Abstract: A system for conducting persistent common weighted personnel background investigations. An investigator enters the subject's known applicable information that includes the subject's name, address, social security number, date of birth into the system. Once entered into the system, a report on background investigation findings is automatically generated and provided to the investigator. The report also contains a risk score and rating for the subject based on a common weighted set of evaluation criteria. Periodically afterward, a report of any new background investigation findings is automatically provided to the investigator along with the updated risk score. Reports continue to be generated periodically until the subject's name is removed from the system.

Abstract: A software system used to track and locate mobile first responders such as law enforcement and firefighters. The system consists of software that loads on first responder cellular telephones and provides recurring position reports, personal emergency distress reports, and data files such as pictures, video, and audio that have been tagged with the cellular telephone's global positioning system (GPS) information. Information from the cellular telephone is sent to server software that represents the information on a map display viewed via the Internet. Users of the invention are able to communicate and collaborate with one another by selecting one or a group of users from the display and in turn sending text, email, and voice messages to one another.