wins-113-million-cybersecurity-contract-from-sec|title=Booz Allen wins $113 million cybersecurity contract from SEC|date=2020-02-24|website=www.consulting.us|language=en|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref> The company was awarded $4.4 billion in U.S. Federal obligations in [[fiscal year]] 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NextStage {{!}} Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.|url=https://nextstage.ai/research/vendor/BOOZ%20ALLEN%20HAMILTON%20INC.|access-date=2020-11-17|website=nextstage.ai}}</ref>
 
Booz Allen Hamilton has faced criticism and coverage for its close ties with leaders of both major American political parties and their donations to them, as well as its longtime alliances with the militaries and surveillance entities of nations abroad.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sirota |first=David |date=2013-06-19 |title=How cash secretly rules surveillance policy |url=https://www.salon.com/2013/06/18/how_cash_secretly_rules_surveillance_policy/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Salon |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sanger |first1=David E. |last2=Perlroth |first2=Nicole |date=2013-06-15 |title=After Profits, Defense Contractor Faces the Pitfalls of Cybersecurity |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/us/after-profits-defense-contractor-faces-the-pitfalls-of-cybersecurity.html |access-date=2022-06-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
 
== Corporate affairs ==
{{Expand section|date=April 2022}}[[File:Booz Allen office in downtown Washington, D.C.jpg|thumb|Booz Allen office, Washington, D.C.]]
 
=== Organizational structure ===
In June 2012, Booz Allen expanded its operations in North Africa and the Middle East, with initial plans to add operations in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates. It planned to later add operations to Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, during a time when those countries, as stated by Jill R. Aitoro of the ''Washington Business Journal'', were "recover[ing] from the turmoil associated with the [[Arab Spring]]".<ref name="Aitoro">Aitoro, Jill R. "[http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/print-edition/2012/06/08/booz-allen-hamilton-expands-overseas.html?page=all Booz Allen Hamilton expands overseas footprint]". ''[[American City Business Journals|Washington Business Journal]]''. June 8, 2012. Retrieved on July 27, 2013.</ref> The Booz Allen employee base, when it was a part of Booz & Company, had long-term relationships with many North African and Middle Eastern countries; Booz Allen had split from Booz & Company.<ref name="Aitoro" />
 
