SAIC 2022 ESG Reporting Framework and Standards Index
This index is based on Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) activities in fiscal year 2022, except otherwise noted. In FY22, we utilized the principles and practices outlined in globally accepted sustainability reporting frameworks to inform the content of this report. This report has been prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards 2016, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
General Disclosures
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Name of the organization
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
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Activities, brands, products and services
SAIC's business is organized in four segments - a Defense & Civilian Sector, a National Security & Space Sector, a cross-cutting Strategy, Growth and Enterprise Solutions and Operations (ESO) organization and Corporate functions
Defense & Civilian Sector:
- Systems engineering and integration
- Enterprise IT modernization
- Platform, vehicle, C4ISR and weapons systems integration and delivery
- Digital engineering/Model-based Systems Engineering
- Training-live, virtual, constructive and serious gaming
- Logistics and supply chain management
- Managed services
- Advanced analytics and IA/ML
- Advanced app development
- Cloud services, migration and security
- Cybersecurity
- Cyber test and evaluation
- Digital enablement/Modeling & Simulation
- Infrastructure optimization
- Organizational change management
Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense and civilian markets including state and local governments includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, IT modernization and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.
National Security & Space Sector:
- Space missions
- Systems engineering and integration (including digital engineering)
- Command and Control solutions
- Intelligence community mission operations
- SETA
- Mission IT/Enterprise IT/IT Modernization
- Software Development
- Application migration to the cloud
- Data and data analytics
- Policy thought leadership
The National Security & Space (NSS) Sector provides specialty mission expertise, high-end engineering and system integration and secure innovative solutions across the Intelligence Community, Air Force, joint commands and Space customers.
Enterprise Solutions and Operations: Enterprise Solutions and Operations (ESO) manages the development of our offerings, solutions and capabilities. Created to enable business and advancement of enterprise solutions, to support the two business sectors, and drive profitable and organic growth across the company, it also establishes SAIC as a leader in key strategic markets where we design innovative solutions and truly differentiate ourselves to our customers.
The ESO organization includes Business Enablement with the Contracts, Pricing and Procurement; Infrastructure Enablement with Facilities, IT and Security; Strategy & Sales Enablement that includes the Proposal Center; Innovation Factory with Artificial Intelligence, Digital Innovation and Digital Engineering; and Business Innovation and Product Innovation that includes the Execution Excellence team.
Corporate and Other:
- Legal
- Business Conduct & Excellence
- Internal Audit
- Finance
- HR
- Marketing & Communications
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Location of headquarters
12010 Sunset Hills Rd. Reston, VA 20190
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Ownership and legal form
Corporation (SAIC)
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Markets served
SAIC Annual Report, Part I, Item 1 (Business)
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx102-6
Scale of the organization
As of the time of the submission of this response, SAIC has approximately 26,000 employees.
SAIC has a joint venture with approximately 1,100 individuals who are considered SAIC employees; as the venture operates at arms-length, detailed employee information is not available. After adjusting this item, at this time SAIC is able to provide the following employee breakdown information:
The Company is comprised of two customer facing operating sectors (Defense & Civilian and National Security & Space) supported by Enterprise Solutions and Operations and Corporate.
The Company had revenues of $7.4 billion for the fiscal year ended Jan. 28, 2022.
See SAIC Annual Report, Part I, Item 1 (Business)
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx102-7
Information on employees and other workers
As of Jan. 28, 2022, SAIC had approximately 26,000 employees.
SAIC has a joint venture with approximately 1,100 individuals who are considered SAIC employees; as the venture operates at arms-length, detailed employee information is not available. After adjusting for this item, currently SAIC can provide the following employee breakdown information:
Employment Status:
- Full-time: 23,023 employees
- Part-time: 1,765 employees
Gender:
- 25% full-time female employees
- 2% part-time female employees
- 68% full-time male employees
- 5% part-time male employees
Regional location:
- U.S. Northeast: 938 employees
- U.S. Southeast: 17,703 employees
- U.S. Midwest: 2,070 employees
- U.S. West: 3,740 employees
- International: 337
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Supply Chain
Strong supplier and subcontractor partnerships are critical to SAIC and the success of our customers. SAIC’s team of 270 procurement leaders, buyers, subcontract analysts and supplier quality experts work every day to ensure we partner with our customers to deliver on missions of critical national importance.
SAIC has a robust supply chain business portfolio that handles multiple sustainment activities for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) that includes DOD tires, chemicals, petroleum, lubricants and other goods to sustain, maintain and repair military hardware.
Our government customers are varied and, therefore, our products are agnostic and our services varied. We are heavy buyers of IT Hardware, Software and XaaS (everything as a service) solutions that are integrated into our customer deliverables.
Our subcontractors provide services primarily in the IT services and integration arena including systems analysts, systems engineers, solution architects, software developers, supporting a variety of IT integration and services scopes of work among others.
Learn more at Suppliers and Small Business: https://www.saic.com/suppliers-and-small-business
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Significant changes to the organization and its supply chain
While there were no changes to SAIC’s organizational structure in FY22, the Company did complete the purchases of Koverse and Halfaker & Associates. Both acquisitions were completed in the second quarter of the fiscal year and added significant revenues and business operations.
Both acquisitions were structured as an all-cash transaction.
