AUGUSTA, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Center for Digital Government recently recognized the State of Maine with a Digital Government Achievement Award in the government-to-business category for the One Stop Online Background Check Service. The online service, sponsored by the Department of Public Safety and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, was created to provide a convenient, up-to-date, and official source for Maine online background checks.
The national award program highlights exceptional state government websites and online services and is highly competitive. Maine’s One Stop Background Check (http://www.maine.gov/online/dps/background_check) provides a combined search of multiple official state databases including Maine crash reports, Maine public criminal history records, Maine driver history records, and the Maine sex offender registry. Instead of conducting individual checks through multiple services, businesses now can conduct a complete search in one simple transaction and obtain a consolidated report on an individual.
“Consolidating the services into one search and report makes the background check process more convenient for businesses, especially employers,” noted Matt Ruel, Director of the State Bureau of Identification.
Background check results ordered through the online service are typically delivered to the customer via email in a consolidated electronic report. The service is useful to employers, investigators, day care providers and a variety of other businesses that routinely need to perform background checks.
“Not only does this service provide convenience, but users can be confident in the accuracy and timeliness of the data they receive, as it comes straight from the official databases of the Department of Public Safety and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles,” stated Clarissa Hurley, Online Services Branch Manager for the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
InforME developed this online service at the request of Maine businesses that were surveyed in an extensive user needs analysis conducted in 2009. The service was developed at no cost to Maine taxpayers, and enhances the popular suite of online business services available through Maine.gov (http://www.maine.gov).
About Maine.gov
Maine.gov (http://www.Maine.gov) is the official Web portal of the state of Maine. Maine.gov is a service of InforME, a collaborative effort between the state of Maine and Maine Information Network, LLC., part of the NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) family of companies.
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