=== Notable personnel and associates (past and present) ===
'''Business'''
* [[Robert Bakish]]: President and CEO of [[Paramount Global]]
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* [[Christopher Bland|Sir (Francis) Christopher Buchan Bland]]: Chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and former chairman of [[BT Group|British Telecommunications PLC]]<ref name="bt-rsc">{{cite web |title=Sir Christopher Bland: Chairman |url=http://www.btplc.com/Thegroup/Theboard/ChristopherBland/SirChristopherBland.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070112123631/http://www.btplc.com/Thegroup/Theboard/ChristopherBland/SirChristopherBland.htm |archive-date=2007-01-12 |access-date=2008-01-12}}. btplc.com.</ref><ref name="sec">[http://pdf.accountancyage.com/aa_fe_060105.pdf?id=1471 SEC and BT] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051215081035/http://pdf.accountancyage.com/aa_fe_060105.pdf?id=1471|date=2005-12-15}}, AccountancyAge Publication, January 6, 2005.</ref><ref name="bland-photo">[http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp71601 Pictures], National Portrait Gallery, retrieved January 12, 2008.</ref>
* [[Arthur D. Collins, Jr.|Art Collins]]: Chairman and CEO, [[Medtronic]], Inc.<ref name="medtronic">{{cite web |title=Collins To Serve On New Department Of Commerce Advisory Panel On Measuring Innovation |url=http://wwwp.medtronic.com/Newsroom/NewsReleaseDetails.do?itemId=1165443329517&lang=en_US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223224049/http://wwwp.medtronic.com/Newsroom/NewsReleaseDetails.do?itemId=1165443329517&lang=en_US |archive-date=2007-02-23 |access-date=2008-01-07}}, Medtronic Media Release, December 6, 2006.</ref>
* [[Joel Kurtzman]]: Founding editor, ''Korn Ferry's Briefings on Talent & Leadership'', Senior Fellow, Wharton School, Senior Fellow, Milken Institute
* [[Raymond J. Lane]]: General partner at [[Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers]]; chairman of the board of trustees at [[Carnegie Mellon University]], former president and chief operating officer of Oracle Corporation<ref name="MetaMatrix">{{Dead link|date=September 2022}} [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200303/ai_mark02052264 Ray Lane, Former Oracle Executive, Joins MetaMatrix Board of Directors], BNET Research Center, March 2003.</ref><ref name="WVBus">{{cite web |title=Four leaders named to West Virginia Business Hall of Fame |url=http://www.nis.wvu.edu/2003_Releases/business_hall.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040330143104/http://www.nis.wvu.edu/2003_Releases/business_hall.htm |archive-date=2004-03-30 |access-date=2008-01-04}}, West Virginia University, August 20, 2003.</ref><ref name="Asera">[http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/514541 Ray Lane Joins Asera Board of Directors], Internet News, November 17, 2000.</ref> and chairman of [[Hewlett-Packard]]<ref>Poletti, Therese, [http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ray-lanes-power-move-at-h-p-2011-09-27?link=home_carousel "Ray Lane’s power move at H-P"], ''MarketWatch'', Sep 27, 2011, 12:00 a.m. EDT. Retrieved September 27, 2011.</ref><ref>Swisher, Kara, [http://allthingsd.com/20110922/whitman-talks-to-atd-about-new-job-at-hp-this-is-an-icon/ "Whitman Talks to ATD About New Job at HP: 'This Is an Icon'"], ''[[All Things Digital|All Things D]]'', September 22, 2011 at 2:21 pm PDT. [[Meg Whitman]], new HP CEO, and Lane both interviewed. Retrieved September 27, 2011.</ref>
* [[Gretchen W. McClain]] - President and CEO of [[Xylem Inc.]], former NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Development
* [[Christopher North (businessman)|Christopher North]], CEO of [[Shutterfly]]
* [[Torsten Oltmanns]]: currently Global Marketing Director at [[Roland Berger Strategy Consultants]] and Assistant Prof. at [[University of Innsbruck]]<ref name="CV of Torsten Oltmanns">[http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/centres/reputation/visitingfellows/Pages/TorstenOltmanns.aspx Torsten Oltmanns] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927162548/http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/centres/reputation/visitingfellows/Pages/TorstenOltmanns.aspx|date=September 27, 2011}}, Said Business School sbs.ox.ac.uk, retrieved October 27, 2010.</ref><ref name="Press Release about the hiring of Oltmanns">[http://www.presseportal.de/pm/44015/434294/booz_company Torsten Oltmanns verstärkt bei Booz Allen Hamilton das Beratungssegment ‚Public Sector'], presseportal.de (April 1, 2003).</ref>
* [[Todd Park]]: Co-founder and chief development officer of [[Athenahealth|Athena Health]] and second Chief Technology Officer of the United States<ref name="AthenaHealth">[http://investors.athenahealth.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=281978 Todd Park to Focus On Strategy as Chief Athenista; Elected to Board of Directors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012110053/http://investors.athenahealth.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=281978|date=2008-10-12}}, COMTEX News Network, December 14, 2007.</ref><ref name="athenastory">[http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/96/health-care.html The Bush Health-Care Solution: No, not Dubya's. The ][[George W. Bush|president's]] first cousin Jonathan is an entrepreneur whose company, athenahealth, is trying to free doctors from the nightmare of insurance paperwork so they can get back to practicing medicine., FastCompany.Com, July 2005.</ref>
* [[Mark DeSantis (businessman)|Mark DeSantis]]: Chief executive officer of ANGLE Technology Consulting and Management and former CEO and president of Formation3 LLC<ref name="angle">[http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/bio%5Cfaculty/markd2.html Mark F. DeSantis, CEO: ANGLE Technology Consulting and Management: US email: mark.desantis@angletec.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611023611/http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/bio/faculty/markd2.html|date=June 11, 2007}}, Carnegie Mellon Heinz School News Release, retrieved January 4, 2008.</ref><ref name="formation3">[http://www.formation3.com/biography.htm Biography of Dr. Mark DeSantis, President] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618023637/http://www.formation3.com/biography.htm|date=June 18, 2006}}, Formation3 News Release, retrieved January 4, 2008.</ref>
*[[Deven Sharma]]: President, Standard & Poor's and VP for global strategy at McGraw-Hill<ref name="s&p">[http://www2.standardandpoors.com/portal/site/sp/en/us/page.managementbios/mngmnt_bios/4,3,3,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.html standardandpoors.com], S&P Management Bio, retrieved January 6, 2008.</ref><ref name="mcgraw-hill">{{cite web |title=McGraw Hill Executive Bio |url=http://mcgraw-hill.com/aboutus/profiles_sharma.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051029151257/http://mcgraw-hill.com/aboutus/profiles_sharma.shtml |archive-date=2005-10-29 |access-date=2013-06-25}}. mcgraw-hill.com.</ref>
*[[Indra Nooyi]]: Former Chairman and CEO of [[PepsiCo]]
'''Government'''
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* [[Wendy Alexander]]: [[Scottish Labour Party|Labour Party Leader]] and [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]] (MSP)<ref name="parliament">[http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/wendy_alexander/index.htm Ms. Wendy Alexander MSP], The Scottish Parliament Member Pages, retrieved January 11, 2008.</ref><ref name="bbc-wendy">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6921903.stm Second chance for Alexander], BBC Scotland News, August 15, 2007.</ref>
* [[Thad Allen]]: former Coast Guard Admiral Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
* [[Miles Copeland Jr.]]: a prominent U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative who was one of the founding members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) under [[William J. Donovan|William Donovan]].
* [[Karol J. Bobko]]: Retired United States Air Force officer and a former USAF and NASA astronaut<ref name="bobko">[http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bobko-kj.html Biographical Data], Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, retrieved on January 13, 2008.</ref>
* Patrick Gorman: former CIO, US Intelligence Community and Global CISO for Bank of America
*[[Ian Brzezinski]]: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Policy from 2001 to 2005
*Alexander Lewis: Chief Explosive Consultant to [[Special Activities Center]], former [[United States Navy SWCC]], awarded the bronze star with valor for efforts while serving in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan<ref name="amprog">McDonough, Denis; Rudman, Mara and Rundlet, Peter (June 2006){{cite web |title=No Mere Oversight |url=http://www.americanprogress.org/kf/nomereoversight.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006010305/http://www.americanprogress.org/kf/nomereoversight.pdf |archive-date=2006-10-06 |access-date=2008-01-19}}, Center for American Progress.</ref>
*[[James R. Clapper]]: Director of National Intelligence, formally Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, director of the [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]], director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and lieutenant general in the US Air Force<ref name="amprog" />
* [[Keith R. Hall]]: Director, National Reconnaissance Office (1997–2001); formerly Executive Director for Intelligence Community Affairs<ref name="amprog" />
* [[Steve Isakowitz]]: Department of Energy Chief Financial Officer. Former Deputy Associate Administrator, NASA, 2002–2005<ref name="energybiz">[http://energycentral.fileburst.com/EnergyBizOnline/2007-3-may-jun/Legal_Rocket.pdf It Takes a Rocket Scientist—Managing Department of Energy (DOE) Finances] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709022112/http://energycentral.fileburst.com/EnergyBizOnline/2007-3-may-jun/Legal_Rocket.pdf|date=2007-07-09}}, fileburst.com (June 2007).</ref><ref name="cfoenergy">[http://bulk.resource.org/gpo.gov/hearings/110h/36045.pdf HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON THE NOMINATION OF STEVEN J. ISAKOWITZ TO BE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528102831/http://bulk.resource.org/gpo.gov/hearings/110h/36045.pdf|date=2008-05-28}}, March 20, 2007.</ref><ref name="spaceref">[http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=15836 NASA Names Steve Isakowitz as New Exploration Systems Directorate Deputy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128015526/http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=15836 |date=2020-11-28 }}, NASA, January 6, 2005.</ref><ref name="spacenews">Berger, Brian (April 4, 2005){{cite web |title=Profile: Steve Isakowitz—The View From the Inside |url=http://www.space.com/spacenews/archive05/Isakowitz_040405.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804181937/http://www.space.com/spacenews/archive05/Isakowitz_040405.html |archive-date=2008-08-04 |access-date=2007-12-02 |website=[[Space.com]]}} Space News.</ref>
* [[William B. Lenoir]]: Former NASA astronaut
*[[John M. McConnell]]: Director of National Intelligence (2007–2009); formerly director of the National Security Agency (1992–1996); retired in 1996 as vice admiral, United States Navy<ref name="whmcc">[https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/02/20070220.html President Bush attends swearing-in of Mike McConnell as Director of National Intelligence], georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov (February 20, 2007).</ref>
* [[Todd Park]], former Chief Technology Officer of the United States (2012-2014) and former CTO of the Department of Health and Human Services
* [[Zoran Jolevski]]: Minister of Defense of North Macedonia
* [[Thomas S. Moorman Jr.]]: Commander, Air Force Space Command (1990–1992); Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force (1994–1997)
* [[Andrew Turnbull, Baron Turnbull|Andrew Turnbull]]: Member, House of Lords (upper Parliament), United Kingdom (2005–); Head of British Civil Service (2002–2005)
* [[Melissa Hathaway]]: Director, National Cyber Security Initiative
* [[Frederick F. Woerner, Jr.|General Frederick Frank Woerner, Jr.]]: Retired United States Army general and former commander of United States Southern Command
* [[R. James Woolsey, Jr.]]: Director of Central Intelligence (1993–1995)
* [[Caryn Wagner]]: former Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis
* [[Dov Zakheim]]: Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) (2001–2004)
* [[Edward Snowden]]: Employee and American [[whistleblower]] who copied and leaked classified information from the [[National Security Agency]] (NSA) in 2013 that demonstrated that the NSA was illegally spying on millions of American citizens without their knowledge<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Reuters |date=2020-09-03 |title=NSA surveillance exposed by Snowden was illegal, court rules seven years on |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/03/edward-snowden-nsa-surveillance-guardian-court-rules |access-date=2023-09-18 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
'''Other fields'''
* [[Joseph Garber]]: Author
* [[Olivia Goldsmith]]: Author of ''The First Wives Club''<ref>{{cite web |date=January 17, 2004 |title=Olivia Goldsmith, 54, novelist; wrote 'The First Wives Club' |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/01/17/olivia_goldsmith_54_novelist_wrote_the_first_wives_club/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917191751/http://articles.boston.com/2004-01-17/news/29197492_1_plastic-surgery-favor-of-younger-women-revenge-fantasy |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |access-date=April 11, 2015 |website=Boston.com |quote=While in the business world, Ms. Goldsmith became one of the first women to become a partner at the firm Booz Allen Hamilton.}}</ref>
* [[Martin Kihn]]: author, whose book was the basis of the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] show ''[[House of Lies]]'', based on his life while at Booz Allen Hamilton
* [[Harold T. Martin III]]: accused of stealing data from the NSA while working for Booz Allen Hamilton<ref>{{cite news |date=October 21, 2016 |title=Ex-NSA worker accused of stealing top secret information to remain in custody |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/21/former-nsa-worker-harold-martin-accused-stealing-secrets |access-date=October 22, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Graeme Maxton]]: Secretary General, The [[Club of Rome]]
*[[Daniel O'Keeffe (swimmer)|Daniel O'Keeffe]]: [[Guam]] swimmer in the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Summer Olympics.
*[[Bruce Pasternack]]: former president and CEO of [[Special Olympics]] International, former director of Energy Policy for the Federal Energy Administration, former board member [[BEA Systems]], on the board of trustees of [[Cooper Union]] and also a former board member for [[Codexis]], [[Quantum Corporation]] and [[Symyx Technologies]]. Author of books on strategy and business
*[[Mortimer Rogoff]]:  inventor and businessman<ref>{{cite magazine |date=January 1982|volume=AES-18|number=1|magazine= IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems|title=Pioneer Award|page=157|url= https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=4102631 | access-date = December 13, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Michael D. Smith (economist)|Michael D. Smith]]: professor of information technology and marketing at [[Carnegie Mellon University]]
 