For business and financial details, see the Company’s annual report for FY22. https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
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Precautionary Principle or approach
SAIC has designed and implemented a framework for risk management (a combination of elements from the ISO 31000 and the COSO models) to identify, assess, treat and monitor risks at both the Enterprise and Operational (programmatic) levels of the organization.
Managed through a cross-functional Enterprise Risk Management Committee (ERMC), top risks are identified and reviewed to ensure mitigation strategies are deployed. The ERMC quarterly reports are further assessed by the Board of Director’s Risk Oversight Committee.
The company’s program-related risks are reviewed regularly at varying levels of the company’s operational organizations to ensure continual assessment.
Additionally, SAIC maintains an enterprise-level Business Continuity Team (BCT) that is comprised of a cross-functional set of managers that identifies significant business risk and establishes recovery efforts in the event of a business disruption. The BCT reports to the Enterprise Risk Management Committee (ERMC) team that reports directly to the Risk Oversight Committee of the Board of Directors.
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External initiatives
SAIC’s environmental, social and governance responses are developed with reference to the GRI Standards Reporting Framework. SAIC subject matter experts participate in a number of collaborative initiatives with stakeholders and external organizations such the CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project), the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
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Membership of associations
SAIC and our employees actively participate in numerous industry associations related to the professional services industry, with a predominant amount specific to the government services market.
SAIC and our employees are also active participants in numerous community and philanthropic organizations that serve the communities in which our employees live and work, as well organizations directly supporting areas of customer affinity, such as military veterans and humanitarian relief.
SAIC does not currently maintain a centralized repository of all organizational involvement.
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Statement from senior decision-maker
See CEO Nazzic Keene’s letter as part of SAIC’s Corporate Responsibility Report:
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Key impacts, risks and opportunities
See SAIC Annual Report, Part I, Item 1 (Business) and Part I, Item 1A (Risk Factors)
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
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Values, principles, standards and norms of behavior
SAIC’s core values, principles, standards and norms of behavior are an integral part of how we operate as a company and our core value of integrity guides everything that we do. SAIC maintains a high-performing ethics program, using enterprise-wide training, guidance, communications and engagement to sustain and grow our ethical culture.
See SAIC’s ethics website https://www.saic.com/who-we-are/about-saic/ethics
SAIC’s Code of Conduct outlines our company’s commitment for business and professional conduct that is aligned to our values, principles and standards of behavior, in addition to legal and regulatory requirements. The Code of Conduct also helps us recognize and address ethical issues.
See SAIC’s Code of Conduct https://www.saic.com/who-we-are/about-saic/ethics
SAIC shares its expectations with regards to working with partners that meets its ethics and compliance thresholds. Upon engagement, our third party suppliers acknowledge compliance with SAIC’s Supplier Code of Conduct.
https://www.saic.com/sites/default/files/2021-07/SAIC%20Supplier%20Code%20of%20Conduct.pdf
In addition, SAIC participates in several external organizations that help guide and reinforce ethical behavior in our company and industry.
- SAIC is an active Working Group member of the Defense Industry Initiative (DII). The DII is a nonpartisan and non-profit organization comprised of representatives primarily from the aerospace and defense industry that perform U.S. government contracting. DII’s mission is the continued promotion and advancement of a culture of ethical conduct in every company that provides products and services through government contracting.
https://www.dii.org/home - The company is a Fellows level member of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI), an organization founded to advance ethical culture and leadership.
https://www.ethics.org/membership/who-are-eci-members/ - The company is a member of the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics Professionals (SCCE), an ethics and compliance association dedicated to promoting lasting success and integrity of organizations worldwide. https://www.corporatecompliance.org/
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Philanthropy
As part of Hunger Action Month that occurs annually in September, SAIC locations and employee groups across the country participate in Feeding America's Give-A-Meal Team Challenge. Since 2013, in its quest to end hunger, SAIC's total donations are the equivalent of over 20 million meals.
Growth
SAIC generates and distributes economic value by delivering technology related services to our predominantly U.S. federal government customers. Our business has an over 50-year successful history of servicing all military branches and many federal government agencies. We serve our customers through approximately 1,900 active contracts and task orders. We have approximately 26,000 employees and achieve our purpose with and through our people, who are fundamental to our success. Attracting and retaining top talent is an essential element and a large part of SAIC’s business strategy and our value proposition for our shareholders, customers and employees. To deliver on this strategy, we seek to be a company that provides meaningful work and purpose, creating a fulfilling and differentiated experience for our employees. Our investments in our employees drive a productive, innovative and inclusive culture, where our people are empowered to be their authentic selves and do their best work. To cultivate a differentiated employee experience, we are focused on fostering a flexible work environment, strengthening diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and enhancing employee well-being.
Innovation
SAIC’s core values, principles, standards and norms of behavior are an integral part of how we operate as a company. Our core value of integrity guides everything that we do. As a technology integrator, we provide engineering, systems integration and information technology offerings for large, complex government projects and offer a broad range of services with a targeted emphasis on higher-end, differentiated technology services. Our end-to-end enterprise IT offerings span the entire spectrum of our customers' IT infrastructure. Our business has an over 50-year successful history of servicing all military branches and federal government agencies. Our long-standing relationships have enabled us to achieve an in-depth understanding of our customers’ missions and provide differentiated service offerings to meet their most complex requirements. Our offerings include: engineering; technology integration; IT modernization; maintenance of ground and maritime systems; logistics; training and simulation; operation and program support services; and end-to-end services spanning the design, development, integration, deployment, management and operations, sustainment and security of our customers’ entire IT infrastructure.
