Telos and Inquiries Inc Partner to Create New Background Screening Service

New Service Will Deliver Non-Criminal Fingerprint-Based Background Checks from FBI Database in a Secure, Web-Based Environment

By Dave Liss | July 26, 2010

Easton, Md. & Ashburn, Va.-- Inquiries Inc., an Easton, Md., based personnel security and background screening company, and Telos Identity Management Solutions, LLC (Telos® ID), of Ashburn, Va., integrator of record for the world’s largest biometric identity application, have created a strategic alliance to roll out a new background screening service called IDVetting®.

IDVetting will deliver non-criminal, fingerprint-based background checking services for private companies and government organizations.  The partnering companies are allowed to submit fingerprints directly to the FBI for the processing of an electronic biometric (fingerprint) history check of the FBI’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS)

Through the IDVetting process, normal results are back in less than 24 hours or sooner, instead of days or weeks.  A fingerprint match is the "gold standard" of criminal record checks. It establishes a concrete match with an individual and a record, based on a unique biometric identifier.

Of the over 2,000 groups offering background checks, the partner companies are one of a very select group to be able to directly exchange information electronically with the FBI.

"Inquiries and Telos ID make a great team," explained Jennifer Clark, director of business development at Inquiries. "Our company cultures fit very well and our corporate capabilities complement each other to provide a new and unique service that will provide our customers with an enhanced ability to obtain timely and trustworthy verification of identity."

Telos ID will provide the technology for the solution, according to Mark Griffin, the company’s president and general manager. "We are excited about working with Inquiries," says Griffin. "Combining Inquiries’ industry leadership and Telos ID’s experience in providing integrated identity and access management solutions will change how government and industry process background checks today."



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