ChoicePoint Partners With Independent Credit Bureaus to Offer Pre-Employment and Vendor Screening Services.Business Editors & Technology Writers ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2000 ChoicePoint(TM) signs two independent credit bureaus ChoicePoint Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CPS (1) (Characters Per Second) The measurement of the speed of a serial printer or the speed of a data transfer between hardware devices or over a communications channel. CPS is equivalent to bytes per second. ) announced today a strategic alliance with independent credit bureau affiliates to offer ChoicePoint's information services See Information Systems. to their clients. Its first two customers are Louisiana-based, Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge Baton Rouge (băt`ən r  zh) [Fr.,=red stick], city (1990 pop. 219,531), state capital and seat of East Baton Rouge parish, SE La. (CBBR) and Advantage Network Systems Inc. of Greeley Colorado, independent affiliates of one of the nation's largest credit bureaus. ChoicePoint will provide its credit bureau customers a suite of screening services including pre-employment and vendor screening among others. "Our partnership with the affiliate bureaus is a natural fit for us," commented Jim Zimbardi, ChoicePoint vice president. "Clients who use credit information to evaluate risk now have access to public records and other proprietary information from ChoicePoint to screen prospective employees, vendors, tenants and community volunteers quickly and effectively." ChoicePoint is kicking off the non-exclusive program to all local and regional independent credit bureaus across the nation. The company is actively seeking strategic partnerships with bureaus that want to strengthen their customer relationships with expanded services and product offerings. "Employers, non-profits, volunteer organizations and landlords are more concerned than ever about the safety of their workplace, their property and the public they serve," explained Steve Uffman, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CBBR. "With the unfortunate situations that have occurred far too frequently around the country, coupled with the increasing risk of negligent hiring Negligent hiring is a cause of action in tort law that arises where one party is held liable for negligence because they placed another party in a position of authority or responsibility, and an injury resulted because of this placement. claims, a fast, reliable solution is needed to assist these organizations in performing their proper due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. . Our partnership with ChoicePoint makes that solution available." ChoicePoint is the leading provider of decision-making decision-making, n the process of coming to a conclusion or making a judgment. decision-making, evidence-based, n a type of informal decision-making that combines clinical expertise, patient concerns, and evidence gathered from intelligence to businesses, individuals and government agencies. Through the identification, retrieval, storage, analysis and delivery of data, the company serves the information needs of the property and casualty insurance market, the life and health market, and the business and government markets, including Fortune 1000 corporations, asset-based lenders and professional service providers, and federal, state and local governments. ChoicePoint is committed to the responsible use of information and the protection as fundamental planks of its business model. For more information about ChoicePoint, visit www.choicepoint.net. Note to Editors: ChoicePoint is a trademark of ChoicePoint Inc. |
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