(Source: 10-K)
Accountable institutions
SAIC’s core values, principles, standards and norms of behavior are an integral part of how we operate as a company. Our core value of integrity guides everything that we do. SAIC maintains a high-performing ethics program, using enterprise-wide training, guidance, communications and engagement to sustain and grow our ethical culture. SAIC’s Code of Conduct outlines our company’s commitment for business and professional conduct that is aligned to our values, principles and standards of behavior, in addition to legal and regulatory requirements. The Code of Conduct also helps us recognize and address ethical issues. SAIC shares our expectations with regards to working with partners that meets our ethics and compliance thresholds. Upon engagement, our third party suppliers acknowledge compliance with SAIC’s Supplier Code of Conduct. In addition, SAIC participates in several external organizations that help guide and reinforce ethical behavior in our company and industry. SAIC is an active Working Group member of the Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct. SAIC is also an active member of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative, an organization founded to advance ethical culture and leadership, and the Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics, an ethics and compliance association dedicated to promoting lasting success and integrity of organizations worldwide.
(Source: 2021 GRI Index)
Mechanisms for advice and concerns about ethics
At SAIC, our core value of integrity guides everything that we do. We are proud to maintain a high-performing ethics program, using enterprise-wide training, guidance, communications and engagement to sustain and grow our ethical culture. We provide a variety of disclosure channels which allow for anonymous and confidential reports regarding alleged violations of our Code of Conduct. To read more about SAIC’s commitment to acting with integrity, as well as our Code and disclosure channels, please visit the SAIC Ethics page: https://www.saic.com/who-we-are/about-saic/ethics
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Governance structure
SAIC is governed by a board of directors comprised of 11 directors, 10 of whom are independent directors as defined by the New York Stock Exchange and corporate governance guidelines.
https://investors.saic.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/default.aspx
The board consists of four standing committees, including an Audit Committee, Risk Oversight Committee, Human Resources and Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee that are chartered with the responsibility to review environmental, social and governance issues that may significantly impact the Company.
https://investors.saic.com/corporate-governance/governance-documents/default.aspx
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Collective bargaining agreements
As of Jan. 28, 2022, 1.5% of SAIC employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements.
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Restatements of information
None
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Reporting period
FY22 that started on Jan. 30, 2021, and ended on Jan. 28, 2022.
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Date of most recent report
The previous report was submitted on Aug. 2, 2021.
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Reporting cycle
Annual
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Contact point for questions regarding the report
Sarah W. Plaster, Sr. Director
Change Management and ESG Communications
sarah.w.plaster@saic.com
703-676-4551
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Claims of reporting in accordance with the GRI Standards
This SAIC GRI KPI Content Index has been prepared with reference to current Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards 2016.
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GRI content index
The GRI content index is reflected in this table.
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External assurance
In 2022, SAIC pursued and received an Independent Assurance Statement of our energy performance information and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions relevant to the company’s 2022 GHG Emissions Inventory (concerning data for the period Jan. 2021 to Dec. 2021). The assurance engagement was a Type 2 moderate assurance in accordance with the AA1000AS v3 standard, and consisted of:
- Evaluation of SAIC’s adherence to the AA1000 AccountAbility Principles (AA1000AS v3) of Inclusivity, Materiality, Responsiveness and Impact; and
- Evaluation of the reliability of the specified sustainability performance information and associated data collection and management processes and systems.
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Economic Topics
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Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary
SAIC generates and distributes economic value by delivering technology related services to our predominantly U.S. federal government customers. The subsequent disclosures related to economic performance are deemed material due to the volatility and significance each presents to SAIC. Our results may fluctuate due to cyclical or non-cyclical economic changes in our markets and our primary customer, the U.S. federal government. Our results may also fluctuate due to other events outside our control, such as terrorism or health related issues.
Information about our business and financial performance, pursuant to our FY22 ended January 28, 2022, is provided in our annual report.
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
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The management approach and its components
SAIC seeks to monitor and control risk exposure through an enterprise-wide risk management framework. Managed through an Enterprise Risk Management Committee (ERMC) that reports directly to the Risk Oversight Committee of the Board of Directors, SAIC has identified several major sources of risk:
- Strategy Execution
- Competitiveness
- Talent Management
- Cybersecurity
- Infrastructure
The ERMC is a cross-functional group with representatives from a variety of functions, providing support and insight to the ERMC. The ERMC meets quarterly and considers the current and emerging risks, and their mitigations. SAIC’s Chief Risk Officer maintains a register of risks that could affect the company and the industry and monitors mitigations to those risks. Results are reported to the Risk Oversight Committee of the Board of Directors.
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Direct economic value generated and distributed
Please refer to SAIC’s Annual Report for details on FY22 economic performance.
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
SAIC distributes economic value to our shareholders through the payment of dividends and repurchase of shares of our common stock.
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Financial implications and other risks and opportunities due to climate
SAIC believes that it has minimal direct business risk exposure to climate change. The limited financial risk to the company primarily relates to the frequency and severity of weather events in areas of employee concentration, which if they occur, could limit their ability to provide services to customers for a period of time. SAIC has policies, procedures and plans for Business Continuity and Crisis Management responses in the event of any such weather events and possible related incidents.
