GPS opens it's third office in Michigan

(I-Newswire) February 12, 2010 - Providing pre-employment background checks for some of the nation's largest
employment screening corporations, Florida-based GPS and Associates announces the opening of a new office in
Michigan. The veteran team of professional investigators will now provide criminal records checks, employment
screening and international investigative services from offices located in Florida, Tennessee and now Michigan.
One of the few background-screening corporations that is also an investigative agency, GPS, specializes in
providing "hands on" criminal history background checks in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam and American
Samoa.
Investigators at GPS provide nationwide document retrieval and investigative services to banks, insurance
companies and private and corporate groups. GPS investigators are licensed in Florida and Tennessee, and bring
more than 27 years of experience to all types of investigations.
"GPS has been instrumental in furthering a stricter hiring standard in the industry that provides pre-employment
background checks. We play a key role in ensuring that employers keep the criminals out," says Andy Gomez,
President and CEO.
A licensed investigator, Gomez was one of the first to offer nationwide employment screening services. Today,
the company's pre-employment screening services include criminal record searches, civil litigation searches,
bankruptcy filings, comprehensive background reports, corporate searches, drug testing, education verification
and more. Documents can be retrieved at all levels, from local to global (upon request).
Julye Bakos, Vice President and Private Investigator, speaking recently at an investigators' forum, stated that
"GPS always goes the extra mile, not just to screen a profile but also to investigate carefully, confidentially, and
conclusively any candidate that we do a background check on."
In addition to on-site criminal background checks extending to Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the
Virgin Islands, GPS conducts all investigative services, including arson, due diligence, death, comprehensive
background, insurance, worker's comp, theft, fraud and the full range of investigations. Surveillance and
debugging services are also available through GPS.
More information about these effective and efficient services can be found at the GPS and Associates website.
About GPS and Associates:
GPS and Associates, Inc. launched in 1990 in Florida. In 2000, GPS teamed up with Bakos Investigative andConsulting Services, expanding to offer private investigative services and opening an office in Nashville,
Tennessee. CEO and President Andy Gomez, an MBA and associate of the Certified Fraud Examiners, is a
member of the AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association) and has been in the
employment screening /investigative industry since 1989. He has lectured on investigative aspects of
pre-employment screening, and has assumed various leadership roles in the industry. Before joining the GPS
family in 2000, Vice President Julye Bakos was the manager of Pinkerton Investigations in Nashville, Tennessee,
conducting investigations large and small, and assisting the FBI and other law enforcement agencies on numerous
occasions. Bakos has partnered with several law enforcement personnel to assist in investigations. She has been a
guest speaker lecturing on Criminal Justice and Investigations.

About GPS and Associates:
GPS is a nationwide Pre-Employment screening corporation and a investigative agency, with offices in Florida,Tennessee GPS opened a new office in Michigan as of November of 2009

Company Contact Information
GPS and Associates
Andy Gomez
P.O. BOX 1465
33539
Phone : 877-813-8155