Booz Allen Hamilton
American management and consulting IT firm
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| 2023 | Booz Allen agreed to a $377 million settlement over allegations of fraudulent billing to the US government from 2011 to 2021, one of the largest procurement fraud settlements in history. |
| 2021 | A related federal criminal investigation into Booz Allen's billing practices was closed without filing charges. |
| February 2020 | Became the SEC's major provider of cybersecurity services by securing a 10-year contract worth $113 million. |
| 2018 | Secured a $2.5 billion contract with the SEC to modernize IT services. |
| 2017 | Josh Sullivan and Angela Zutavern from Booz Allen published 'The Mathematical Corporation'. |
| 2017 | Acquired eGov Holdings. |
| 2016 | A whistleblower at Booz Allen first noticed the company was overbilling the US government, raising initial concerns about fraudulent billing practices. |
| 2015 | OpenSecrets revealed that 4 out of 6 Booz Allen Hamilton lobbyists had previously held government jobs, indicating a strong network of political connections. |
| 2015 | Booz Allen published the second edition of the 'Field Guide to Data Science'. |
| 2015 | Acquired the software development division of SPARC, a technology firm from Charleston, S.C. |
| 2014 | Acquired Epidemico, expanding the company's capabilities. |
| 2013 | Booz Allen expanded its worldwide operations, profiting from international government consulting and intelligence services. |
| 2013 | The New York Times reported Booz Allen's involvement in creating an NSA-like intelligence agency for the United Arab Emirates, involving extensive data mining and web surveillance capabilities. |
| 2013 | Mark Herman, Stephanie Rivera, Steven Mills, and Michael Kim from Booz Allen published the first edition of the 'Field Guide to Data Science'. |
| July 10 2013 | The United States Air Force officially cleared Booz Allen of any wrongdoing in relation to the Snowden leak incident. |
| June 2013 | David Sirota from Salon reported on Booz Allen and Carlyle Group's political contributions to both Democratic and Republican parties, highlighting donations to politicians like Barack Obama and John McCain. |
| June 2013 | Edward Snowden, a Booz Allen employee contracted to NSA projects, publicly disclosed classified mass surveillance and data collection programs, including PRISM, which was considered one of the most significant breaches in NSA history. |
| 2012 | Purchased the Defense Systems Engineering & Support division of ARINC, adding approximately 1,000 new employees. |
| June 2012 | Booz Allen Hamilton expanded its operations in North Africa and the Middle East, with plans to add operations in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates, with future intentions to expand to Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. |
| August 2011 | During an analyst conference call, Ralph Shrader (Chairman and CEO) stated that the hacking incident's remediation costs would not significantly impact the company's financial results. |
| July 13 2011 | Booz Allen Hamilton officially confirmed the cyber intrusion, though they disputed Anonymous' claims and asserted that the attack did not compromise military information systems. |
| July 11 2011 | The hacking group Anonymous conducted Operation AntiSec, breaching Booz Allen Hamilton's servers and extracting approximately 67,000 unique emails (53,000 military addresses). They claimed to have accessed and deleted four gigabytes of source code, citing the server had minimal security measures. |
| 2010 | Booz Allen went public with an initial public offering of 14,000,000 shares at $17 per share. |
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