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PSC Turns 40
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As PSC starts the celebration of our 40th year, we look back at the many milestones we’ve reached during our years oof leadership of the federal professional and technical services industry aand n recognize the people who have been an integral part of our history.
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1980 1980
Virginia Littlejohn becomes
1970 1972
National Council of Professional Services Firms in Free Enterprise (NCPSFE) founded with 35 members.
1972
Dr. Robert W. Krueger, president of PRC, becomes
1974
Procurement Policy created.
1974
William M. Wolf, president of Computer Business Management, becomes PSC chairman.
1976
Frank W. Reilly, president of Macro Systems, becomes PSC
1980
George Monroe, president of PRC Systems Services, becomes PSC chairman.
1980
PSC leads defeat of Consultant Reform Act that would have halted all federal contractors and their employees.
1981
Jack Aalseth, president of ERC, becomes PSC chairman.
1981
NCPSFE renamed the Professional Services Council (PSC).
1982
R. Michael McCullough, president of Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc., becomes PSC chairman.
1982
Small Business Innovation and Research Act becomes law with PSC support.
1976
1985
1977
1987
Joseph Lawler, president Camp Dresser & McKee International, becomes PSC chairman (last three months).
Earle C. Williams, president and CEO of BDM International, becomes PSC chairman.
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John M. Toups, president and CEO of PRC, Inc., becomes PSC chairman.
John “Jack� C. Rennie, chairman and CEO of Pacer Infotech, Inc., becomes PSC chairman.
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1994
1989
1994
1990
1995
Mark Schultz joins
Phillip A Odeen, president and CEO of BDM International, becomes PSC chairman.
Realism Manual.
PSC leads the services industry in working for passage of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA).
Edward H. Bersoff, chairman of BTG Inc., becomes PSC chairman.
1990
PSC membership tops 113 members.
1991
The Bombay Group of USAID and World Bank contractors join PSC, and the PSC International Development Task Force is formed.
1991
Harvey D. Kushner, president of Kushner Management Planning, becomes PSC chairman.
1992
Bert Concklin joins
1992
Then CJCS Gen. Colin Powell addresses PSC.
1993
Dan R. Bannister, chairman of DynCorp, becomes PSC chairman.
1993
PSC major procurement reform ! Administration’s National Performance Review.
1993
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., addresses PSC members.
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1996
FASA success followed by passage of the Clinger/Cohen Act that provides for sweeping changes to federal management and procurement of information technology.
1997
CG Appleby, Esq., senior vice president and deputy general counsel of Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc., becomes PSC chairman.
1997
PSC’s decade-long advocacy of Best Value acquisition becomes a reality with the rewrite of Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 15.
1997
PSC works with Congress to craft new contract bundling statutes that receive support from large and small businesses.
1999
J. Kenneth Driessen, chairman, president, and CEO of MRJ Technology Solutions, becomes PSC chairman. Service Contractor / March 2012 / 19
2000 2000
PSC pushes through legislation
service contractors interest on late government payments.
2001
Paul V. Lombardi, president and CEO of DynCorp, becomes PSC chairman.
2001
Stan Soloway joins as PSC president. Later that year, Alan Chvotkin joins president and counsel.
2001
PSC President Stan Soloway named to congressionally mandated Commercial Activities Panel, chaired by the Comptroller General that recommends to Congress far-reaching changes to A-76
2002
PSC leads industry negotiations with Congress and DoD on new rules governing GSA Schedules and Multiple Award Contract purchases.
2003
Joseph M. Kampf, president and CEO of Anteon International Corporation, becomes PSC chairman.
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2003
PSC leads industry efforts to defeat the TRAC Act, the most dangerous anti-competition and anti-outsourcing legislation in more than a decade.
2003
PSC membership tops 150 companies
2003
PSC-led IPT (co-led by the directors of DCMA, DFAS, and DCAA) presents DoD leaders recommendations for improving contract formation, payment, and close-out processes.
2004
PSC leads industry efforts on the President’s Millennium Challenge Account and SEC rules regarding completion accounting methods.
2005
Stan Gutkowski, managing director of Washington D.C. operations at Accenture, becomes PSC chairman.
2005
the professional services industrial base; based on results, creates a working group that would become the Services Industry Competitiveness Committee.
2006
Jim O’Neill, corporate vice president & president of Northrop Grumman, becomes PSC Chairman.
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2006
PSC tops 200 member companies.
2008
PSC merges with the Contract Services Association, creating
PSC membership tops 300.
2008
Philip Nolan, president and CEO of Stanley Associates Inc., becomes PSC chairman.
2008
EMCOR’s Mike Shelton, chairman of CSA, serves as PSC Co-chairman.
2011
PSC helps form the Coalition of International Development Companies to educate stakeholders about the " development.
2011
PSC leads industry efforts
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2011 2010
Mac Curtis, president and CEO of Vangent becomes PSC chairman.
2010
PSC leads successful effort to eliminate harmful insourcing language from the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act and the 2011 Omnibus Appropriations Act that would have encouraged civilian agencies to increase insourcing of work currently and appropriately performed by the private sector.