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Defined benefit plan obligations and other retirement plans
For a description of defined benefit plan obligations, see our disclosure in SAIC’s Annual Report for FY22.
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
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Financial assistance received from government
SAIC did not receive assistance from any government in FY22.
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Operations assessed for risks related to corruption
SAIC maintains an Internal Audit department and an external audit partner that conducts comprehensive audit controls and procedures across the entire enterprise. This includes all operational units, corporate functions and information technology and security organizations to ensure compliance with internal and external policies and procedures. Risks and mitigation efforts are continuously monitored. Controls and procedures are adjusted according to newly identified risks. The internal and audit controls and procedures covers the entire enterprise to include all U.S. and international operations.
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Communication and training about anti-corruption policies and procedures
SAIC has adopted an anti-bribery and anti-corruption position as part of our Code of Conduct and internal policies and procedures. These provisions are applicable to all employees, officers and directors of the company. Each year, we perform a Code of Conduct certification process that requires every employee to certify their review, understanding and compliance with the Code of Conduct. In addition, as part of an annual required training process, SAIC requires each employee to complete ethics, compliance and security training. SAIC also maintains an Ethics and Compliance Hotline, whereby any internal or external party can voice a concern regarding compliance issues.
https://www.saic.com/contact-us
See SAIC’s Code of Conduct
https://www.saic.com/sites/default/files/codeofconduct/index.html
See SAIC’s Supplier Code of Conduct
https://www.saic.com/sites/default/files/2021-07/SAIC%20Supplier%20Code%20of%20Conduct.pdf
See also KPI 414-1
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Confirmed incidents of corruption and actions taken
In FY22, there were no confirmed incidents of corruption.
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Description
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GRI
SASB
UN SDGs
Legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust and monopoly practices
Total amount of monetary losses as a result of legal proceedings associated with anticompetitive behavior regulations
In FY22, there were no legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust and monopoly practices.
$0.
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Environmental Topics
Description
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GRI
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UN SDGs
Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary
SAIC recognizes the risks climate change pose to the environment, the implications it could have for our predominantly U.S. federal government customers, and the impact our employees have on the environment as they perform their job functions and commute to and from work. Information about SAIC’s key risk factors can be found in our annual report for our FY22 ended Jan. 28, 2022, starting on page 9.
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
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The management approach and its components
SAIC is committed to assessing, reducing and mitigating its energy use, carbon footprint and emissions. Please refer to the GRI KPI 100 series for a description of our risk management practices. See GRI KPI 103-2 under ‘economic topics’ for more information about our risk management practices. Business Continuity and Crisis Management teams are in place to respond to any such weather events and possible related incidents.
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Energy consumption within the organization
(1) Total energy consumed, (2) percentage grid electricity, (3) percentage renewable
SAIC has an ongoing monthly program to track and evaluate electrical utility data at facilities where we have operational control. This includes the comparison of current and prior year utilization in order to enable the early identification of variances in kWh consumption, costs, impacts due to weather and other factors. Electrical energy consumption in calendar year 2021 was 31,150,117 kWh based on utility provider invoices. Annual usage of natural gas and propane, though utilized to a much more limited extent, are also tracked. Consumption from renewable sources is not currently evaluated.
As a technical services business, SAIC’s real estate portfolio consists of approximately 3.9 million square feet of commercial real estate office, warehouse and integration space of which approximately 2.2 million square feet was under our operational control in calendar year 2021.
Ongoing efforts related to our real estate strategy and Future of Work initiative seek to maximize operating efficiencies related to space utilization. They include retiring underperforming assets as part of our leasing strategies, investing in more energy efficient building systems, deploying building automation systems, installing energy efficient lighting and implementing programs addressing after-hour setback and interior temperature controls for HVAC systems.
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Energy consumption outside the organization
This is not something that SAIC currently measures.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, SAIC does utilize, as part of our leased site selection and evaluation process, a pre-lease property profile form to gather insights on environmental conditions and the sustainable performance of sites under lease consideration. This includes the collection of data on any building certifications held, existence of energy management plans, energy efficient building features and any recent major building system commissioning details.
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Energy intensity
In tracking overall energy consumption of our portfolio as discussed in Disclosure Number 302-1, SAIC collects and monitors monthly metrics for natural gas and electricity usage at each of the facilities over which we have operational control. These metrics enable us to calculate energy intensity ratios for each of our facilities on a square foot basis for comparison purposes as well as enterprise-wide. From 2019 to 2021, SAIC lowered emissions by square foot of property from 0.006 to 0.0047 metric tons CO2e/SF (tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per square foot).
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Reduction of energy consumption
As a result of intentional efforts to identify and implement energy conservation and savings opportunities, as of the end of calendar year 2021, SAIC had reduced our electrical energy consumption, based on utility provider invoices, over a newly established 2019 base year by approximately 13.18% (35,877,606 kWh reduced to 31,150,117 kWh). While some portion of this is believed to be attributed to a decrease in onsite staffing at certain SAIC facilities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we also continue to investigate and implement energy management initiatives and related projects to drive increased operational efficiencies at key sites.
