ChoicePoint Hires Screening Officer

Data broker ChoicePoint Inc., whose massive consumer information file was recently breached, said it had hired a top official at the government agency that oversees airport screening to review how the company screens its customers.

The Alpharetta, Ga.-based company said Carol A. DiBattiste, deputy administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, has been appointed as the company’s chief credentialing, compliance and privacy officer.

She will lead an independent office in Washington that will oversee improvements in ChoicePoint’s screening process and implementation of procedures to expedite the reporting of incidents.

ChoicePoint shares fell 8 cents to $37.97 on the New York Stock Exchange.