Direct-Source Background Screening Data vs. Vendor Management vs. W-2: Which Is Right for Your CRA?

National Criminal Data

InformData’s Game Changing National Criminal Database Solution

Expansive data, easy integration and sophisticated filtering makes InformData's National Criminal Database solution a game changer.

CRA Advice

[Podcast] Continuous Improvement: Minimizing Waste and Maximizing Customer Value

In this episode, we caught up with InformData's Director of Continuous Improvement, Matt Hodges to learn more about the Continuous Improvement department's functions, goals and initiatives.

Direct-Source Data

Expanded Capacity in Arizona: Direct-Source Data at Your Fingertips

InformData has ramped up investments and capacity in Arizona with expanded direct-source data capabilities in Maricopa, Pima, and Pinal.

CRA Advice

How to Recognize Value When Purchasing Background Screening Products and Services

Recognizing value helps CRAs make more informed choices about people-data providers and enables greater competitiveness, and scaling to meet market dynamics.

Company News

The Big Reveal: InformData Announces Plans for Unified Platform

We have invested the last 7 months merging development and support operations and comparing platform functionality, today we are announcing our decision.

National Criminal Data

5 Reasons Your CRA’s National Criminal Database Solution Is So Frustrating

5 Reasons Your CRA’s National Criminal Database Solution Is So Frustrating. InformData's National Criminal Database solution is consistent, complete and accurate

Direct-Source Data

How background screening companies and CRAs are benefitting from direct-source data.

Hear directly from the InformData people who deal with our clients daily, and read how direct-source data has benefited their clients.

Podcast

[Podcast] Culture of Quality at InformData

Sydney Landes sat down with InformData's Director of Quality, Renae Cramphin, to discuss the Quality Department's mission, how we measure quality, and how we've been performing since the merger took place.

Direct-Source Data

3 Ways Direct-Source Data Helps CRAs Compete, Grow, and Profit

This post gives you an up-close look at how InformData helps your CRA eliminate middlemen and get closer to the data.

CRA Advice

How CRAs Can Maximize ROI During and After the SHRM Conference

Now that the SHRM conference is over, how can follow up with your dozens of new leads to distinguish your CRA and optimize your ROI?

Court Access Monitoring

The Risk of Negligent Retention: A 12-Month Case Study on Continuous Monitoring

Here are the results of a case study on continuous court records monitoring where we monitored the employee population of a company operating in the transportation industry after a full year.

Direct-Source Data

How InformData's Proprietary Criminal Records Research Network Outclasses the Rest

InformData developed a three-tiered approach to criminal records research, eliminating as many humans as possible from the criminal background screening workflow.

CRA Advice

[Podcast] CRA's Guide to Success Following SHRM Conference

How can you stand out from the other 70 CRAs that exhibited their employment background screening services? Listen to the InformData Podcast

International Data Solutions

4 Things a CRA Must Know Before Selecting an International Employment Verifications Provider

International employment verifications are an important part of providing a comprehensive international background check offering.

Data Quality

The Essential Guide to Data Quality for Background Screening Companies

Is your data supplier committed to investing in their Cost of Quality (COQ) to enhance the reliability of your background screening reports? InformData is.

Direct-Source Data

Background Checks Matter, Your Choice of Data Provider Is Critical

In this new guide, you'll learn our secrets to achieving game-changing screening results using a proprietary combination of process, technology and people.

Webinar

Webinar: Eliminating the Middleman: Direct-Source Data is the Key to CRA Enlightenment

You can eliminate middlemen. You can retake control of your CRA and your reputation. InformData shows you how in this fast-paced, 60-minute webinar presented by former CRAs, Data Operations Experts and Data Industry Veterans.

Direct-Source Data

Background Checks Turnaround Time Unpredictable?

Background checks turnaround time unpredictable? Distinguish yourself, grow revenue and maintain profitability by getting closer to the data.

Direct-Source Data

InformData Gets You Closer to the Data. What Does That Mean, Anyway?

InformData gets you and your end-users closer to the original sources of criminal records and court records data than any other provider. Learn how.

Podcast

[Podcast] Less Reason to Panic When Conducting Criminal Background Checks in Cook County, Illinois

Join InformData Chief Legal Officer, Vince Pascarella, Executive Vice President of Sales, Vince Brodt and Director of Operations, Wade Hudson as they discuss updated from Cook County.

