Administaff Acquires Employment Screening Services Company

Administaff, Inc. (NYSE:ASF), a leading provider of human resources (HR) services for small and medium-sized businesses, announced that it has acquired the operations of USDatalink. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed; however, the acquisition costs and first year operations are not material to Administaff’s 2008 results. "This acquisition will expand our HR service capabilities and provide substantial cost savings to our core business,” said Paul J. Sarvadi, Administaff’s chairman and chief executive officer. "In addition, there is significant opportunity to grow the USDatalink business and leverage their Web-based platform in our HRTools.com initiative.” USDatalink offers a customized approach to background-check reporting for companies that outsource this portion of their employment-screening process. Services include criminal records checks; verifying employment history or education; conducting driving record, civil record and credit history checks; and confirming extraordinary credentials. Under the terms of the agreement, existing management and staff will continue to oversee operations, and the company will continue to operate under the USDatalink name. "Our team is extremely excited about this acquisition because of Administaff’s commitment to quality customer service and to our highly reliable and effective service model,” said Jeffrey Jones, director of USDatalink. "With Administaff’s support, we’ll have the resources and talent to keep our culture strong and compete aggressively in the marketplace.” Administaff is the nation’s leading professional employer organization (PEO), serving as a full-service human resources department that provides small and medium-sized businesses with administrative relief, big-company benefits, reduced liabilities and a systematic way to improve productivity. The company operates 49 sales offices in 24 major markets. For additional information, visit Administaff’s Web site at http://www.administaff.com. USDatalink is a provider of pre-employment background screening services that generates current, accurate and complete reports based on information received directly from the repositories responsible for housing the information, to help companies hire the best available applicants. For more information about USDatalink, call 800-527-7930 or visit http://www.usdatalink.com. 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