BackgroundNow.com allows you to perform background checks
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Background Check Services Company, "BackgroundNow.com"
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Informed Networks Corporation is a background check services company. Its "BackgroundNow.com" provides extensive background check services exclusively to businesses.
- employment background checks
- pre-employment screening background checks
- business background checks
- executive background checks
- nationwide background checks
- international background checks
- free background checks
Informed Networks Corporation was founded in 2003 and serves hundreds of companies throughout the USA.
The company's CEO, Lee Hill, organized Informed Networks Corporation. Previously he served as CEO of the background check services firm, Advanced Productivity Systems, for nearly ten years during the 1980s and 1990s. He has also assisted a number of small to medium sized companies with growth planning and funding. So, his experience and affinity best lend themselves towards addressing the interests of companies of that size.
Lee's background can be viewed on "LinkedIn.com" or at "TED.com".
"BackgroundNow.com" services are especially well suited to small and medium-sized companies. BackgroundNow.com gives you direct access management expertise, versus impersonal service found at big background check companies. Informed Networks Corporation is a firm that offers highly personalized service and open access to expertise.
If you do not represent a business and require personal background check services, try our affiliate.
The company’s knowledge of background check sources and its research expertise is deep. BackgroundNow's systems search billions of records and compile the background check services you want and deliver answers you need. BackgroundNow researchers investigate every county, state and federal courthouse in the United States, covering every background check records source in the US and 200 other countries around the globe. With direct access to online and onsite sources, you'll get authoritative background check services now.
Informed Networks Corporation is one of a select group of background check companies authorized by the federal government to access healthcare practioner and other sensitive non-public background check services. So, you can get informations that other firms may not have authorization to search.
Most background checks are delivered within 45-minutes and pricing is competitive. Our most popular domestic background check services are $9.95; see Our Pricing. Most international criminal background check services are less than $200.00. There are no setup or monthly fees. Your company pays only for the reports you request.
A sample of our in-depth research, The Yogurt Connection is published in Wikipedia. Locating criminal, civil, secretary of state and other records, then acquiring and dissecting in-depth records, such as indictments and complaints is a part of our expertise. Research and summarization projects like this can cost as little as $500.00.
Unlike other background check companies, Informed Networks Corporation empowers customers with open access to background check services information, research, studies, statistics, guidance and legislation with the “DIY Search Tool” found on the BackgroundNow.com home page.
Understanding Background Checks
“Background check” is broad language that encompasses locating and checking of a wide variety records services. The reports produced from background checks services are used to evaluate people, business and property. For example, “consumer reports”, as defined by the FTC, are “…any written, oral, or other communication of any information that has a bearing on a consumer’s credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living….”.
Surveys of state and local governments reveal nearly singular trend. Courts and other government background check services are making their records available via the Internet.
Governments are making records available that span statewide background check services to many instances of single jurisdictions, such as county-level courts, providing Internet access to their records. Some governments provide access to both criminal and civil records while others restrict users' access to records that may contain sensitive background check information. And while some governments offer free comprehensive access to their background check services, many others charge users a range of fees for Internet access.
On the one hand, moving to post background check services to the Internet represents a hushed upheaval in transparency and accountability for both individuals and government, part of a rapidly shifting social reality. Public access to electronic court background check services provides a convenient way for the public to broaden government checks and balances and ensure the fairness and equality of its operations. Concurrent to the trend towards background check transparency, governments are struggling to find balance, such as balancing privacy and accountability. What information should be available Internet? Many governments make judicial opinions at the appellate levels freely available Internet but do not offer Internet access to trial court proceedings, which generally contain more detailed and sensitive evidence. Others offer access to trial court dockets and a variety of other information at the trial level. Should a distinction be drawn between civil and criminal background check access? Another set of issues concern cost. Is it appropriate to charge for government background check services? Does a subscription or fee-based system unfairly discriminate against those who cannot afford fees for background check services? Does it exclude everyday citizens? Questions like these pose a significant challenge to governments attempting to design background check services.
In the United States nearly all employers maintain employee background check programs. With thanks to the Internet, more and more individuals also conduct background check services, using consumer background check sites such as Intelius to check other individuals. Background check services for dating, childcare and home services are proliferating.
It is rare when laws or regulations require background check services. For certain jobs, specific laws make a background check mandatory rather than discretionary. Often the laws that require a background check services are limited to a check of criminal records. Examples of jobs that require a criminal background check are those in the trucking industry and many jobs that involve contact with children, the elderly, and disabled persons.