PSC comments on DoD’s business systems rules $ improvements in DCAA and DCMA approach to audits; hosts discussion with DCAA, DCMA and DPAP leaders on the rules.
2011
Paul Cofoni, president and CEO of CACI, becomes PSC chairman.
2012
PSC celebrates its 40th Anniversary and its continued advocacy leadership.
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An Open Letter to PSC Members from Sen. Mark Warner February 10, 2012 Dear Friends and Colleagues, As the Honorary Chairman of A Billion + Change, a national campaign to mobilize billions of dollars of pro bono and skills-based volunteer services from corporate America by 2013, I’m spearheading an effort to find 500 companies around the country who are willing to take the challenge to bring their best business skills and talents to serve the needs of nonprofits and communities at home and around the world. And I’m writing you today to urge all members of the Professional Services Council to join us in this vital effort. This initiative is not entirely new to many of you. In his role as both PSC’s President and a member of the board of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which is a key supporter of the initiative, Stan Soloway convened a number of PSC member companies to discuss how they could engage and participate. And last year, PSC, along with Deloitte and the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce hosted a seminar on the benefits—to the community and to the companies—of skills-based volunteering. This campaign comes at a critical time of significant need in our communities and of increasing demands on our nonprofit colleagues. To meet these challenges, A Billion + Change is inspiring and encouraging businesses to harness their talent and expertise to help nonprofits achieve more with their scarce resources. For these organizations, the value of skilled support in areas such as general operations, marketing, technology and professional services can be 400% greater than the value of traditional volunteering. Our pledge companies, including your fellow PSC members, have already committed more than $1 billion in skills-based and pro bono volunteer services to date. Our goal now is to build on that momentum by helping companies fulfill their pledge, and encouraging new companies to join the campaign. That’s how we’ll unleash billions in service, talent and expertise to support the work of community-based organizations. Moreover, all of the evidence strongly suggests that for the participating companies, such programs drive greater employee satisfaction and engagement and can be a real discriminator in recruiting talent. I therefore encourage you and your company to take the A Billion + Change pledge by committing to create or expand pro bono and skills-based volunteering in your workplace. You can learn more about the campaign and how to pledge through the enclosed fliers, at www.abillionpluschange.org or by contacting the campaign’s Executive Director, Jenny Lawson (jlawson@pointsoflight.org). In addition, if you are already engaged in such efforts, please let us know so that we can count you among the scores of leaders in this crusade. PSC companies who take the pledge will be invited to a special coffee this summer to share your pledge commitment and kick-off a regional business gathering in support of A Billion + Change. And all pledge companies are regularly invited to special events that allow you to network with other corporate service leaders, decision-makers and thought leaders around the country as they implement their pledge goals. You can expect to hear more about A Billion+Change and the work of its corporate leaders in the PSC magazine this spring and summer. In the meantime, I look forward to your joining us as we move forward to make ever greater impacts on the needs of our nation and our community. I appreciate your thoughtful consideration and prompt action. Best regards,
Sen. Mark Warner
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PSC Turns 40
As PSC starts the celebration of our 40th year, we look back at the many milestones we’ve reached during our years of leadership of the federal professional and technical services industry and recognize the people who have been an integral part of our history.
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1990
1995
Then-Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., discusses technology with PSC member company representatives at the Congressional Technology Showcase PSC sponsored in November 1995.
1995
Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., talks technology with then-PSC President Bert Concklin during a PSC-sponsored Congressional Technology Showcase in November 1995. An early-1990s meeting of the Government Affairs Committee, one of PSC’s most enduring and popular committees. Dubbed “the best information exchange in town,� the com of every month.
1994
Former PSC Chairman Kenneth Driessen, then CEO of MRJ before the House Small Business Committee during a June 1994 hearing.
1994
Former PSC President Bert Concklin speaks at a 1994 White House procurement forum alongside former OFPP administrator Steve Kelman and other
1995
PSC members exchange ideas at PSC’s Federal Procurement Best Practices Forum in February 1995.
1995
Then-OFPP Administrator Steve Kelman addresses PSC members at PSC’s Federal Procurement Best Practices Forum in February 1995.
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1996
Then-Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., addresses the PSC board meeting held on Capitol Hill in March 1996. Then-PSC President Bert Concklin and then-CSA President Gary Engebretson testify before Congress in this undated photo.
2000 2003
PSC President and CEO Stan Soloway speaks alongside two union leaders at a 2003 hearing on A-76.
2007
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., addresses PSC at a Dialogue Series luncheon in March 2007.
2008
Then-U.K. Secretary of State for Defense John Hutton meets with PSC and U.S. Defense
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Then Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew talks with a PSC member during a PSC Dialogue Series luncheon in February 2010.
2010
Deputy VA Secretary Scott Gould speaks at a PSC Dialogue Series breakfast in April 2010.
2011
PSC’s Alan Chvotkin, former OMB general counsel John Cooney, and former Acting Director of CBO Barry Anderson, discuss the implications of a potential federal government shutdown for industry at a PSC ! ! 2011 shutdown scares.
2011
PSC Executive Committee member Bonnie Carroll (second from right), chief knowledge of " " # $ of PSC, during a House Small Business Committee hearing in June 2011.
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