State and Federal regulators have mandated that various corporations and government agencies are required to conduct background checks on employees and potential employees. There are also new regulations requiring background checks before some licenses or certifications are issued, such as to daycare providers and teachers. Such background checks enable employers to identify those with outstanding warrants or criminal convictions thus protecting sensitive information and financial data as well preventing potentially dangerous individuals from working around children. It's a strong first step toward a safe work environment.

Unfortunately, meeting these regulations can be difficult and expensive. Background checks are expensive to administer and the loss in productivity also comes at a cost, as many submissions can take several weeks to return. This inconvenient process delays the hiring process and slows production.

I/O Software offers its newest product, Identity Capture Suite (ICS), as a simple and easy solution. The three-step ten fingerprint capture process streamlines the civil fingerprint process and improves the image quality needed by the FBI's IAFIS system.

Identity Capture Suite was custom designed for civil use to capture applicants' demographic, biographic, biometrical (facial, iris and signature) information. The ten fingerprint plain (flat) impression process meets the new FBI EFTS Appendix F standards. ICS electronically captures an applicant's fingerprint using the off-the-shelf FBI certified livescan flat impression scanner, the LS2 Check from CrossMatch Technologies (formally Smiths Heimann Biometrics).

1. ICS guides the user through the process as follows:

2. Each print is then displayed on a monitor. The computer conducts a quality check and shows whether or not the impression meets the standard.

3. After acceptable prints are obtained, the digitized print is submitted to the appropriate agency.