Also, required, employers can only employ individuals authorized to work in the United States. The Immigration and Nationality Act requires all U.S. employers (including agricultural associations or employers who recruit or refer persons for employment for a fee) to verify on the Form I-9 the identity and employment eligibility of all employees, including U.S. citizens, hired to work in the United States. Completed Forms I-9 are not filed with the federal government. Instead, they must be retained by the employer in its own files and made available for inspection by Department of Homeland Security, the Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, or the Department of Labor for three years after the date of hire or one year after the date the employee's employment is terminated, whichever is later. Recruiters or referrers are required to retain Form I-9 records for three years after the date of the hire. Failure to properly complete and retain the Form I-9 subjects the employer to civil penalties. Employers can retain I-9 forms in electronic format, in addition to the current choices of paper, microfilm or microfiche. Electronic signatures are permitted.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offers free identity background check services called E-Verify. E-Verify is an Internet-based application that allows employers to verify the work authorization of newly hired employees. If the employee claims to be either a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident, E-Verify background checks the employee's Social Security Number against the SSA database. For a lawful permanent resident, E-Verify also checks the employee's Alien Number against the VIS database. For other non-citizens, E-Verify forwards the I-94 number and supporting information to an Immigration Status Verifier. The E-Verify software returns the case resolution to the E-Verify user.
The types of reporting available for background check services vary quite a bit. You can check credit history, employment history, professional licenses, criminal records, civil litigation records, education history, history of workers’ compensation claims, driving records, references, federal government exclusion lists, OFAC records, FDA debarment records, healthcare sanctions records -- to name a few. At minimum, most background check services include a search for criminal records. Checking credit records for financial responsibility and driving records for safety are also a good idea. Criminal court records are open to public access, available to anyone, unless the court has "sealed" a record.
There's a myth of "nationwide criminal background check databases" that report criminal records from every jurisdiction in the United States. No such background check exists. Many companies offer database searches that cover many jurisdictions in the majority of states, but they are all incomplete. The FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division manages the National Crime Information Center, a database of nationwide criminal records. It is the most complete source of records, yet even it is not perfect. Most misdemeanors are not included in the database and many county and state records never make their way to the FBI. En route to the FBI from counties and states there are breakdowns in the process. Still, the NCIC database is the most complete national criminal database, and more comprehensive than the any of the commercially available national criminal databases. Generally, the NCIC database is not available for non-governmental use. There are a few exceptions.
Commercial nationwide criminal background check services can cover a lot of ground and inexpensively. So, they are worthwhile. However, today the standard for thorough court records checks is to first discover counties of residence for the subject of your background check, then to conduct an onsite records search for each county courthouse.
Even with trending towards direct Internet access for to government sources for background check services, most companies and individuals still prefer to pay background check companies to do the work. Background check companies can reduce the real costs of a background check, through speed of service made possible by experience and knowledge. Specialized training results in faster, better background checks.
Hiring BackgroundNow.com to conduct your background checks doesn’t just save you time. It buys advice and support, and more effective programs.
There are challenges to performing thorough background checks. For example, although much of criminal background checks are public record, knowing where and how to check can be difficult. A thorough background check begins with Social Security Number verification, a check for alter egos, such as maiden names, and an address history. Criminals often withhold details about their past to cover their tracks. So, there are important steps that precede criminal, civil and other background checks.
One of the biggest challenges with doing a criminal history is knowing where to look. Once you have an idea where to look, you can check county or state records. Here again, there can be complications: Not all counties Internet background check services and checking records may require a trip to the county courthouse by you or a professional courthouse researcher.
Statewide background check service cover more ground, but state information may be missing or be less up-to-date than the county information. Data doesn’t always flow through the chain of background check sources promptly, completely, or sometimes at all.
If you want to conduct your own background check rather than hire an outside company, you can request court records from every jurisdiction where the subject may have lived and any others where you suspect a record may be found. In some jurisdictions, background check services are available directly from the court’s web site. Access to court records via the Internet varies greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. If not available over the Internet, court files are available at the courthouse. Access may be restricted if a case has been sealed by the court or the record has been expunged.
Descriptions of crimes and sentencing found in criminal records reports can be incomplete or cryptic. You may have to search the state legislature website for clear definitions of statutes. California has an easy to use search engine for this purpose: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html.