==Research and publications==
Booz Allen has been credited with developing several business concepts. In 1957, Sam Johnson, great grandson of the [[S.C. Johnson & Son]] founder, and Booz Allen's Conrad Jones published ''How to Organize for New Products''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=S.C. |last2=Jones |first2=Conrad |date=1957 |title=How to Organize for New Products |pages=49–62 |work=Harvard Business Review 35, no.3}}</ref> which discussed theories on [[Product life-cycle management (marketing)|product life-cycle management]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dekkers |first1=Rob |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4D5sDwAAQBAJ&q=%22conrad+jones%22++%22+product+lifecycle%22&pg=PT87 |title=Innovation Management and New Product Development for Engineers, Volume I |date=31 August 2018 |isbn=9781946646859 |quote=Box 3.1 Origins of product life-cycle thinking; Figure 3.1. Product life-cycle depicted as sales}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Crawford |first1=C. Merle |date=1972 |title=Strategies for New Product Development: Guidelines for a critical company problem |url=https://docplayer.net/27514262-Strategies-for-new-product-development.html |work=Business Horizons Vol 15, issue 6 |pages=50–51}}</ref> In 1958, Gordon Pehrson, deputy director of U.S. Navy Special Projects Office, and Bill Pocock of Booz Allen Hamilton developed the [[Program evaluation and review technique|Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barnett |first1=William A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gROl0rn2WiIC&dq=bill+popock+pert&pg=PA69 |title=Getting it Wrong: How Faulty Monetary Statistics Undermine the Fed, the Financial System, and the Economy |date=2012 |publisher=The MIT Press |isbn=9780262516884 |page=69}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Kleiner |first1=Art |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UIlQAAAACAAJ |title=Booz Allen Hamilton: Helping Clients Envision the Future |date=2004 |publisher=Greenwich Publishing Group |isbn=0944641644 |page=36}}</ref> In 1982, Booz Allen's Keith Oliver coined the term "[[supply chain management]]".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Karaffa |first1=Ray |date=23 March 2012 |title=SCM30: What Can We Learn From Supply Chain Management Mistakes? |url=https://blog.kinaxis.com/2012/03/scm30-what-can-we-learn-from-supply-chain-management-mistakes/}}</ref> In 2013, Booz Allen's Mark Herman, Stephanie Rivera, Steven Mills, and Michael Kim published the Field Guide to Data Science.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Herman |first1=Mark |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258698880 |title=The Field Guide to Data Science |last2=Rivera |first2=Stephanie |last3=Mills |first3=Steven |last4=Kim |first4=Michael |date=November 2013 |publisher=Booz Allen Hamilton}}</ref> A second edition was published in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=David |date=6 December 2015 |title=Data Science Roundup #11: Data Ethics, the Field Guide to Data Science, and Solving the Data Scientist Shortage |url=https://blog.rjmetrics.com/2015/12/06/data-science-roundup-11-data-ethics-the-field-guide-to-data-science-and-solving-the-data-scientist-shortage/}}</ref> In 2017, Booz Allen's Josh Sullivan and Angela Zutavern published The Mathematical Corporation.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sullivan |first1=Josh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r_wWvgAACAAJ&q=9781610397889 |title=The Mathematical Corporation (Where Machine Intelligence and Human Ingenuity Achieve the Impossible) |last2=Zutavern |first2=Angela |date=6 June 2017 |publisher=PublicAffairs |isbn=9781610397889}}</ref>
 