Direct-Source Data

3 Essential Steps for Creating a Scalable, Efficient CRA Back Office for the Modern Market

CRAs back office has evolved to address the main friction points that prevent CRAs from scaling profitably. Find out how InformData is helping CRAs scale.

Direct-Source Data

What’s Cookin’ in Cook County, Illinois?

InformData makes good on its commitment to make people-data equitably accessible to all, doubling court records research terminals in Cook County, Illinois.

International Data Solutions

Why do I need such random information for international employment background checks?

While international background check ordering requirements may seem random, there is usually a good reason for them. Learn more from InformData.

Company News

PBSA Spring 2022 was fantastic!

Here's a quick PBSA Mid-Year Conference 2022 follow-up. If you were there, it’s a recap to reflect on a great show. If you weren’t, Be Informed, on us.

Company News

Welcome to InformData

We’ve launched InformData as a new brand in the background screening industry and this blog is the new home for insights, and analysis on regulatory, privacy and CRA best practices.

International Data Solutions

Employee screening, another casualty of conflicts around the world

Learn the steps that can be taken to reduce the negative impact of government conflict on pre-employment background screening. InformData International Data solution

National Criminal Data

InformData's National Criminal Database now available on Accio platform

InformData announces the immediate availability of its National Criminal Data Solution for CRAs on the Accio background screening data platform.

Verifications

3 Things You Thought You Knew About Outsourcing Employment Verifications

With 1.2 million verifications processed annually, InformData has developed a reputation for quality, speed, and innovation that you can trust.

Verifications

How to make (More!) money for your CRA by outsourcing employment verifications

Unlock the door for your CRA, large or small, to less stress, growth and greater profits with outsourced employment verifications | InformData background screening solutions

Automation

Gallant Capital invests in SJV Data Solutions and Wholesale Screening Solutions to form leading background screening data platform

Combined entity focuses on delivering direct-source people data to consumer reporting agencies and risk management professionals.

Verifications

Yes, an outsourced employment verifications provider can outperform your internal team

By outsourcing your excess verification orders your CRA can relieve the pressure and start reaping the rewards of today’s labor market. InformData

Verifications

CRAs Ultimate Guide to Turning Verification Challenges into Opportunities

Check out InformData's latest ebook on how background screening companies can become more efficient and profitable in their employment verifications processes.

Customer Focused Quality

Lost Promotion. Lost House: The Domino Effect of Bad Background Checks

SJV provides our CRA clients with clean, reliable and relevant background screening data. This story highlights the "why" behind our focus on quality.

Verifications

Interview: SJV's Verifications Team Tackles Verification Challenges

Is your CRA drowning beneath a flood of employment verification orders? Industry-leading people, processes, and technology helps release the pressure

Industry News

California Redaction Laws Stall CRAs in Performing Background Checks

California has redacted full dates of birth from court records. What does this mean for CRAs and how can the background screening industry move forward?

CRA Advice

[Podcast] Background screening compliance update with Scott Paler

We caught up with Scott Paler on some legal compliance updates in the background screening industry. Topics range from the Fair Chance Act to DOB redaction

Product Development

[Podcast] Alternate Research Methods, Compliance and Early Release

EBI's Bob Capwell and DISA's Sean O' Donnell joined InformData to discuss how background screening companies are processing background checks through COVID-19.

Industry News

18 States Have Now Legalized Recreational Marijuana: What CRAs Need to Know

What do the marijuana legalization laws mean for consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) and other background screening companies?

Verifications

The Great Resignation: How Is the Job Churn Pandemic Affecting the Employment Screening Industry?

For CRAs, sky-high quit rates are both a blessing and a curse. You’ve got overages; we’ve got the capacity. So it’s the perfect time to try SJV out.

Background Screening Technology

[Podcast] Technology must be the core of background screening programs

InformData has a guiding philosophy when it comes to our technology investments: continuous improvement, developer-friendly APIs, and scalable platforms.

Direct-Source Data

5 KPIs Your CRA Must Hit to Beat the Competition in 2021

Is your CRA struggling to earn or retain business? Our new book discusses how to position your CRA for growth and profit during the post-COVID hiring boom.

Podcast

[Podcast] Can Employers Require the Vaccine? Is Remote Work Here to Stay? Our Expert Panel Weighs In.

Now that we're ramping up to 30% of the population vaccinated in this Podcast we tackle some tough questions.

International Data Solutions

International Background Checks Just Got Easier

Announcing four NEW ways InformData can help you sell international background check solutions to your customers with the utmost confidence.

