Puget Sound Business Journal has selected Intelius, the Bellevue, Washington-based information commerce company, as one of Washington’s Best Workplaces for 2008. The firm also received recognition as one of the top three workplaces in 2007 by the same publication. Intellius CEO Naveen Jain stressed the company’s open working environment for employees, enabling them to grow professionally, exercise their creative freedom, and instilling into the firm’s culture an outlook wherein all employees are a fundamental part of the company. Finalists for the program came from the surveys administered to the employees of the nominated companies, based on a ranking in leadership culture, benefit offerings, and life/work balance philosophy. About Puget Sound Business Journal Based in Seattle, Washington, Puget Sound Business Journal is a weekly business publication that offers the most comprehensive and exclusive coverage of local business in the greater Seattle, Washington area. Puget Sound Business Journal provides premium publication and services including its Website and email products featuring local people and business leaders and delivering the latest local business news relating to real estate, small businesses, and sales and marketing. Puget Sound Business Journal is a unit of the American City Business Journals, the country’s largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers, operating 42 local print business journals throughout the United States. About Intelius Intelius is the leading provider of information services to consumers and business online, offering an impressive portfolio of products and solutions including background checks, employment screening services, criminal checks, and IDWatch, an award-winning identity theft protection service. Intellius is a recipient of numerous recognitions including “Best New Company” by the American Business Awards and “Rising Star” in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 Program. Moreover, Intelius is a leader in philanthropy, having donated to a number of local and national nonprofit organizations such as United Way, Kindering Center, and National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV).