profile updated Apr 14, 2008, 9:37 AM
Before "going postal" entered the vernacular, USIS was already helping the government root out potential misfits from the employment pool. The company began in the 19th Century as the Office of Federal Investigations in the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Its job was to vett the "background, suitability, and loyalty of Federal employees and applicants." A century later in 1996, as part of the privatization of some government functions, the investigations unit was spun off as an employee-owned company.
While today the firm's primary clients are still government agencies, USIS also offers background and drug screening for private companies and is considered one of the largest and key investigative agencies for the HR industry handling more than 2 million cases a year. Its operations center is located 200 feet underground in a mine that once held sensitive federal government records.
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Screening and Testing
USIS supplies the full range of routine background checking and screening. This includes drug testing and physicals. Verification services, credit worthiness and driving and criminal records are part of the standard screening services. More detailed backgrounding extending to field investigation involving interviews and character referencing are provided primarily for U.S. government agencies. -
Investigative Services
Through a partnership with Position Manager, USIS offers a tight integration and series of screening and backgrounding tools specifically for hospitals. The tools include certification verification and management, licensing, as well as the company's array of drug, alcohol, physicals and other tests and backgrounding services.