== Controversies and leaks ==
===SWIFT===
In 2006, at the request of the [[Article 29 Working Party]] (an advisory group to the [[European Commission]]), the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] (ACLU) and [[Privacy International]] (PI) investigated the U.S. government's [[Terrorist Finance Tracking Program|SWIFT surveillance program]], and Booz Allen's role therein. The ACLU and PI filed a memo at the end of their investigation, which called into question the ethics and legality of a government contractor (in this case Booz Allen) acting as auditors of a government program, when that contractor is heavily involved with those same agencies on other contracts. The basic statement was that a conflict of interest may exist. Beyond that, the implication was also made that Booz Allen may be complicit in a program (electronic surveillance of SWIFT) that may be deemed illegal by the European Commission.<ref name="aclu">[https://www.aclu.org/safefree/spying/26808prs20060926.html Booz Allen's Extensive Ties to Government Raise More Questions About SWIFT Surveillance Program]. Aclu.org (September 26, 2006). Retrieved on June 25, 2013.</ref><ref name="pi">{{cite web|url=http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd%5B347%5D=x-347-543749 |title=Booz Allen Not An Independent Check On SWIFT Surveillance |access-date=2007-11-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104105930/http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd%5B347%5D=x-347-543749 |archive-date=2007-01-04 }}, A Memo by the American Civil Liberties Union and Privacy International For the Article 29 Working Party of the European Commission. privacyinternational.org (September 27, 2006).</ref>
 