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SASB
UN SDGs
Water withdrawal (1) Total water withdrawn, (2) total water consumed, percentage of each in regions with High or Extremely High Baseline Water Stress
SAIC does not have a program in place for water withdrawal. As a technical services business, SAIC’s real estate portfolio consists of approximately 3.9 million square feet of commercial real estate office, warehouse and integration space of which approximately 2.2 million square feet was under our operational control in calendar year 2021. For all but a relative few of the properties in our real estate portfolio, the landlord or property manager pays for water usage and passes related operating expenses on a pro-rata basis to its tenant base. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in an effort to minimize potential water waste or associated property damage resulting from leaking water lines from appliances in our offices, we have installed leak detection and shut-off devices on various kitchen appliances.
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Disclosure Information and/or Location
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SASB
UN SDGs
Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are an important gauge in overall environmental impact. SAIC recognizes the risks climate change pose to our environment, and we are committed to reducing our environmental footprint. As part of this commitment, SAIC measures, monitors and tracks our GHG emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2) at those facilities over which we have operational control and publicly discloses those emissions.
In 2014, SAIC set a goal of reducing emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) by 15% by 2025. We are proud to have exceeded that goal early and are establishing a new interim goal of an additional 15% by 2025 (Scopes 1 and 2), over a newly defined base year of 2019, that will further encourage our teams to find innovative ways to cut our carbon footprint. SAIC chose 2019 as the new base year due to significant changes in our real estate portfolio associated with the acquisition of Engility in January 2019.
Even with the new base year of 2019, we continue to make significant progress in reducing GHG emissions. Though in 2021 Scope 1 emissions increased slightly by approximately 3% compared to our 2019 base year due to a more severe winter, in 2021 our Scope 2 emissions were approximately 33% below 2019 levels. These GHG emissions figures were measured in terms of emissions by metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MTCO2e). Additionally, from 2019 to 2021, we lowered our emissions by square foot of property from 0.006 to 0.0047 (measured in MTCO2e/sf).
For our 2022 GHG Emissions Inventory (concerning data for the period January 2021 to December 2021), SAIC, as discussed in Disclosure Number 102-56, attained independent assurance under the AA1000 Assurance Standard.
In compiling these GHG emissions, SAIC follows the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard. All seven gases are included in the reported emissions. Calculations are performed utilizing a well-known industry reporting system that leverages the EPA’s Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID).
Base year 2019 Scope 1 emissions were approximately 823 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents.
Calendar year 2021 Scope 1 emissions were approximately 850 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, or approximately 3% above the 2019 base year.
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Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions
SAIC measures, monitors and tracks our GHG emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2) at those facilities over which we have operational control and publicly discloses those emissions.
In 2014, SAIC set a goal of reducing emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) by 15% by 2025, and exceeded that goal early and established a new interim goal of an additional 15% by 2025 (Scopes 1 and 2), over a newly defined base year of 2019.
Even with the new base year, we continue to make significant progress in reducing GHG emissions. Though in 2021 Scope 1 emissions increased slightly by approximately 3% compared to our 2019 base year due to a more severe winter, in 2021 our Scope 2 emissions are approximately 33% below 2019 levels. These GHG emissions figures are measured in terms of emissions by metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MTCO2e). Additionally, from 2019 to 2021, we lowered our emissions by square foot of property from 0.006 to 0.0047 (measured in MTCO2e/sf).
In addition, for our 2022 GHG Emissions Inventory (concerning data for the period January 2021 to December 2021) SAIC, as discussed in Disclosure Number 102-56, attained independent assurance under the AA1000 Assurance Standard.
In compiling these GHG emissions, SAIC follows the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard. All 7 gases are included in the reported emissions. Calculations are performed utilizing a well-known industry reporting system that leverages the EPA’s Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID).
Base year 2019 Scope 1 emissions were approximately 823 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents.
Base year 2019 Scope 2 emissions were approximately 14,214 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents.
Calendar year 2021 Scope 2 emissions were approximately 9,583 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, or approximately 33% below the 2019 base year.
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GHG emissions intensity
A GHG emission intensity metric by property of metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per square foot of facility space is calculated annually as part of our SAIC GHG emissions report. Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions are part of this intensity metric. As SAIC is primarily a services business, the primary metric by which we evaluate the overall efficiency of our space utilization is by tracking the total square footage in our property portfolio and occupant density.
From 2019 to 2021, we lowered our emissions by square foot of property from 0.006 to 0.0047 metric tons CO2e/SF (tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per square foot).
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Discussion of the integration of environmental considerations into strategic planning for data center needs
Currently, we do not have operational control for our leased data centers. Due to our modest data center footprint, environmental considerations in this area are not material.
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Waste by type and disposal method
SAIC’s generation of hazardous waste from our operations is generally immaterial. Of SAIC’s approximately 150 operating locations less than 2% generate hazardous waste, and those generally not as a result of daily operations, but rather on an infrequent episodic basis.
At SAIC, we promote several initiatives to encourage our employees to be proactive and aware of non-hazardous waste reduction and disposal. These initiatives include:
- Recycling and promoting responsible disposal practices, including recycling bins for plastic, aluminum and glass.
- Promoting alternative transportation incentives for our workforce that encourage mass transit.
- Fostering a digitally-connected workforce, to minimize printer ink and paper use and to facilitate employees’ ability to work remotely.
- Working with an electronics vendor to promote responsible disposal of retired SAIC electronic equipment, such as laptops and monitors, and to refurbish for resale to maximize a product’s lifecycle, or to recycle its components.
- Reducing paper waste by setting all network multi-function copier/printers to default to print double-sided.
- Committing to use of 30% recycled paper for all network multi-function copiers/printers.
