Industry News & Trends

DISA’s insights, tips, and trends cover various topics from human capital management to compliance updates for background screening, drug & alcohol testing, and more. These articles are written by DISA experts and partners worldwide. We highlight the issues and topics that have an impact on the hiring process.

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Screening Solutions: Hair vs. Urine Drug Testing

Compare hair and urine drug testing methods to improve workplace safety, reduce risk, and strengthen your employee screening program.

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DISA Announces New Member Of SAPAA Board

We’re proud to announce that our very own Lynn Ward, MRO Director of University Services, has been elected to the SAPAA board!

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Opioid Overload

Learn how the opioid crisis impacts the workplace and what employers can do to strengthen safety and drug testing policies.

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DISA Continues Its Commitment to Enhanced Industry Wide Compliance Standards at the Annual SAPAA Conference.

​In August 2017, DISA Global Solutions partnered with the Current Consulting Group to deliver a SAPAA Institute Training Course titled "Oil and Gas Pipeline Operators' Contractor Monitoring," led by Dr. Donna Smith, prior to the annual SAPAA Conference.

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Chemical Facilities and CFATS

Learn how the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) impact industries like manufacturing, energy, and healthcare. Discover DHS security requirements for background checks, identity verification, and terrorist screening to maintain workplace safety.

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Progress Over Protocol: Building Safer, Healthier Workplaces

See how companies like Skanska go beyond regulations with proactive safety and wellness initiatives prioritizing worker health.

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DISA Global Solutions (DISA) and ApplicantStack Announce Partnership to Help Employers Streamline Their Employee Screening and Talent Acquisition Processes

DISA teams up with ApplicantStack to enhance hiring efficiency, integrating background screening and compliance solutions into the recruitment process.

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DISA Global Solutions (DISA) and iCIMS Announce Partnership to Help Recruiters Streamline Their Employee Screening and Talent Acquisition Processes

DISA and iCIMS announce a partnership to enhance talent acquisition by integrating background screening into the hiring process for recruiters.

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DISA Global Solutions Acquires RMR Consultants

DISA Global Solutions, Inc. (DISA), a leading provider of employee screening and transportation compliance services, acquired RMR Consultants (RMR) on June 30, 2017. Founded in 1999, RMR is a Dallas-based provider of specialized transportation services that include Department of Transportation compliance, accounting and audit support, and expert regulatory guidance.

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Benefits of eCCF

DISA is committed to developing solutions to make the complex screening process easier and more efficient. The immense volume of paper required for the Chain of Custody process makes this important process slower, less accurate, and inefficient. We teamed our internal experts and technology solutions with our laboratory partner, CRL, to develop an electronic solution to eliminate the paper-heavy screening process. We also developed an electronic solution for capturing employee consent, another paper process. Now, our clients are afforded the ease and efficiency of electronic Custody and Control and electronic Consent Forms – eCCFs and eConsent.

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DISA is on the Move!

DISA Global Solutions moves to a new headquarters, enhancing operations, technology, and service capabilities for workforce compliance solutions.

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DISA Global Solutions Announces the Acquisition of Midwest Toxicology Services

DISA Global Solutions acquires Midwest Toxicology, enhancing drug testing, workforce compliance, and employer screening solutions nationwide.