===Homeland Security===
A June 28, 2007 article in ''The Washington Post'' related how a United States Department of Homeland Security contract with Booz Allen increased from $2 million to more than $70 million through two no-bid contracts, one occurring after the DHS's legal office had advised DHS not to continue the contract until after a review. A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the contract characterized it as not well-planned and lacking any measure for assuring valuable work to be completed.<ref name=oharrow/>
 
According to the article:
 
<blockquote>In a rush to meet congressional mandates to establish the information analysis and infrastructure protection offices, agency officials routinely waived rules designed to protect taxpayer money. As the project progressed, the department became so dependent on Booz Allen that it lost the flexibility for a time to seek out other contractors or hire federal employees who might do the job for less.<ref name=oharrow>{{cite news |last1=O'Harrow, Jr. |first1=Robert |title=Costs Skyrocket As DHS Runs Up No-Bid Contracts |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/27/AR2007062702988.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=28 June 2007}}</ref></blockquote>
 
[[Elaine Duke]], the department's chief procurement officer, acknowledged the problems with the Booz Allen contract, but said those matters have been resolved. She defended a decision to issue a second no-bid contract in 2005 as necessary to keep an essential intelligence operation running until a competition could be held.<ref name=oharrow/>
 
===2011 Anonymous hack===
On July 11, 2011<ref>{{cite news|last=Gerwirtz |first=David |title=Military Meltdown Monday: 90,000 military email profiles released by AntiSec |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/military-meltdown-monday-90000-military-email-profiles-released-by-antisec/10580 |access-date=12 July 2011 |newspaper=ZDNet |date=11 July 2011 |agency=CBS Interactive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715010614/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/military-meltdown-monday-90000-military-email-profiles-released-by-antisec/10580 |archive-date=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=compworld>{{cite news|last=Storm |first=Darlene |title=AntiSec hackers mangle & pwn defense contractor, leak Booz Allen Hamilton's data |url=http://blogs.computerworld.com/18607/antisec_hackers_mangle_pwn_defense_contractor_leak_booz_allen_hamiltons_data?source=rss_blogs |access-date=12 July 2011 |newspaper=Computerworld |date=11 July 2011 |agency=International Data Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326171706/http://blogs.computerworld.com/18607/antisec_hackers_mangle_pwn_defense_contractor_leak_booz_allen_hamiltons_data?source=rss_blogs |archive-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the group [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]], as part of its [[Operation AntiSec]],<ref name="BoraWhy">Bora, Kukil. "[http://www.ibtimes.com/why-did-anonymous-hack-booz-allen-hamilton-release-90k-us-military-e-mails-297737# Why Did Anonymous Hack Booz Allen Hamilton, Release 90K U.S. Military E-mails?]" ''[[International Business Times]]''. July 11, 2011. Retrieved on June 28, 2013.</ref> hacked into Booz Allen servers, extracting e-mails and [[Salt (cryptography)|non-salted]] passwords from the U.S. military. This information and a complete dump of the database were placed in a file shared on [[The Pirate Bay]].<ref>Henry, Alan. "[http://www.geek.com/news/anonymous-hacks-booz-allen-hamilton-90000-military-emails-stolen-1401753/ Anonymous hacks Booz Allen Hamilton, 90,000 military emails stolen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214212544/http://www.geek.com/news/anonymous-hacks-booz-allen-hamilton-90000-military-emails-stolen-1401753/ |date=2015-02-14 }}". ''[[Geek.com]]''. [[Ziff Davis]]. July 11, 2011. Retrieved on June 28, 2013.</ref> Despite Anonymous' claims that 90,000 emails were released, the Associated Press counted only 67,000 unique emails, of which only 53,000 were military addresses. The remainder of the addresses came from educational institutions and defense contractors.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hennigan |first=W.J. |title=Hacking group AntiSec says it stole 90,000 U.S. military email passwords |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/07/booz-allen-hamilton-antisec-hacked.html |access-date=12 July 2011 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=11 July 2011 |agency=Tribune Company |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715224220/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/07/booz-allen-hamilton-antisec-hacked.html |archive-date=15 July 2011 |location=Los Angeles |url-status=dead}}</ref> Anonymous also said that it accessed four gigabytes of Booz Allen source code and deleted those four gigabytes. According to a statement by the group, "We infiltrated a server on their network that basically had no security measures in place."<ref>Greenberg, Andy. "[https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/07/11/anonymous-hackers-breach-booz-allen-hamilton-dump-90000-military-email-addresses/ Anonymous Hackers Breach Booz Allen Hamilton, Dump 90,000 Military Email Addresses]". ''Forbes''. July 11, 2011. Retrieved on June 28, 2013.</ref><ref>Gohring, Nancy. "[https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218328/Anonymous_hacks_Booz_Allen_posts_90K_military_email_addresses_and_passwords Anonymous hacks Booz Allen, posts 90K military email addresses and passwords] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430190326/https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218328/Anonymous_hacks_Booz_Allen_posts_90K_military_email_addresses_and_passwords |date=April 30, 2013 }}". ''Computerworld''. July 11, 2011. Retrieved on June 28, 2013.</ref>
 
