Associations

Certifications

Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)

WBENC has certified AccuSource, Inc. as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE). WBE certification is granted to a firm that is 51% owned, operated and controlled by women.

Our Customers benefit from AccuSource WBE certification for the following reasons:

• AccuSource can help clients reflect the evolving and shifting demographics in business today.
• AccuSource can be retained as prime contractor or subcontractor where client contracts mandate supplier diversity requirements.
• AccuSource can help corporations meet the national WBENC requirements for government contracts and projects.

Industry Associations

National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS)

The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) exists to promote ethical business practices, promote compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and foster awareness of issues related to consumer protection and privacy rights within the background screening industry. The Association provides relevant programs and training aimed at empowering members to better serve clients and to maintain standards of excellence in the background screening industry. The Association is active in public affairs and provides a unified voice on behalf of members to local, state and national lawmakers about issues impacting the background screening industry.

ConcernedCRAs

ConcernedCRAs is a group of like-minded CRA's (Consumer Reporting Agencies) who are concerned about the future of the employment background screening industry. We believe that certain data practices employed by some CRA's place our profession at risk.

Some employment background screening firms send the sensitive personal information (i.e. social security numbers and financial account information) off-shore to be processed. We believe that sending such information off-shore places both applicants and employers at risk and should be avoided whenever possible. Alternatively, when personal information is sent to other countries, applicants and employers should be made aware of this practice.

In addition, some employment background screening firms sell "national criminal records databases" to employers without appropriate safeguards to ensure that the information they are delivering is accurate and up to date. We believe that criminal records databases are valuable sources of information if they are used in a responsible manner.

We are concerned that these practices do not appropriately protect employment applicants from avoidable harm. Likewise, employers are placed at increased risk of litigation and public relations problems when their employment background screening partners employ these practices. Ultimately, we are concerned that ongoing media coverage related to errors in background checks and the potential for litigation and overreaching legislative solutions place our profession at risk.

Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA)

The Consumer Data Industry Association is an international trade association, founded in 1906, that represents consumer information companies that provide fraud prevention and risk management products, credit and mortgage reports, tenant and employment screening services, check fraud and verification services, and collection services.

CDIA represents the consumer credit reporting information industry before state and federal legislators. It also represents the industry before the media in consumer credit reporting matters.

CDIA sets industry standards and provides business and professional education for its members. It also provides educational materials for consumers regarding their credit rights and how consumer credit reporting agencies can better serve their needs.

Identify Theft Resource Center

Identity Theft Resource Center® (ITRC) is a nonprofit, nationally respected organization dedicated exclusively to the understanding and prevention of identity theft. The ITRC provides consumer and victim support as well as public education. The ITRC also advises governmental agencies, legislators, law enforcement, and businesses about the evolving and growing problem of identity theft.

Member Associations

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world's largest professional association devoted to human resource management. Our mission is to serve the needs of HR professionals by providing the most current and comprehensive resources, and to advance the profession by promoting HR's essential, strategic role. Founded in 1948, SHRM represents more than 250,000 individual members in over 140 countries, and has a network of more than 575 affiliated chapters in the United States, as well as offices in China and India.

CUPA-HR

CUPA-HR provides global leadership to the higher education human resources profession and the higher education community by offering essential knowledge, resources and connections that enhances individual and institutional capacity and competitiveness.

The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA)

The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA) of the American Hospital Association (AHA) is the nation's only membership organization exclusively dedicated to meeting the professional needs of human resources leaders in healthcare.

Founded in 1964, ASHHRA represents more than 3,100 human resources professionals across the nation. ASHHRA is governed by a 13-member board of directors, four standing committees, and more than 50 affiliated chapters who are all committed to enhancing the profession and moving forward toward one common goal – excellence in healthcare human resources.

The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

Established in 1956, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) is the leading source of information on the employment of the college educated. The professional association connects more than 5,200 college career services professionals at nearly 2,000 colleges and universities nationwide, and more than 3,000 HR/staffing professionals focused on college relations and recruiting.

Human Resource Information Management (HRIM)

Formed in 1980 from informal gatherings when HR and IT professionals found themselves needing mediators, IHRIM has become the world's leading clearinghouse for the HRIM (Human Resource Information Management) industry. Today, IHRIM is a community of experts – a dynamic group of practitioners, vendors, consultants, students, and faculty that continues to grow, not just in numbers, but in its scope of knowledge and information.

International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

The International Association of Privacy Professionals is a community of privacy professionals eager to meet, share and learn. It's the place to engage with the global network of people who are the privacy community. More than just a professional association, the IAPP provides a home for privacy professionals around the world to gather, share experiences and enrich their careers.

Founded in 2000, the IAPP is the world's largest association of privacy professionals with more than 9,000 members in 70 countries. The IAPP helps define, support and improve the privacy profession through networking, education and certification.