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New bill seeks to tighten screening for some Idaho workers
February 04, 2015 - BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Senate committee has backed strengthening screening protocols for Idaho's teachers and child care workers, saying employers shouldn't have to conduct a second background check to know if their employees' criminal records change. The legislation, backed by Idaho State Police, would retain employee fingerprint records in ISP and FBI databases rather than automatically deleting them once a background check occurs. The records would only be retained for certain positions where background checks are required by state law. The Senate Judiciary and Rules committee approved introducing the bill Monday. In 2013, a northern Idaho school changed its screening proce...
Investigation Shows NYC Jails Hired Guards Despite Criminal Records
February 04, 2015 - About one-third of correction officers in New York City jails have flawed backgrounds, including prior convictions, criminal gang ties and psycholo...
Supreme Court to move legal filings online
February 03, 2015 - The Supreme Court plans to adopt an online filing system for legal documents as soon as 2016, an important step for a body critics say has been slo...
Pardon doesn't automatically seal court records, Ohio Supreme Court rules
February 02, 2015 - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A pardon from the governor forgives a person for a crime, but that doesn't mean court records of their misdeeds are automatic...
Iron County Justice Court employees could face criminal charges for erased records
January 30, 2015 - Five employees from the Iron County Justice Court were placed on an administrative leave for allegedly deleting traffic citations from official rec...
Pre-Employment Screening Added to iiX Background Checks
January 30, 2015 - Pre-employment Screening Program records are now available as part of iiX’s suite of commercial driver background checks. The records provide...
You Can Run A Background Check On Anyone
October 07, 2014 - Rumors often circulated that Tom Clancy's thrillers were so detailed in their descriptions of military and covert operations that the FB...
Will Firing One Background Check Contractor Fix the Broken Security Clearance System?
October 06, 2014 - On Sept. 9, Sen. Jon Tester hailed the breaking story that Falls Church, Va.-based USIS, the controversial provider of background checks for securi...
Senate Bans Background Check Contractors From Reviewing Their Own Work
October 01, 2014 - Federal background investigation contractors would no longer be able to perform a final review of their own work, under legislation passed by the S...
Rule Proposal For New Hire Background Checks Moving To SEC
September 29, 2014 - Finra is pushing ahead with a rule-change that would require brokerage firms to vet new hires more thoroughly. The reg...
West Virginia AG's office warns of phone background check e-mails
September 15, 2014 - West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is warning consumers about a new scam that tries to lure in victims through an e-mail that says the...
Government To Drop Background Check Firm USIS
September 12, 2014 - The Office of Personnel Management is severing its ties with a private contractor that provides many of the security background checks for the U.S....
Registration of Georgia Motor Carriers
July 29, 2014 - Effective July 1, 2014, the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) (for interstate motor carriers) and the Georgia Intrastate Motor Carrier (GIMC) Regi...
Online Access To Oklahoma Court Records
July 22, 2014 - For years there have been two primary online access systems covering all but one of the OK counties; OSCN (Oklahoma State Courts Network) with 13 c...
Obtaining Texas Crash Reports Changes
July 15, 2014 - The Texas Department of Transportation recently instituted a revised Crash Report Online Purchase System designed for users to search for and purch...
Changes To Maine's Court Record Access Fees
July 10, 2014 - Earlier, Maine made statutory changes to the fee structure for court record searching. Effective June 1, the fee for a court-searched record...
Pennsylvania Civil Court Cases Now Available On The Web
July 09, 2014 - The Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts has launched a web-based database that will allow users to analyze and interpret information r...
6th Circuit Decision May Affect Company Background Screening Policies
July 07, 2014 - Recently the 6th Circuit shut down the EEOC's effort to overturn a lower court decision in regards to a lawsuit brought against Kaplan Higher E...
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