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Contact: Alan Fogg, afogg@fceda.org,
703-790-0600 (office) or 571-213-5065 (mobile)
IT giant Computer Sciences Corporation
relocates corporate headquarters to Fairfax County
CSC is eighth Fortune 500 company for the county
Fairfax County, Virginia USA, January 31, 2008 – Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), one of the world’s largest information technology services companies and one of the 10 largest employers in Fairfax County, will relocate its corporate headquarters to Fairfax County from the Los Angeles area. CSC becomes the eighth Fortune 500 company to maintain corporate headquarters in Fairfax County.
CSC will be based in the Falls Church area of Fairfax County when it completes the headquarters relocation this year. The relocation will consolidate into one geographic location the corporate executive leadership with the company’s global operational headquarters. Fairfax County, minutes from Washington, D.C., is the headquarters of CSC’s largest business unit, the North American Public Sector, and its commercial outsourcing business. The company has about 11,000 employees in the Washington area.
“The quality of the Fairfax County workforce, the quality of life and the overall strength of the economy here make this an excellent location for major corporate headquarters,” said Gerald L. Gordon, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (www.FairfaxCountyEDA.org). “We are proud to be selected by a company of such caliber and renown as CSC.”
“The consolidation to northern Virginia is without a doubt the right move to power CSC’s accelerated growth and expansion,” said CSC Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Michael W. Laphen.
Fairfax County is the Washington area’s private-sector job leader and is a major hub for regional economic activity. Time magazine in 2007 called Fairfax County “one of the great economic success stories of our time.” The CSC decision follows a September 2007 announcement by Volkswagen of America, Inc., that it would relocate its headquarters to Fairfax County.
Business growth helps Fairfax County fund award-winning public school, library, public safety, human services and park systems that improve the quality of life. Fairfax County offers diverse real estate options, access to domestic and international markets through Washington Dulles International Airport, a business community based on technology and professional services, and a well-educated workforce.
The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority promotes Fairfax County as a business and technology center. The FCEDA maintains marketing offices in San Francisco, Bangalore, Frankfurt, London, Seoul and Tel Aviv.
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