Kroll Retained by Administrative Office of the United States Courts to Conduct Substance Abuse Screening of Federal Offenders.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2004 Kroll Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : KROL) today announced that its substance abuse testing subsidiary, Kroll Laboratory Specialists, Inc., has been engaged by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts The Administrative Office of the United States Courts is the administrative headquarters of the federal court system. It was created by congressional act on August 7, 1939 (28 U.S.C.A. § 601), and since November 6, 1939, it has tended to the nonjudicial business of the U.S. courts. (AOUSC AOUSC Administrative Office of the United States Courts ), the administrative arm of the federal Judiciary, to provide drug and alcohol testing of federal offenders for the AOUSC Probation and Pretrial pre·tri·al n. A proceeding held before an official trial, especially to clarify points of law and facts. adj. 1. Of or relating to a pretrial. 2. Services' Midwest Region. The one-year contract, which is renewable for up to five years and has a potential ordering value of $3 million in the first year, covers testing of federal offenders on probation, parole and supervised release from prison, or under pretrial supervision while awaiting a court appearance. Under the terms of the contract, Kroll will provide testing services that comply with highly technical reporting and confidentiality requirements, and also assist with testimony preparation and presentation, where applicable. "We are pleased to be selected by the AOUSC and we look forward to working with the Judiciary to meet their substance abuse testing needs," said John Peterson, President, Kroll Laboratory Specialists, Inc. "We believe Kroll's experience and expertise along with our ability to provide accurate and timely results via a very sophisticated reporting platform were critical to winning this new engagement." New Orleans-based Kroll Laboratory Specialists has provided substance abuse testing services to institutional and corporate clients seeking to detect and deter employee drug and alcohol abuse for more than 25 years. The company also provides consultation on collection procedures, program efficacy analysis, and design of random drug testing programs. About Kroll: Kroll Inc. (NASDAQ: KROL), the world's leading independent risk consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , provides a broad range of investigative, intelligence, financial, security and technology services to help clients reduce risks, solve problems and capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. opportunities. Headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of with more than 60 offices on six continents Six Continents is a large retail PLC in UK which split into Six Continents Retail known as Mitchells and Butlers plc. The hotels and soft drinks business of Six Continents PLC is now known as InterContinental Hotels Group PLC. , Kroll has a multidisciplinary corps of more than 2,400 employees and serves a global clientele of law firms, financial institutions, corporations, non-profit institutions, government agencies and individuals. Kroll Laboratory Specialists is a unit of Kroll's Background Screening Group, which also provides employee and vendor background investigations, disability claims integrity programs, and identity theft solutions. For more information, visit www.krollworldwide.com. |
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