Talk:ICF International

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Currently, ICF is under scrutiny for its administration of the Louisiana Recovery Authority's "Road Home" program. According to several state and national media reports, including CNN and ABC News, more than a year after Hurricane Katrina, ICF has sent out less than 100 checks out of tens of thousands of applicants. ICF meanwhile has distributed $2.7 million in one-time bonuses to 30 of its top managers. Ms. Anita Rechler is an ICF manager in charge of Road Home activities, which has not accounted program travel expenses which comprise $19 million — or 2% percent — of its $756 million contract as reported by the State of Louisiana. According to a press release by Business Wire, in a resolution passed by the State Legislature on December 15, 2006, Louisiana lawmakers have called the contractor "ineffective" and are pressing the state to stop paying the contractor until more homeowners get aid. According to the Washington Post on January 29, 2007, the company's performance has been criticized by Donald Powell, federal coordinator of Gulf Coast rebuilding, and the State House and Senate sent the governor's office similar, unanimous resolutions, directing her staff to fire ICF. 
Perhaps it should be restored. --24.184.131.16 02:07, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps--though it's more of a current event.  I think the article, as a stub, would be unfavorably weighted in the direction of current news if it were to be restored.  I think it should be kept on the side until the article is lengthened. Corsulian (talk) 20:36, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Additionally, the "scrutiny" seems purposely ambiguous.  The company is not under investigation, has not been found liable for any wrongdoing.  This line, "ICF meanwhile has distributed $2.7 million in one-time bonuses to 30 of its top managers" is absolutely out of place as it implies some connection with the Road Home program.  It's a fast growing consulting company in northern Virginia--those numbers are to be expected. Corsulian (talk) 18:05, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed criticism

message: This blog post of mine probably won't pass WP:A, but I thought it might be of interest to some. --Bi (talk) 03:34, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: ICF and nccic.org...?

message: ICF International is no longer the company's market-facing name
 Now simply branded as ICF, the company revealed its new brand in conjunction with the celebration of its 10th anniversary as a publicly-traded company.
With a rich history of growth over the past decade—bolstered by acquisitions that have strengthened the company’s capabilities in areas ranging from technology to research to digital strategy and communications—ICF has become one of the most trusted and admired consulting brands in the sectors it serves. Today, ICF celebrates the diversity of both its business model and the deep expertise of its more than 5,000 researchers, policy specialists, technologists, social scientists, digital strategists and creatives through its new brand.
Catbird fox (talk) 16:05, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: , we name our articles based on the name which is most commonly used in English. In this case, it seems that more or less everyone calls it ICF International – compare this search with this one. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 16:57, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for Page name Change 

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thread_title:  Conflict of interest 

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thread_title:  Copyright problem removed 

message: Hi! "Key people" and "revenue" are outdated in the infobox. As an employee of ICF with a conflict of interest, I hope disinterested editors can update the titles for John Wasson and Sudhakar Kesavan, and update ICF's revenue with 2018 financials.
#John Wasson is "President and chief executive officer"
#Sudhakar Kesavan is "Executive Chairman"
#Revenue: $1.34 billion (2018)
Thank you for your consideration.
RG at ICF (talk) 19:14, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Please disregard this request; the posting editor is no longer ICF's representative on Wikipedia. I will post a new request for these updates below. Thank you. ICF Will (talk) 18:29, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request (infobox) 

message: Hi! I am posting a new edit request to update "key people" and "revenue" in the infobox. As an employee of ICF with a conflict of interest, I hope disinterested editors can update the titles for John Wasson and Sudhakar Kesavan, and update ICF's revenue with 2018 financials.
#John Wasson is "President and chief executive officer"
#Sudhakar Kesavan is "Executive Chairman"
#Revenue: $1.34 billion (2018)
Thank you for your consideration. My former colleague RG at ICF is no longer ICF's representative on Wikipedia, so I cancelled their request for the same updates above, and started my own request in an attempt to keep things clean. Following the site's conflict of interest standards, I will request edits on discussion pages instead of edit article text.
 
