Major Private Providers of Public Services
prepared by the AFSCME Information Center
These are the major players in the privatization of public services. We have added links to their coporate Web sites and their Hoovers and Yahoo: Finance profiles, where available:
Accenture, Ltd. :
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo (formerly Andersen Consulting)
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo (purchased Lockheed Martin IMS)
Allied Waste Industries, Inc.:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo (owns Browning-Ferris International)
American Water Works Company:
ARAMARK:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo (recently acquired ServiceMaster)
Casella Waste Systems:
Chartwells:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo (subsidiary of Compass Group)
Compass Group, PLC:
Earth Tech:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo (owned by Tyco International, Ltd.)
Edison Schools:
Electronic Data Systems Corp.:
First Group America:
Goodwill Industries:
HCA, Inc.:
The Hunter Group:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo
IBM Corporation:
Jackson-Lewis:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo
Johnson Controls Inc.:
Laidlaw Education Services:
Maximus, Inc.:
Morrison Management Specialists:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo (subsidiary of Compass Group)
OMI, Inc.:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo (CH2M Hill, Ltd. subsidiary)
Philadelphia Suburban Corp.:
Rumpke Consolidated Companies:
Republic Services, Inc.:
Res-Care, Inc.:
Sodexho:
Onyx Waste Services:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo (subsidiary of Veolia Environnement)
Tenet Healthcare:
Triad Hospitals:
Unisys Corp.:
U.S. Filter:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo (subsidiary of Veolia Environnement)
U.S. Nursing:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo
U.S. Water:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo (owned by Bechtel Group, Inc.)
United Water:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo (subsidiary of ONDEO-Degrémont, formerly Suez)
Veolia Environnement:
VMS, Inc.:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo (highway maintenance)
Waste Management:
CORRECTIONAL FIRMS
Avalon Correctional Services, Inc.:
CiviGenics:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo
Community Education Centers:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo (formerly Community Corrections)
Cornell Companies:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo (formerly Cornell Corrections)
Correctional Medical Services:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo
Correctional Services Corporation:
Corrections Corporation of America:
Management & Training Corporation:
Maranatha Corrections, LLC:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo
Prison Health Services:
Web site - Hoovers - Yahoo
