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UI faculty wary of new background-check policy
May 04, 2015 - A policy set to take effect this summer requiring background checks for all new University of Illinois employees has prompted pushback from UI faculty. Some professors argue that the policy is too broad and worry about employee privacy, especially with an outside company doing the checks. The campus senate last week forwarded a letter to UI Provost Ilesanmi Adesida, asking for additional safeguards and a stronger faculty voice in the process. University officials say without the policy, the UI opens itself to risk. The university has required background checks for years for employees who hold "security-sensitive" positions, handle money or work at a hospital, as well as anyone who wo...
Gun enthusiasts warily watch as Oregon background check bill nears final passage
May 04, 2015 - Karl Durkheimer is warily eyeing the new background check bill nearing final passage in the Oregon Legislature. Durkheimer, co-owner...
Fort Rucker to require background check and badge for visitors
May 01, 2015 - Beginning April 27, Fort Rucker will begin issuing visitor badges to people who do not have a Department of Defense-issued identification, a news r...
Coos Bay schools volunteer without background check prompts investigation
May 01, 2015 - After sexual assault allegations regarding a concessions stand worker at Marshfield baseball games turned out to be true, Coos Bay schools superint...
Private workers seeing student info need background checks
May 01, 2015 - A new bill introduced in the New Jersey Assembly says students need protection from employees securing the PARCC tests. The bill (A4...
House passes bill removing some online court records
April 30, 2015 - The Alaska House has passed legislation that would remove certain criminal case records from an online court records system. The vot...
Youth skills workers need background checks
April 30, 2015 - Anyone who works with children at youth skills programs in New Hampshire must have a criminal background check under new rules in effect this year....
Women with criminal records running day care center
April 28, 2015 - Two people running a day care/preschool in northern Stark County have been arrested multiple times on DUI charges and for other criminal offenses....
S.A. nurses keeping licenses despite multiple criminal convictions
April 28, 2015 - State nursing records provided to the KENS 5 I-Team show San Antonio area nurses have been allowed to keep their licenses despite multiple criminal...
Finding a job with a criminal record
April 28, 2015 - Finding employment and housing is hard enough in post-Recession Cincinnati. It becomes even more difficult when you have a criminal record. &nb...
EC muni court now offers online records
April 23, 2015 - For years, the Erie County Municipal Court was guilty of offering outdated online services. Even the court's judge thought so, handing down thi...
Georgia court documents now available online
April 23, 2015 - Gordon County Clerk of Superior Court Grant Walraven announces his office will post court documents online. Those documents will include civil and...
House approves bill to expunge some criminal records
April 22, 2015 - The Iowa House has passed a bill that would erase public court records of some people who have been acquitted of a crime or who have had the charge...
New background check requirements cause employee frustration
April 21, 2015 - New requirements for employee background checks have caused frustration in the Saint Joseph’s University community. The backgr...
Gun background check bill passes Oregon Senate on 17-13 vote
April 21, 2015 - A measure that would require criminal background checks for private gun transfers in Oregon passed the Senate on a 17-13 vote Tuesday and now heads...
FBI gives Arizona score on criminal records system while DPS tracks gaps
April 21, 2015 - The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) released their annual review of individual state criminal history tracking systems. They...
Uber's background checks don't catch criminals, says Houston
April 20, 2015 - Last week saw the latest story about an Uber driver, for all the wrong reasons. The newest incident happened in Houston, when an Uber driver allege...
Your right to public records
April 17, 2015 - Public records are generally defined as records made or received in connection with the transaction of official business by any government agency,...
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