Verifications

[Podcast] Unprecedented Verification Demand Forces CRAs to Think Differently to Meet Turn-Around-Time Expectation

The "Great Resignation" and post-pandemic churn in the job market are stretching CRAs with unprecedented levels of employment verification requests.

Verifications

8 Questions Every Background Screening Company Should Be Able to Answer

In this article, we’re covering the eight questions that you will get from employers who are considering your services. See if you can answer these questions and that is where you can differentiate yourself.

Automation

3 Advantages and 4 Disadvantages of DIY Background Check Automation

Criminal background check automation is a panacea for background screening companies. Mainly, automation helps you scale while keeping your labor costs low.

Automation

Automated Criminal Background Checks: The 4 Best Features

Choosing the right automated criminal background screening vendor saves your company money, increases your efficiency, and boost your profits.

Court Access Monitoring

19 Times When Continuous Court Records Monitoring Was Really, Really Worth It

Automated continuous court records monitoring can help complete the picture and ensure red flags don’t turn into something worse.

Podcast

[Podcast] All about our military spouse hiring program

InformData has decided to focus of military spouses for many of our core research roles: learn all about the program in this recent podcast episode.

Automation

Breaking Down InformData's Background Check Automation: An Overview

How InformData's automation capabilities helps you conduct background checks cheaper and faster...without sacrificing quality.

Automated Research

4 Reasons Background Check Companies Struggle to Scale

The key to scaling your company is to first identify the factor(s) that are holding you back. In our experience, there are four common reasons CRAs struggle to scale.

Automation

Is Your Consumer Reporting Agency Growing? Time for Background Check Automation

How can you scale your business as a CRA without drowning in labor costs? The answer is automation.

Conventional Research

New Jersey courts finally reopen for criminal background checks

New Jersey has made its “PROMIS/Gavel System” available remotely for criminal background checks and InformData is among the first approved to access the system.

CRA Advice

5 Background Screening Trends to Follow Over the Next Decade

The industry will continue to grow throughout the 2020s. But how exactly will it change over the coming decade? We predict it here with five trends.

COVID-19

Counterpoint: After COVID, CRAs Should Pivot to Essential Industries

Should background screening companies, post-COVID focus on industry specialization or industry diversification? We make the case for specialization here.

COVID-19

COVID-19 and CRAs: The Case for Industry Diversification

How can CRAs inoculate themselves against the “next” COVID-19? It may be as simple as making the right choice between diversification and specialization.

Court Access Monitoring

How Does Court Access Monitoring Work?

We believe one opportunity stands head and shoulders above the rest because of its ability to shift the CRAs customer relationship from transactional to ongoing: Court Access Monitoring.

MedEx Solutions

[Podcast] Hanging Out With Background Screening Expert Kim Kerr

We sat down with Kim Kerr, an expert in background screening to discuss how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting CRAs, medical compliance screening, etc.

COVID-19

[Podcast] Scott Vanek, Vince Brodt on COVID-19 and its effect on CRAs

We discuss the impact COVID19 is having on the background screening industry and advice on how background screening companies can ride out the storm.

MedEx Solutions

The Anatomy of an Unhealthy Medical Compliance Search

A leading background screening company sent us a batch of 363 names which were tested by Brand X and reported as having adverse medical compliance data.

International Data Solutions

International verifications now available on Accio platform

International verifications can now be ordered via Accio. So, whether it’s education, employment or reference interviews, ordering global verifications in over 200 countries just got a lot easier.

International Data Solutions

The wait is over. Puerto Rico – Motor Vehicle Records

Background screening companies are sick of waiting weeks or months for Puerto Rico MVR's. Check out how we've shortened turnaround time to just 2-3 days.

Automation

5 Specific Methods that Lead to Fast, Accurate Public Records Research Results

We’ve made it our mission to deliver fast, accurate public records research results. Here are five specific methods we use to accomplish those goals:

5 Preventative Measures We Take to Avoid Mistakes

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” This saying holds as true in medicine as it does in business. Great companies have a keen ability to identify sources of risks and to prevent them from turning into a loss. When mistakes are made in the background screening industry, the impacts can be… Read more

Metrics Driven Management

5 Metrics Every CRA Should Have at Their Fingertips

As a CRA / background screening provider, you need the right metrics at your fingertips in order to manage client expectations and ensure quality results.

International Data Solutions

Puerto Rico – Criminal Research on the Isle of Enchantment

Puerto Rico – Criminal Research on the Isle of Enchantment