Total Information Services, Inc.

TISI is a subsidiary of US Investigations Services (USIS.COM), which is partly owned by the Carlyle Group.

This article claims that TISI is a pre-employment search agency. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_March_20/ai_60273902

Their domain is TISI.COM and they visited the website http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/PoliceState.html at a time when its author was not seeking new employment.

Businessweek investors entry: http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=722332

It is a fair question to ask, why would a hardcore bunch like the Carlyle Group be part owners of a pre-employment agency that investigates people who are not seeking employment.

There is a possible class-action suit against TISI: http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0198-212879/OOIDA-may-pursue-a-class.html

A Usenet search shows these emails associated with TISI.COM: fred@tisi.com BruceG@tisi.com