Find additional details with respect to our non-hazardous waste reduction and disposal efforts in SAIC’s ISO 14001 Standards Fact Sheet.
https://www.saic.com/sites/default/files/2021-10/20-0830-ISO-4001_FS2_TIER2.pdf.306-2
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UN SDGs
New suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria
We are revising and will begin using in 2022 our new Supplier Code of Conduct and Supplier Evaluation Questionnaire for initial screening of some sustainability criteria. We are committed to having a better understanding our supply chain’s impact on the environment. As such this past year, SAIC hired a full-time resource to develop a Procurement ESG Roadmap to include Supplier Diversity and Procurement Sustainability. Joined by a part-time employee and the head of Supplier Quality, the team will deliver the roadmap and milestones in Q2. In the future, we may consider using a 3rd party vendor to evaluate and track supplier sustainability score card data. SAIC’s Chief Procurement Officer is co-leading a Sustainable Procurement Community of Practice for the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) to increase awareness and foster evolving maturity of sustainable practices in industry and government.
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Negative environmental impacts in the supply chain and actions taken
- Number of suppliers assessed for environmental impacts - None
- Number of suppliers identified as having significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts - None
- Significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts identified in the supply chain - None
- Percentage of suppliers identified as having significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts with which improvements were agreed upon as a result of assessment – 0%
- Percentage of suppliers identified as having significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts with which relationships were terminated as a result of assessment, and why – 0%
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Social Performance
Description
Disclosure Information and/or Location
GRI
SASB
UN SDGs
Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary
SAIC is committed to building an organization of the future; a diverse, engaged and incentivized workforce that values the health, safety, development and dignity of our employees. As a predominantly human-based service provider, our future success will be affected by our continued ability to attract, develop and retain qualified employees. Meeting employee expectations with respect to health, safety, development and dignity is a key component to executing on this commitment. The subsequent disclosures related to social performance are important to our success in building a talented workforce.
Information about SAIC’s key risk factors can be found in our annual report for our FY22 ended January 28, 2022 starting on page 9.
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx103-1
The management approach and its components
SAIC prioritizes building an organization of the future by making a commitment to objectively assess the current state of the organization and adjust strategies and actions, as necessary, to address areas of improvements. We are focused on fostering a flexible work environment, strengthening diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and enhancing employee well-being.
We have flexible work schedules, including a 4-day workweek, other work schedule options and increased remote and hybrid work opportunities. Our definition of flexibility is not a one-size fits all, rather it is tailored and nurtured through the engagement between our employees and their leaders.
SAIC’s ongoing commitment to strengthening diversity, equity and inclusion and its associated efforts demonstrate our continuing promise to share our intentions, hold ourselves accountable and be transparent about both our progress and our areas of opportunity. We believe diversity creates unparalleled innovation and is critical to the delivery of exceptional business results.
SAIC provides wide-ranging options to support employees’ well-being, including an Employee Assistance Program, a wellness plan, paid family leave, company-subsidized backup child and elder care.
For more details, see the People and Culture section of our annual report for FY22 ended January 28, 2022 starting on page 6.
https://investors.saic.com/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx
See GRI KPI 103-2 under ‘economic topics’ for more information about our risk management practices.
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Description
Disclosure Information and/or Location
GRI
SASB
UN SDGs
Minimum notice periods regarding operational changes
Significant organizational changes are communicated to employees through formal communication channels and, by and large, are planned well in advance. We aim to communicate to our leaders and employees most impacted by a change before communicating out to our larger employee workforce.
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Hazard identification, risk assessment and incident investigation
SAIC places a strong emphasis on the implementation of relevant and effective environmental, health and safety (EH&S) programs and management systems both internally and on behalf of our customers. We emphasize direct management responsibility, legal and ethical compliance and adherence to corporate and customer policies, programs and procedural requirements. Our compliance programs are proactive and include elements of employee education, training, auditing and reporting that, through employee awareness and integration into our business operations, improve our commitment to environmental protection and a safe and healthy work environment. Our Corporate EH&S Program includes mechanisms for the anonymous reporting of workplace hazards without fear of reprisal. These mechanisms include but are not limited to: (i) anonymous verbal, handwritten or electronic communications to corporate EH&S or other management officials; and (ii) anonymous reporting to the Ethics Hotline. Awareness of this anonymous reporting channel is included in the EH&S orientation completed by each new hire employee.
EH&S orientation also includes discussion of each supervisors’ responsibility to assess hazards associated with any significant changes in EH&S exposures as a result of new or changed contracts/tasks including, but not limited to, changes in employee job assignments, changes to machinery or equipment, or the introduction of new processes and institute appropriate control measures.
The Corporate EH&S Program also outlines a process for the timely reporting and investigation of work- related incidents. Incident reporting, investigation and corrective action follow-up is supported and coordinated through a multi-functional team including Corporate EH&S, Corporate Insurance and Risk Management and Corporate Human Resources. Incident related claims and statistics are used to track, measure and manage performance.
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Description
Disclosure Information and/or Location
GRI
SASB
UN SDGs
Promotion of worker health
SAIC offers a variety of medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, life insurance, accident insurance, disability, employee assistance and retirement savings plans, allowing employees to choose the level of access and type they desire. All of our medical insurance carriers provide services and programs for non-work-related medical conditions by evaluating risk factors and conducting outreach with those employees in need. Additionally, we have several stand-alone programs that offer support for diabetes management and reversal, health advocacy support for claims assistance, healthcare navigation, medical condition support and treatment options and many more. We offer wellness programs that cater to the physical, financial, mental and social well-being of our employees and provide wellness incentives for participation.