Using BackgroundNow's background check services, finding information about people, property or companies can be very straightforward. Doing it on your own is another matter. Law protects personal identifiers, such as Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and medical, financial or insurance information. However, locating an individual and their home address can often be done by an "advanced" Google search. And you can let your fingers do some walking at Intelius, for a modest fee. Try LinkedIn.com or Spock.com to find career-minded people.
Information about companies is more readily discoverable on the Internet and at Secretary of State websites. Secretary of States websites permit access to required filings by businesses and these will help to uncover ownership and important changes and transactions. Companies are entitled to some secrets as well. It's difficult, if not impossible to get proprietary formulas, designs, agreements and business plans. Public companies work under stringent requirements to disclose a great deal more than private companies. You can get those records at Edgar. The SEC's EDGAR system limits retrieval to the past four years. For older records try, a commercial system, such as Edgar-Online.
You can locate background check information on private companies searching EDGAR, because public companies report activities with private companies in their SEC filings.
For the most part, you have free access to "Public Records", and public records are government records. Federal or state law determines what information is a matter of public record. State laws vary, so you may need to be imaginative to complete a useful background check. Voter registration records can be accessed, for example, in some states, but not in others. Courthouses offer access to misdemeanors or felonies, but some states, like California, bar access to the state's criminal records repository, with exceptions.
Private information increasingly can become public information, with thanks to the Internet, though sometimes improperly. For example, software pirating, the reverse engineering and distribution of proprietary software code.
Amazingly, much private information is voluntarily submitted for public access. Users may think a submission is secure when it is not. And "bots", software robots that scan the Internet and accumulate all types of information, often for publication or reconstitution and sale. Black hats bots and use illegal means to capture data, sometimes for purposes of identity theft. Private information also becomes public through disclosure in public record such as bankruptcies, divorce, criminal and civil court records.
Try PACER. It's the Federal Judiciary's centralized electronic access to nearly every U.S. District, Bankruptcy, and Appellate court record in the United States. In most instances, you can download copies of original documents related to cases to add immense detail and depth for your background check.
In any records system, query using variations on names. For example, search with and without a middle initial; for company names, search assumed names or DBAs, and corporate names. Also try searching partial names. Also, keep in mind that somewhere in the background check information chain human beings may enter or alter data, in error. Mistakes happen. Systems too, with their bugs, can reformat or lose data. Accommodate search techniques with these realities in mind. Be aware of each system's search engine rules. For broadest searches, use the fewest letters allowed by the system.
The Excluded Parties List System, another federal government background check source, delivers information about people and companies barred from receiving federal contracts or federal financial assistance.
Want to do a background check on Warren Buffett? Buffett is a businessman, so try business and litigation services first. You're certain to find information about him In Delaware Secretary of State records online -- or for any state where one or more of his business interests are registered to operate. Try searching EDGAR and Pacer, use variations of his name and related business names. References to him in the body of filings will reveal useful information, such as his middle initial, business affiliations, business addresses, investments, and more. To get a peek at his activities, check property, liens, judgments, bankruptcies and UCC filings.
Get creative with your background checks. You could ask yourself, "What kind of public records are likely to list assets?" Did you answer, "Recent divorce filings"? Yes? Then you're getting the hang of it.
Court records can reveal deep personal background check information. Civil filings can report the most personal of information, medical conditions and treatments, financial investments, personal income, employment or business affiliations. Courts offering Internet access to records make it easy, fast and free.
Conducting public records research requires knowledge and skill. You can complete deep, thorough background checks on your own, like a professional, with the right access. Try the BackgroundNow.com search engine. It's customized to specifically search government records services.
Have you done a background check on your investment professional, broker or securities firm? FINRA BrokerCheck is a free online tool to help investors check the professional background of current and former FINRA-registered securities firms and brokers. It should be the first resource investors turn to when choosing whether to do business with a particular broker or brokerage firm.
Features of FINRA BrokerCheck include:
- Background check capabilities for both a broker and brokerage firm
- Online delivery of a background check report on a broker or brokerage firm
- Explanatory information to help investors better understand the content, context and source of the background check provided
- Links to additional services and tools
The information made available through FINRA BrokerCheck is derived from the Central Registration Depository, the securities industry online registration and licensing database, as reported on industry registration/licensing forms brokers, brokerage firms and regulators complete. BrokerCheck features professional background check information on approximately 660,000 currently registered brokers and 5,100 currently registered securities firms. Information is also available on thousands of formerly registered firms and brokers.
