This week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a
Privacy Impact Assessment update of the E-Verify program. In the
update, DHS provides an update about additional information that
E-Verify will now require from new employers that register with the
employment eligibility verification system. This new information will
be sent to Dun & Bradstreet, an organization that provides a range
of information about businesses; the information will be compared
against Dun & Bradstreet’s database to ensure that the new employer
is indeed an official enterprise.
New information that will be collected include the following:
1) The employer’s DBA name, if applicable (Doing Business As).
2) The employer’s DUNS number, if available (a Dun & Bradstreet
identification number). If the employer does not have a DUNS number,
the employer’s address, phone number and other data will be used to
clearly authenticate the employer.
3) The corporate administrator’s name.
4) The parent organization, if applicable.
5) The place where the employer heard about the E-Verify program (an optional field).
If Dun & Bradstreet is able to verify the authenticity of the
employer, the new employer will then be able to automatically register
for an E-Verify account. If Dun & Bradstreet is unable to verify
the employer’s authenticity, the employer will then need to be
contacted via phone or email.