ICF Will (talk) 18:31, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  New edit request (infobox) 

message: * The requested infobox parameters and article prose regarding the executives have all been updated along with the revenue.
# The acquisitions table has been replaced with a clade.
# Promotional wording and information has been omitted.
# Wikilinks to duplicate / geographical / common terms have been omitted.
# The awards section has been omitted.
Regards,  Spintendo  20:00, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply 3-JAN-2020

message: ===Revenue, employees, and offices===
Hi! I am posting a new edit request to update ICF's revenue, employees, and offices following the release of ICF's newest Form 10-K on 27 February. As an employee of ICF with a conflict of interest, I hope disinterested editors can update the following.
Infobox
"Revenue" and "employees" are outdated. Please update to: 
#Revenue: $1.478 billion (2019) 
#Employees: 7,000 (2019)
Operations and services
The second sentence is outdated. Please update to:
#As of year-end 2019, ICF employed around 7,000 workers in 75 regional offices throughout the U.S. and more than 15 offices in other countries, including Belgium, Canada, China, India and the United Kingdom.
Thank you for your consideration. Following the site's conflict of interest standards, I will request edits on discussion pages instead of edit article text.
 
ICF Will (talk) 13:49, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: After 29 days:  Implemented though I have made some alternative changes that should still satisfy your request. Here were the edits.  Can I Log In's  (talk) page 04:11, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for the updates! Your changes look great to me. ICF Will (talk) 15:15, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates 

message: Hi! I am posting a new edit request to update ICF's revenue, employees, and offices following the release of ICF's newest Form 10-K on 27 February. As an employee of ICF with a conflict of interest, I hope disinterested editors can update the following.
Infobox
"Revenue" and "employees" are outdated. Please update to: 
#Revenue: $1.478 billion (2019) 
#Employees: 7,000 (2019)
Operations and services
The second sentence is outdated. Please update to:
#As of year-end 2019, ICF employed around 7,000 workers in 75 regional offices throughout the U.S. and more than 15 offices in other countries, including Belgium, Canada, China, India and the United Kingdom.
Thank you for your consideration. Following the site's conflict of interest standards, I will request edits on discussion pages instead of edit article text.
 
ICF Will (talk) 13:49, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Revenue, employees, and offices

message: # The infobox revenue and employee census numbers were updated.
# The information concerning "year-end 2016" in the main prose of the article was not deleted, because that information — which concerns the year 2016 — still accurately represents the year 2016's information, and would therefore not be considered outdated.
Regards,  Spintendo  20:04, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: After 29 days:  Implemented though I have made some alternative changes that should still satisfy your request. Here were the edits.  Can I Log In's  (talk) page 04:11, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for the updates! Your changes look great to me. ICF Will (talk) 15:15, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply 19-MAR-2020

message: Hi! I am posting a new edit request to add two acquisitions from 2018 to Major acquisitions. As an employee of ICF with a conflict of interest, I hope editors can add the following.
:We Are Vista (2018) 
:DMS (2018)
The content of this section was previously displayed in a table. User:Spintendo converted the table to a cladogram in January. However, the cladogram is not as easy to follow, in my opinion. While I've seen cladograms used on articles showing family trees and relations between various organisms, I've seen tables used on articles outlining company acquisitions (see: List of mergers and acquisitions by Microsoft; List of mergers and acquisitions by Facebook).
Mean as custard: You assisted in updating this article in 2017. At that time, you added the acquisitions table that was proposed. Do you have an opinion on whether this article should include a table of acquisitions or a clade? If a table is preferable to others as well, I'm happy to format that wikitext.
Thank you for your consideration. Following the site's conflict of interest standards, I will request edits on discussion pages instead of edit article text.
 
ICF Will (talk) 19:03, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Psiĥedelisto (talk • contribs) please always ping! 10:32, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Acquisitions