Anonymous accused Booz Allen of working with [[HBGary|HBGary Federal]] by creating a project for the manipulation of social media. Anonymous also accused Booz Allen of participating in intelligence-gathering and surveillance programs of the U.S. federal government and, as stated by Kukil Bora of the ''[[International Business Times]]'', "possible illegal activities".<ref name=BoraWhy/> Booz Allen confirmed the intrusion on 13 July, but contradicted Anonymous' claims in saying that the attack never got past their own systems, meaning that information from the military should be secure.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stevenson |first=Alastair |title=AntiSec: Booz Allen Hamilton Confirm Anonymous Hacker Raid's Authenticity |url=http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/179145/20110713/anonymous-hackers-hack-hacked-booz-allen-hamilton-military-passwords-emails-boom.htm |access-date=13 July 2011 |newspaper=International Business Times |date=13 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715013210/http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/179145/20110713/anonymous-hackers-hack-hacked-booz-allen-hamilton-military-passwords-emails-boom.htm |archive-date=15 July 2011 |location=[[New York City]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> In August of that year, during a conference call with analysts, Ralph Shrader, the chairman and CEO, stated that "the cost of remediation and other activities directly associated with the attack" were not expected to have a "material effect on our financial results".<ref>McMillan, Robert. "[http://www.pcworld.com/article/237659/article.html Booz Allen CEO Downplays Effect of Anonymous Hack]". [[IDG News Service]] at ''[[PCWorld]]''. August 9, 2011. Retrieved on June 28, 2013.</ref>
 
===PRISM media leak===
{{Main|PRISM (surveillance program)|Edward Snowden}}
In June 2013, [[Edward Snowden]]—at the time a Booz Allen employee<ref name="autogenerated4">[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance#start-of-comments Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations]. Guardian (June 9, 2013). Retrieved on June 25, 2013.</ref> contracted to projects of the National Security Agency (NSA)—publicly disclosed details of [[Classified information in the United States|classified]] [[mass surveillance]] and data collection programs, including [[PRISM (surveillance program)|PRISM]]. The alleged leaks are said to rank among the most significant breaches in the history of the NSA<ref name=nytgchq>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/17/world/europe/new-leak-indicates-us-and-britain-eavesdropped-at-09-world-conferences.html|title=New Leak Indicates U.S. and Britain Eavesdropped at '09 World Conferences|work=The New York Times|date=June 16, 2013 |access-date= April 11, 2015|author=Scott Shane and Ravi Somaiya}}</ref> and led to considerable concern worldwide. Booz Allen condemned Snowden's leak of the existence of PRISM as "shocking" and "a grave violation of the code of conduct and core values of our firm".<ref name="booz-allen-statement">
* {{cite web|url=http://www.boozallen.com/media-center/press-releases/48399320/statement-reports-leaked-information-060913 |title=Booz Allen Statement on Reports of Leaked Information |date=9 June 2013 |access-date=9 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610030435/http://www.boozallen.com/media-center/press-releases/48399320/statement-reports-leaked-information-060913 |archive-date=10 June 2013 }}
*{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/11/190658520/booz-allen-says-it-fired-nsa-leaker-snowden-on-monday |title=Booz Allen Says It Fired NSA Leaker Snowden On Monday : The Two-Way : NPR |first=Mark |last=Memmott |work=npr.org |publisher=NPR |date=11 June 2013 |access-date=July 28, 2013 }}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/booz-allen-confirms-edward-snowden-as-employee-2013-6 |title=Booz Allen Confirms Edward Snowden As Employee - Business Insider |first=Adam |last=Taylor |work=Business Insider |date=9 June 2013 |access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref> The company fired Snowden ''in absentia'' shortly after and stated he had been an employee for less than three months at the time. Market analysts considered the incident "embarrassing" but unlikely to cause enduring commercial damage.<ref>{{cite news|title=Booz Allen Hamilton shares fall|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/booz-allen-hamilton-shares-fall-154319185.html|access-date=June 24, 2013|newspaper=Yahoo! finance news / Associated Press|date=June 10, 2013}}</ref> Booz Allen stated that it would work with authorities and clients to investigate the leak. Charles Riley of ''CNN''/''Money'' said that Booz Allen was "scrambling to distance itself from Snowden".<ref name=Rileyspotlight>Riley, Charles. "[https://money.cnn.com/2013/06/10/news/booz-allen-hamilton-leak/ Booz Allen Hamilton in spotlight over leak]". ''CNN''/''Money''. June 10, 2013. Retrieved on June 28, 2013.</ref>
 
According to Reuters, a source "with detailed knowledge on the matter" stated that Booz Allen's hiring screeners detected possible discrepancies in Snowden's résumé regarding his education, since some details "did not check out precisely" but decided to hire him anyway; Reuters stated that the element which triggered these concerns, or the manner in which Snowden satisfied the concerns, were not known.<ref name="Despiteresume">"[http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1266209/booz-allen-hired-snowden-despite-discrepancies-his-resume Booz Allen hired Snowden despite discrepancies in his résumé]". (print title: "Snowden hired despite discrepancies in résumé"). Reuters. ''South China Morning Post'' (Hong Kong). June 22, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2013.</ref>
 
