Inside the July 2010 issue...

Top Stories

• Riverside, Calif. Online Records Will Now Cost You $$$
• Solano Courthouse Closed After Firebomb Burns Room
• Retailers Slowly Make a Dent In Theft
• Background Check Alerts Me To My Surprising Criminal History
• Sales Lesson: Screening - The Importance Of An Independent Approach
• The Magic of Asking
• Feds Try To Put Credit Checks On Hold
• Bill Would Require FBI To Fill In Gaps In Criminal Records Database
• Les Rosen's Corner: Applicants Who Embellish Their Education Accomplishments
• Maryland Colleges May Be Required To Conduct Background Checks On Students
• Single Mom Fired From Job For Anonymous Sex Blog

Riverside, Calif. Online Records Will Now Cost You $$$

Riverside County court records that used to be freely available online are today locked behind a...

Solano Courthouse Closed After Firebomb Burns Room

The Solano County Courthouse is closed indefinitely as officials assess the damage caused by a...

ClearStar.Net Celebrates 15 Years Serving Background Screening Industry

ClearStar.net announced the celebration of their fifteenth year serving consumers of public...

International News

Checks Ineffective In BC, Say Police

Criminal record checks consume too many police resources and don't provide the protection the...

British Man Detained For Concealing Criminal Past

A British man who concealed his record of conviction for sex crimes to enter Taiwan was arrested by...

Russians Not Afraid Of Polygraph For Pre-Employment Screening

Polls show that more than 50 percent of Russians don't object to lie detection during a job...

Canadian Pardon Reforms Worry Ex-Offenders

Neal Cornish had it all planned. He would finish his bachelor of nursing degree and hit the job...

Will Canada Can Pardons?

On May 11, 2010, the Canadian government tabled a bill that effectively abolished criminal...

Twitter Joke Ends In Criminal Record?

Twitter users may have to be more careful with their "tweets" after a man's...

British Home Office Dispels Vetting Myths

You may have already heard of the new vetting and barring scheme (VBS) for people who want to work...

British Home Office Dispels Vetting Myths

You may have already heard of the new vetting and barring scheme (VBS) for people who want to work...

Other news

NAACP Urges Passage Of Legislation To Correct FBI Background Checks

Many businesses and employers run a criminal background check through the FBI database on a...

Next In Forensics: Bacterial 'Fingerprints'

Researchers are perfecting a technique that matches "personal" bacteria on a person's...

House Judiciary Committee Tackles Issues Facing Newly Released Criminals

The House Judiciary Committee is seeking new approaches to facilitate the reentry of released...

See How Well We Do

Seeking to undo the stigma of a federal criminal conviction, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn.,...

Background Check For Good Looks

American Apparel took some heat last year after being accused of firing employees they deemed...

New Paperwork Required For CPIC Checks

Local volunteer groups see an increased burden to the volunteer police check process from a new...

Minnesota Protects Employers

A new Minnesota law would protect employers in civil lawsuits where the plaintiff is seeking...

Lawsuit For Alleged Unnecessary Use Of Databases

A federal lawsuit alleges that a North Kansas City police officer unnecessarily conducted a...