The Difficulties in Processing Criminal Searches for Employment Purposes

When it comes to processing criminal searches for employment or pre-employment purposes, there is no way to be certain that an applicant/employee is free from any kind of criminal history. Unfortunately, because the FBI’s NCIC Database is not available to the general public, employers are forced to process either a nationwide criminal database search [...]

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E-Verify Program Extended until March 2009

The E-Verify program has been the topic of much controversy within the U.S. Congress.  On September 27, 2008, Congress voted to extend the E-Verify program which will stay in effect until March 6, 2009.  This brief extension will end shortly after the new Presidential Administration takes office leaving the new administration to inherit the responsibility [...]

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CII InfoPost – Reminder on Consent Based Social Security Number Verification system

This is just a reminder for those customer (ours and others) that request SSN verifications. Please take note of the last sentence in the reminder.
The Social Security Administration has created a Consent Based Social Security Number Verification (CBSV) system to respond to requests from the business community and government agencies for instantaneous, automated verification [...]

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Security Systems and Personal Identity Information – Conversation

As an I.T. person I will tell you this post could get a little technical, and will definitely be less formal that some of the other posts on our site (us IT people can tend to be a little sarcastic at times). If you have an I.T. person in your organization, I would ask [...]

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FACTA Red Flag Regulations

Identity theft has become more prevalent in the United States, as the growth of the internet and other technological advances have opened the doors to allow new opportunities for individuals to gain access to the identities of others.
In an effort to help curb this rising epidemic, the legislature and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have [...]

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