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Employee health and wellbeing
SAIC provides wide-ranging options to support employees’ well-being, including an Employee Assistance Program, a wellness program, paid family leave and company-subsidized backup child and elder care. Employee health and safety is paramount to the company's values and business, and contributes to employees’ overall well-being. We encourage employees to prevent workplace hazards and engage in health and wellness initiatives.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we prioritize the safety and well-being of our employees and business partners. We continue to closely monitor COVID-19 matters and provide comprehensive resources and programs for helping our employees manage through the pandemic, including working virtually, handling associated stress and sharing timely information on the topic.
Description
Disclosure Information and/or Location
GRI
SASB
UN SDGs
Employee engagement as a percentage
We do not currently disclose this information.
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Average hours of training per year per employee
Programs for upgrading employee skills and transition assistance programs
SAIC provides employees with ongoing learning and professional development to keep pace with technology and leadership in today’s market. We make significant investments in our development programs, specifically in technology and leadership development. This enables SAIC to retain staff whose expertise stays relevant and whose knowledge base is always growing.
- Leaders participated in 11,000 hours of leadership development programs in FY22.
- SAIC employees completed 54,770 hours of compliance and ethics training in FY22.
- Employees participated in over 64,023 hours of voluntary learning by pursuing professional credentialing (degrees and certifications) and continuous learning in FY22.
- Employees completed 1,237 hours of unconscious bias training in FY22.
Not included in this information is a significant amount of informal and customer-specific training that occurred across the business.
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Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews
SAIC uses a contemporary approach to enabling employee performance with Check-In Conversations. The performance cycle begins with goal setting and ends with the merit process. During the year, we encourage regular and continuous discussions between managers and employees to share feedback, track progress, discuss development and celebrate achievements. These one-on-one meetings play a critical role in building employee connection to their manager, their role and responsibilities, their team and company.
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Description
Disclosure Information and/or Location
GRI
SASB
UN SDGs
Diversity of governance bodies and employees
Percentage of gender and racial/ethnic group representation for (1) management, (2) technical staff and (3) all other employees
SAIC is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace because we believe that when our employees feel accepted and engaged, our business thrives. SAIC believes embracing inclusion and diversity means that we appreciate our differences and reinforce inclusive behaviors at all levels.
- Our inclusion and diversity program, MOSAIC, fosters a workplace where all employees feel valued for their unique perspectives, life experiences, values and skills. Understanding how our similarities and differences impact our interactions and shape our viewpoints is essential for creating an inclusive culture.
- https://www.saic.com/who-we-are/life-at-saic/diversity-equity-and-inclusion
- The following displays the composition of our governance bodies and overall workforce: Board of Directors:
- Gender diversity – 5 of our 11 (45%) Board members are women, including our Chair of the Board and our Chief Executive Officer.
- Age diversification – Our Board members range in age from 47 to 73 (at the time of our latest proxy statement). See our FY22 proxy statement for more information.
- Gender diversity – 2 of our 7 executive leadership team members are women.
- As of January 28, 2022, SAIC had approximately 24,700 employees. All employee gender composition:
- 27% of employees are women
- 73% of employees are men
All employees by age:
- Baby Boomers (58-76 years old): 6,954 (28%)
- Generation X (42-57 years old): 9,685 (39%)
- Millennials (26-41 years old): 8,087 (33%)
- Generation Z (25 years old and younger): 62 (<1%)
SAIC has been recognized by several organizations for our diversity and commitment to inclusion:
- Perfect Score in Corporate Equality Index for the fourth consecutive year (Human Rights Campaign – January 2022)
- America’s Best Employers for Veterans 2021, ranked No. 5 (Forbes – November 2021)
- America’s Best Employers for Diversity 2021 (Forbes – April 2021)
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Diversity, equity and inclusion
The strength of our leadership is greatest when it fully reflects the diversity of our workforce.
In fiscal 2022, we established goals to achieve parity in the representation of women between our leadership and non-leadership roles within five years. We made meaningful progress toward our goals this year, with women now representing 27% of our leadership and achieving parity between women in leader and non-leader roles.
We have instituted a new approach to ensure SAIC job descriptions, recruiting tools and processes eliminated the potential for bias and we require a diverse slate of candidates for leadership roles. We launched the AccelerātHER Women's Leadership Academy, a nomination-based development and mentoring program focused on accelerating the advancement of SAIC's high-potential women.
(Source: Form 10-K, https://s24.q4cdn.com/675544626/files/doc_financials/2022/ar/23-0068-SAIC-FY22-Annual-Report.pdf )
In fiscal 2022, we established goals to achieve parity in the representation of people of color between our leadership and non-leadership roles within five years. We made meaningful progress toward our goals this year, with people of color representing 22%. Since launching in 2020, more than 100 SAIC leaders have participated in the McKinsey Black Executive Leadership and Management Accelerator Programs, and in July 2021, the relationship was expanded to include Hispanic/LatinX and Asian leaders. While we have made considerable progress toward our people of color leader representation goal, we know there is more work to be done. To hold ourselves accountable for results, SAIC’s executive compensation incentive plans are tied to meeting our diversity goals. To build our diversity pipeline, we instituted a new approach to ensure SAIC job descriptions, recruiting tools and processes eliminated the potential for bias and we required a diverse slate of candidates for leadership roles.