On July 10, 2013, the [[United States Air Force]] stated that it cleared Booz Allen of wrongdoing regarding the Snowden case.<ref name="Exclusive">
{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-snowden-booz/exclusive-u-s-air-force-sees-no-wrongdoing-by-booz-allen-in-snowden-matter-idUKBRE96A03B20130711 |title=Exclusive: U.S. Air Force sees no wrongdoing by Booz Allen in Snowden matter|work=Reuters |date=10 July 2013 |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref>
 
=== Political contributions ===
In 2013, [[David Sirota]] of ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'' said that Booz Allen and parent company [[The Carlyle Group]] make significant political contributions to the Democratic Party and the Republican Party as well as individual politicians, including [[Barack Obama]] and [[John McCain]].<ref name="SirotaCashsecr">[[David Sirota|Sirota, David]]. "[http://www.salon.com/2013/06/18/how_cash_secretly_rules_surveillance_policy/ How cash secretly rules surveillance policy]". ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]''. Tuesday June 18, 2013. Retrieved on June 27, 2013.</ref> Sirota concluded that "many of the politicians now publicly defending the surveillance state and slamming whistleblowers like Snowden have taken huge sums of money from these two firms", referring to Booz Allen and Carlyle, and that the political parties are "bankrolled by these firms".<ref name="SirotaCashsecr" />  According to Maplight, a company that tracked campaign donations, Booz Allen gave a total of just over $87,000 to U.S. lawmakers from 2007 to June 2013.<ref>Waterman, Shaun. "[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/21/surveillance-contractors-gave-millions-campaign-ca/ Surveillance contractors gave millions in campaign cash to congressional lawmakers]". ''The Washington Times''. Friday June 21, 2013. Retrieved on June 27, 2013.</ref>
 
According to CNBC, these contributions resulted in a steady stream of government contracts, which puts Booz Allen in privileged position. Due to the company's important government services, “the government is unlikely to let the company go out of business. It's too connected to fail”.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2013/06/11/booz-allen-and-the-big-business-of-big-government.html |title=Booz Allen and the Big Business of Big Government |last=Carney |first=John |date=2013-06-11 |work=CNBC |access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref> Furthermore, the influence Booz Allen carries in Washington isn't restricted to donations, but to a large network of lobbyists and political insiders. According to government watchdog OpenSecrets, “4 out of 6 Booz Allen Hamilton lobbyists in 2015-2016 have previously held government jobs”.
 
=== Activities in foreign countries ===
Booz Allen helped the Government of the United Arab Emirates create an equivalent of the National Security Agency for that country. According to David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth of ''The New York Times'', "one Arab official familiar with the effort" said that "They are teaching everything. Data mining, Web surveillance, all sorts of digital intelligence collection."<ref name="Sanger">Sanger, David E. and Nicole Perlroth. "[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/us/after-profits-defense-contractor-faces-the-pitfalls-of-cybersecurity.html After Profits, Defense Contractor Faces the Pitfalls of Cybersecurity]". ''The New York Times''. June 15, 2013. Retrieved on June 27, 2013.</ref> In 2013 Sanger and Perlroth said that the company "profits handsomely from its worldwide expansion".<ref name="Sanger" />
 
Booz Allen has particularly come under scrutiny for its ties to the government of [[Saudi Arabia]] and the support it provides to the Saudi armed forces. Alongside competitors [[McKinsey & Company]] and [[Boston Consulting Group]], Booz Allen are seen as important factors in Crown Prince [[Mohammad bin Salman|Mohammed bin Salman]]’s drive to consolidate power in the Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Consulting Firms Keep Lucrative Saudi Alliance, Shaping Crown Prince's Vision |work=The New York Times |date=4 November 2018 |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/world/middleeast/mckinsey-bcg-booz-allen-saudi-khashoggi.html |access-date=2018-11-05 |last1=Forsythe |first1=Michael |last2=Mazzetti |first2=Mark |last3=Hubbard |first3=Ben |last4=Bogdanich |first4=Walt }}</ref> On the military side, Booz Allen is employing dozens of retired American military personnel to train and advise the [[Royal Saudi Navy]] and provide logistics for the [[Saudi Arabian army|Saudi Army]], but denies its expertise is used by Saudi Arabia in its [[Yemen War (2015–present)|war against Yemen]]. Additionally, it also entered an agreement with the Saudi government that involves the protection and cyber-security of government ministries,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Booz Allen, Saudi Arabia Partner for Cyber Challenge Program |language=en-US |work=ExecutiveBiz |url=https://blog.executivebiz.com/2018/03/booz-allen-saudi-arabia-partner-for-cyber-challenge-program/ |access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref> with experts arguing that these defensive maneuvers could easily be used to target dissidents.
 
David Sirota of ''Salon'' said that politicians in the United States who received financing from Booz Allen and "other firms with a similar multinational business model" have vested interests in "denigrating the democratic protest movements that challenge Mideast surveillance states that make those donors big money, too."<ref name="SirotaCashsecr" />
 
