Tracker I-9 Compliance Software Will Help Federal Contractors Meet New Requirement to 'E-Verify' Employees' Work Eligibility

    /24-7PressRelease/ - San Francisco, CA, USA, June 12, 2008 - ImmigrationTracker, the maker of immigration management software used by 75% of top-rated immigration law firms and many of the Fortune 1000 companies, has announced that Tracker I-9 (www.TrackerI9.com), its new software system for ensuring Form I-9 compliance, will provide an electronic solution for federal contractors who must now meet the new requirement to 'E-Verify' employees' eligibility to work.

On June 6, 2008, President Bush signed an Executive Order requiring all contractors and others who do business with the federal government to use E-Verify. E-Verify is an Internet based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) that allows participating employers to verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees.

The Executive Order appears to be the first E-Verify rule applied retroactively to existing workers (if they are "assigned" to a federal contract), as opposed to workers going forward from the effective date. Employer groups will be seeking clarity on the scope and intent of this provision.

Tracker I-9 allows employers to electronically prepare, sign and store the I-9 employment eligibility verification form. The system's features also include email alerting, audit and reporting capabilities designed to enhance corporate oversight of workforce compliance and accuracy of employment records. All employees, citizens and noncitizens, hired after November 6, 1986 and working in the United States, must complete a Form I-9 to document that they are authorized to work.

ImmigrationTracker, the maker of Tracker I-9, is a Federally Approved E-Verify Designated Agent. Unlike other I-9 systems, Tracker I-9 software includes automated features to ensure compliance with the Re-Verification and other requirements affecting foreign nationals employed in the U.S. Tracker I-9 is also the only software proven to install in hundreds of locations on the user's internal server, behind the organization's firewall, to maximize data security.

Responding to the signing of the Executive Order on the new employment eligibility verification rules for federal contractors, ImmigrationTracker announced that all Tracker I-9 systems will include features to help U.S. employers meet current and future government mandates for using the E-Verify program.

About ImmigrationTracker and Tracker I-9
Since 1998, ImmigrationTracker has been the choice for immigration management software among Fortune 1000 companies, universities, hospitals, NGOs, and AmLaw 200 firms. Founded by Fred Colman with legal guidance from co-founder attorney Julie Pearl, ImmigrationTracker develops software products used by more leading law firms than all other competing software programs combined. With a staff of accomplished attorneys and software designers, ImmigrationTracker offers employment and immigration solutions for today's complex global workforce.

For more information contact:

Javier Rey
ImmigrationTracker
315 Montgomery St., Suite 750
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-808-8819

http://www.TrackerI9.com
[email protected]

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