Background check services can protect those most vulnerable to harm. More than 94 million children, elderly Americans, and individuals with disabilities -- the most vulnerable members of our society -- depend on someone else to look after them. Family members, friends, paid professionals, or volunteers from youth or service organizations may care for them. Unfortunately, some care givers abuse the very people they are supposed to be helping. The most sensational cases often make the evening news, inspiring public demands for better background check services of those who work with and care for vulnerable persons.
Background check services on those who care for children and other at-risk individuals are a critical first step to detecting abusers before they can inflict harm on their victims. While checking criminal records of potential workers is one method of background check, several other practices can weed out potentially abusive workers and volunteers. These practices range from basic background check services to more complex procedures, including psychological and drug testing.
Basic background check services generally consists of requiring potential employees or volunteers to complete a comprehensive application form and submit a signed statement, conducting a thorough personal interview that examines an applicant's past employment or volunteer experience and explores other indicators of potential problem behavior, and performing personal and professional reference checks. It also may be necessary to confirm an applicant's education.
More extensive background check services are sometimes required. These frequently include examining local, State, and Federal criminal records; abuse and sex offender registries; and motor vehicle records. Special cases may warrant even further background check, including alcohol, drug, and psychological testing; checking an applicant's psychiatric history; and visiting an applicant's home.
While appropriate background check methods can reduce the incidence of abuse by caregivers, they will not eliminate the problem. All background check procedures have limitations; their use does not guarantee that individuals who pass through a background check will not abuse those in their care. The need for vigilance in protecting those at risk of abuse is constant. Relatives and friends of individuals receiving care need to be aware of the potential for abuse, and organizations and agencies should monitor the caregivers for whom they are responsible. Families also need to talk to children and other family members about what is -- and what is not -- acceptable behavior from care and service providers.
The United States Department of Justice offer free sex offender background check services at http://www.nsopr.gov. The Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Registry, coordinated by the DoJ, is a cooperative effort between the state agencies hosting public sexual offender registries and the federal government.
The web site is a search tool allowing a user to submit a single national query to obtain background check services about sex offenders through a number of search options:
- By Name
- By ZIP Code
- By County (if provided by state)
- By City/Town (if provided by state)
- By State (one or multiple)
- National
The criteria for searching are limited to what each individual state may provide. Also, because background check services are hosted by each state and not by the federal government, search results should be verified by the user in the state where the background check services is posted. Users are advised to log on to pertinent state web sites for further information and/or guidance, as appropriate.
State sex-offender registration and notification programs are designed, in general, to include background check services about offenders who have been convicted of a “criminal offense against a victim who is a minor” or a “sexually violent offense,” as specified in the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act (“the Wetterling Act”) – more specifically, background check services about persons convicted of offenses involving sexual molestation or sexual exploitation of children, and persons convicted of rape and rape-like offenses (regardless of the age of the victim), respectively. 42 U.S.C. § 14071. Members of the public are advised, however, that publicly-accessible Internet sites established by different states may not be comparable with respect to the comprehensiveness of offender-related background check services made available for public disclosure. Members of the public should be aware that not all state Internet sites provide for public disclosure of background check services about all sex-offenders who reside, work, or attend school in the state. For example, a given state may limit public disclosure over its web site of background check services concerning offenders who have been determined to be high-risk, while another state may provide for wider disclosure of offender background check services but make no representation as to risk level of specific offenders. In sum, members of the public may be able to obtain certain types of background check services about specific offenders who reside, work, or attend school in the state and have been convicted of one or more of the types of offenses specified below, depending on the specific parameters of a given State’s public notification program.
Members of the public are advised to log on to pertinent state web sites for further information and/or guidance, as appropriate.
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- Lee E Hill (delighted) : Informed Networks Corporation is a background check services company. Its BackgroundNow.com provides extensive background check services exclusively to businesses. Informed Networks Corporation was founded in 2003 and serves hundreds of companies throughout the USA. . The company's CEO, Lee Hill, organized Informed Networks Corporation. Previously he served as CEO of the background check services firm, Advanced Productivity Systems, for nearly ten years during the 1980s and 1990s. He has also assisted a number of small to medium sized companies with growth planning and funding. So, his experience and affinity best lend themselves towards addressing the interests of companies of that size. 11:24, 13 June 2008 (PDT)
