First Advantage's Florida Screening Operations Center Receives ISO 900

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First Advantage Corporation , a global risk mitigation solutions provider, announced today that its Employment Screening Services division's St. Petersburg background verifications operating center has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification through National Quality Assurance, USA (NQA). With this announcement, First Advantage now has multiple ISO 9001:2000 certified operating centers throughout the United States.

"The certification is very important to the clients we serve across all industries and demonstrates First Advantage's commitment to providing the highest quality services in the industry," said David Kennedy, president of First Advantage's Background Services group. "It ensures that our clients' critical information is processed to meet both stringent regulatory requirements and high quality standards so that we can deliver superior employment background screening services."

The ISO 9000 series of international standards for quality management is among the most widely known and successful of the standards published by the International Organization of Standardization, which began operations in 1947. The standards have become an international reference for quality requirements in business dealings and form the basis for more than 350,000 certified quality management programs in public and private organizations in at least 150 countries.

"This is a key milestone for the Employment Screening Services division," added Bart Valdez, president of the division. "First Advantage continues to lead the industry in breadth of product solutions, flexibility of delivery systems and, now, in the implementation of globally recognized quality standards. We intend to capitalize on this momentum and roll out ISO 9001:2000 certification strategies for many of our other operating facilities."

More information about First Advantage's industry leading services can be found at http://www.fadv.com/ or by contacting First Advantage's Employment Screening Services division at 866.400.FADV or sales@fadv.com.

About First Advantage Corporation

First Advantage Corporation provides best-in-class single- source solutions for global risk mitigation and enterprise and consumer screening needs. Incorporating state-of-the-art technology, proprietary systems and data resources, First Advantage is a leading provider of employment background screening, drug-free workplace programs and other occupational health testing, employee assistance programs, corporate tax and incentive services, resident screening, motor vehicle records, transportation business credit services, investigative services, computer forensics and electronic discovery services, supply chain security and consumer location services. First Advantage ranks among the top three companies in all of its major business lines. First Advantage is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Fla., and has more than 1,700 employees in offices throughout the United States and abroad. Further information about the company is available at http://www.fadv.com/.

First Advantage is a majority-owned subsidiary of The First American Corporation , a Fortune 500 company that traces its history to 1889. First American is the nation's largest data provider, supplying businesses and consumers with information resources in connection with the major economic events of people's lives. Additional information about the First American Family of Companies can be found at http://www.firstam.com/.

For further information please contact: Dave Wirta, Executive Vice President - Sales and Marketing, Employment Screening Services Division, +1-727-290-1110, ext. 305, dwirta@fadv.com, or Renee Svec, Director of Corporate Communications, +1-727-214-3411, ext. 212, rsvec@fadv.com, both of First Advantage Corporation.