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• NYU Applicants Must Now Disclose 'Violent' Criminal Record, Not Entire Criminal Record

  August 05, 2016 - Starting this month, New York University will no longer consider every criminal conviction on an applicant's record, regardless of severity, as part of the undergraduate application process. Instead, the school is instating a new set of questions that require applicants to disclose whether they have been "convicted of or disciplined for violent incidents," accordingThe new category includes convictions involving violence, physical force or the threat of physical force, any sexual offense, possession of a weapon, kidnapping, arson, and "any offense which caused physical harm to another person."   School administrators said Monday that the new questions are intended to prevent blanket discrimination aga...

• $11M bid awarded to replace Ohio's background check system

  August 03, 2016 - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has awarded a nearly $11 million contract to a California-based company to replace the state's computerized c...

• Expunging criminal records has some employers worried

  August 01, 2016 - Gov. Nixon signed a bill into law earlier this month that would lessen barriers for law-abiding citizens with criminal records seeking employment....

• A Judge Says Uber's Background Check of a Lawsuit Rival Is 'Arguably' Criminal

  July 27, 2016 - A federal judge on Monday banned Uber and its CEO Travis Kalanick from using information obtained in a background check of a plaintiff bringing a p...

• Background checks weed out bad teachers

  July 25, 2016 - When a background check company conducted rechecks for an Indiana school with about 1,000 employees, more than 40 teachers had criminal histories,...

• Ex-City Contractor Hired Without Criminal Background Check Charged in Theft

  July 20, 2016 - A contractor who served two jail sentences before being hired by Newburyport, Massachusetts as the city’s parks manager without undergoing a...

• 6 states don't require background checks for nurses

  July 18, 2016 - Nurses with convictions for crimes of violence, sexual offenses and drug thefts are able to evade detection in six states, which have far fewer pro...

• Las Vegas Latin Chamber endorses gun background check measure

  July 15, 2016 - Las Vegas' Latin Chamber of Commerce has become the first major Nevada business group to endorse a gun background check ballot measure. &nb...

• Court orders release of Chicago police disciplinary records

  July 13, 2016 - An Illinois appeals court on Friday vacated an injunction obtained by the Chicago police union that barred the city's release of disciplinary f...

• Background check company bringing 150 jobs to Flowery Branch

  July 11, 2016 - A new company opening an office in Flowery Branch plans to hire 50 people by October for its background check business — and another 100 peop...

• Wisconsin among handful of states not requiring fingerprint criminal background checks for nurses

  July 07, 2016 - Wisconsin is among just a handful of states that currently do not require a fingerprint criminal records check for nurses to be licensed, reports T...

• Lax enforcement by state of background checks on child care workers, auditors find

  July 05, 2016 - The State Department of Education hasn’t been doing enough to make sure Maryland child care workers have the required criminal background che...

• Here’s why many Americans don’t clear their criminal records

  July 04, 2016 - In analyzing criminal cases in Baltimore last year, Maryland lawyer and software programmer Matthew Stubenberg found 23,386 instances in which peop...

• People on terrorist watch list still pass gun background check 91 percent of the time

  July 01, 2016 - Being on the terrorist watch list may sound like it should be a roadblock when buying a weapon. You’re going to hand an assault rifle to some...

• What Is The Hardest Aspect Of Pre-Employment Screening?

  June 30, 2016 - What is the hardest aspect of pre-employment screening? In talking with a number of owners of small and medium-sized businesses it seems that the h...

• Amendment would erase criminal record for sex-trafficking victims in Mass.

  June 29, 2016 - Local nonprofit leaders are mobilizing to encourage legislators to pass an amendment that would give victims of sex trafficking — such as for...

• CCW holders can use permit as instant background check to buy guns

  June 27, 2016 - Ohio is now one of 25 states in which gun owners no longer will have to submit to additional background checks for gun purchases.   Oh...

• Chicago City Council Considers FBI Background Checks for Uber, Lyft

  June 24, 2016 - According to a recent article in the Chicago Tribune, the City Council is considering an ordinance that would require ride-hailing companies, such...