=== Procurement fraud settlement ===
In 2023, Booz Allen agreed to a $377 million [[settlement (litigation)|settlement]] over allegations that it had fraudulently billed the US government from 2011 to 2021, one of the largest procurement fraud settlements in history, without admitting civil liability.<ref name = "wapo377">{{Cite news |title=Booz Allen Hamilton to pay $377 million for false charges to U.S. government |language=en-US |work=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/21/booz-allen-lawsuit-false-charges/ |date = July 21, 2023}}</ref> The settlement was the result of an investigation sparked by a [[whistleblower]] and former Booz Allen employee, who noticed that the firm was overbilling the US government in 2016.<ref name = "poli377">{{Cite news |title=Whistleblower to DOJ: You’ve left the door open for more fraud |language=en-US |work=[[Politico]] |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/22/whistleblower-to-doj-youve-left-the-door-open-for-more-fraud-00112151 |date = August 22, 2023 |first1=Hailey |last1=Fuchs}}</ref> The whistleblower said that Booz Allen lowballed the cost of work done with foreign governments and corporations, then lumped the costs it incurred together with US government contracts to bill to the US government.<ref name = "wapo377"/>  The whistleblower initially alerted colleagues of the overbilling, but says that she was told that the [[Department of Defense]] was "too stupid" or "not smart enough" to catch Booz Allen and recover the money.<ref name = "poli377"/> She subsequently filed a ''[[qui tam]]'' lawsuit under the [[False Claims Act]] against Booz Allen.<ref name = "wapo377"/>
 
A related federal criminal investigation into the company was closed without charges in 2021, while a [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] investigation is ongoing as of 2023.<ref name = "wapo377"/>
 
==See also==
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* [[Strategy&#history|Booz & Company]] (spin-off of Booz & Company in 2008)
* [[Booz Allen Classic]]
* [[List of United States defense contractors]]
* [[Top 100 US Federal Contractors]]
* [[List of IT consulting firms]]


As of August 2008, what was formerly Booz Allen Hamilton’s parent company (which used the Booz Allen name itself) divided in two. The Booz Allen Hamilton moniker was retained by the half focusing on U.S. governmental matters, with Booz & Company taking sole control of its commercial strategy and international portfolio. Booz Allen Hamilton is majority owned by private equity firm the Carlyle Group, while Booz & Company is owned and operated as a partnership.<ref name="Seperate">[http://www.boozallen.com/news/39856120?o9002123=&lpid=66005 Booz Allen separate]</ref> On November 17, 2010, Booz Allen's shares of common stock began trading at the [[New York Stock Exchange]].
==Related==
*[[Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC]]
==External links==
*https://www.boozallen.com
==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite news|last1=Bennett|first1=Drake|last2=Riley|first2=Michael | url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-06-20/booz-allen-the-worlds-most-profitable-spy-organization| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620143358/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-06-20/booz-allen-the-worlds-most-profitable-spy-organization| url-status=dead| archive-date=June 20, 2013|title= Booz Allen, the World's Most Profitable Spy Organization|work=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|date=June 20, 2013}}
*{{cite news|last1=Bennett|first1=Drake|last2=Savello|first2=Caroline|last3=Levinson|first3=Robert | url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-06-13/chart-how-booz-allen-hamilton-swallowed-washington | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617214408/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-06-13/chart-how-booz-allen-hamilton-swallowed-washington | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 17, 2013 |title=Chart: How Booz Allen Hamilton Swallowed Washington|work=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|date= June 13, 2013}}
*{{cite news|last1=Roumeliotis|first1=Greg|last2=Kim|first2=Soyoung|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/dealtalk-boozallen-carlyle-idUSL5N0EQ00B20130628 |title=DEALTALK-Snowden fallout comes at bad time for private equity |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=June 28, 2013|access-date=June 30, 2017|archive-date=September 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920152057/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/28/dealtalk-boozallen-carlyle-idUSL5N0EQ00B20130628|url-status=live}}
*{{cite news|last1=Vardi|first1=Nathan|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2013/06/10/the-carlyle-group-has-made-2-billion-off-of-booz-allen/ |title=The Carlyle Group Has Made $2 Billion Off Of Booz Allen|work=Forbes|date= June 10, 2013|access-date=July 2, 2013}}
 
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Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. (Booz Allen) is an American consulting firm headquartered in Tysons Corner, Fairfax County, Virginia, with 80 other offices throughout the United States. It is recognized as one of the most prestigious technology consulting firms in the world[1] and one of the best consulting firms to work for by Consulting Magazine.[2] Founded in 1914 by Edwin G. Booz, the company is one of the oldest management consulting firms in the world.

Booz Allen Hamilton is engaged in providing management and technology consulting services to the United States government and commercial services. Booz Allen’s services include strategic planning, human capital and learning, communications, operational improvement, information technology work, systems engineering, organizational change efforts, modeling and simulation, program management, assurance and resilience, and economic business analysis.

As of August 2008, what was formerly Booz Allen Hamilton’s parent company (which used the Booz Allen name itself) divided in two. The Booz Allen Hamilton moniker was retained by the half focusing on U.S. governmental matters, with Booz & Company taking sole control of its commercial strategy and international portfolio. Booz Allen Hamilton is majority owned by private equity firm the Carlyle Group, while Booz & Company is owned and operated as a partnership.[3] On November 17, 2010, Booz Allen's shares of common stock began trading at the New York Stock Exchange.

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  1. ↑ "Tech Consulting Firm Rankings 2012: Vault IT Consulting 25". Vault.com. http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa/rankings/individual?rankingId1=143&rankingId2=143&rankings=1&regionId=0&rankingYear=2012. 
  2. ↑ "The 2011 Best Firms to Work For". consultingmag.com. August 22, 2011. http://www.consultingmag.com/article/ART852138?C=RooxwkyeqLSv769. 
  3. ↑ Booz Allen separate
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