Description
Disclosure Information and/or Location
GRI
SASB
UN SDGs
Employee training on human rights policies or procedures
Human rights are integral to our core company value of respect. SAIC is built on the principle of doing the right thing by our customers, employees, business partners and the communities we work in. SAIC is committed to an equal opportunity workplace that is free of discrimination and harassment based on national origin, race, color, religion, gender, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by law.
In FY22, SAIC employees completed more than 1,200 hours of unconscious bias training, which we now require of all new employees. All people leaders are required to take From Bias to Inclusion training annually.
We also support our employees with:
- Corporate employee resource groups/affinity groups
- An anti-discrimination policy
- Anti-harassment and inclusion policies, and accompanying training employees
- An anonymous reporting hotline and dedicated website to help employees report concerns and maintain anonymity; See GRI KPI 102-17.
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Description
Disclosure Information and/or Location
GRI
SASB
UN SDGs
Operations with local community engagement, impact assessments and development programs
SAIC has a robust community engagement program across a majority of our operations and locations.
https://www.saic.com/who-we-are/life-at-saic/citizenship-social-responsibility413-1
Description
Disclosure Information and/or Location
GRI
SASB
UN SDGs
New suppliers that were screened using social criteria
SAIC requires all suppliers to adhere to our Supplier Code of Conduct, which provides a variety of compliance, governance and social standards by which suppliers must adhere to be a qualified supplier to the company.
In 2020, SAIC created the role of Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, who is partnering with the Chief Procurement Officer to develop appropriate social screening criteria for our supply base as part of the due-diligence process. New suppliers are continuously screened and added beyond socioeconomic categories. We are in the process of establishing goals to increase participation of underrepresented suppliers in our supply chain activities. We established a goal of increasing our diversity spend by 2.5% as compared to the prior year in the Greater Washington region.
https://www.saic.com/suppliers-and-small-business414-1
Description
Disclosure Information and/or Location
GRI
SASB
UN SDGs
Political Contributions
For calendar year 2021, the SAIC Voluntary Political Action Committee (VPAC), an organization funded entirely through voluntary employee contributions (i.e. no corporate funds), made $181,500 in political contributions. The SAIC VPAC made no in-kind contributions — with all VPAC contributions being made within the United States. The VPAC did not make any political contributions to state and local candidates and committees. In addition, SAIC, through corporate funds, made $54,700 in state and local contributions, none of which were in-kind contributions. All SAIC corporate fund contributions were made within the United States.
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Description
Disclosure Information and/or Location
GRI
SASB
UN SDGs
Description of policies and practices relating to behavioral advertising and user privacy
Description of approach to identifying and addressing data security risks, including use of third-party cybersecurity standards
Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
Given the nature of our business and its potential impact on national security, data privacy and cybersecurity are integral across everything we do. SAIC provides our customers this expertise across the entire activity range for securing and operating digital assets and services. Combined with our unique technological capabilities, SAIC’s capability comprehensively answers the challenges of a complex and continually evolving cyberspace.
Hand in hand with our technical proficiency is our commitment to securing our data systems while ensuring we protect our customers, business partners and current and prospective employees. We take this subject seriously, as do our chief information security officer, chief ethics and privacy officer and chief risk officer. All oversee SAIC’s Enterprise Risk Management Committee, which reports directly to the Board of Directors and Risk Oversight Committee.
SAIC aligns itself with internationally recognized standards. These include the ISO 27001 information security management systems standard and nationally recognized security standards such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication (SP) 800-171 safeguarding controlled unclassified information on non-federal information systems and organizations. We also follow other industry best practices.
We regularly review and update our security practices to address evolving requirements, technology and threats. While no security is 100% foolproof, we look to the following to strengthen our rigor in the discipline:
- SAIC Code of Conduct
- SAIC Privacy Statement
- Customer-integrated cybersecurity
- Supplier Code of Conduct
- Global Reporting Initiative GRI Index responses
- Numerous affiliations with industry data privacy organizations
- Cybersecurity best practices organizations
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TC-SI-230a.2
Number of users whose information is used for secondary purposes
We do not currently disclose this information.
TC-SI-220a.2
Total amount of monetary losses as a result of legal proceedings associated with user privacy
$0
TC-SI-220a.3
(1) Number of law enforcement requests for user information, (2) number of users whose information was requested, (3) percentage resulting in disclosure
We do not currently disclose this information.
TC-SI-220a.4
List of countries where core products or services are subject to government-required monitoring, blocking, content filtering, or censoring
0
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Substantiated complaints concerning breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data
(1) Number of data breaches, (2) percentage involving personally identifiable information (PII), (3) number of users affected
In FY22, there were no substantiated complaints concerning breaches of customer privacy received from either outside parties or regulatory bodies.
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Number of (1) performance issues and (2) service disruptions; (3) total customer downtime
We do not currently disclose this information.
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Description of business continuity risks related to disruptions of operations
Please see our Form 10-k
https://s24.q4cdn.com/675544626/files/doc_financials/2022/ar/23-0068-SAIC-FY22-Annual-Report.pdf Item 1A. Risk Factors, for material business continuity risks.
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Related Resources
SAIC Corporate Responsibility Report
SAIC 2022 Task force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Report