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Carroll County, AR Going Online
December 06, 2013 - Circuit Judge Kent Crow announced that the Carroll County Circuit Court will be going online with the Arkansas Court Automation Program. The court will begin using the Contexte Case Management System from Xerox, a web-based system chosen and adopted by the Arkansas Supreme Court. The system is capable of managing all aspects of court cases, including judge assignments, parties, violations, docketing, hearings and accounting. All court personnel are currently undergoing training on the new system, and according to Crow, this system will streamline communication between court offices. Crow said that this service is the cornerstone for sharing complete, accurate and timely court information with other justice agencies and the pu...
Three In Four Domestic Violence Victims Go Unidentified In Emergency Rooms
December 04, 2013 - Although nearly 80 percent of female victims of intimate partner violence visit emergency departments for medical complaints, as many as 72 percent...
Ottawa,OH Clerk of Courts website down, records unavailable
December 03, 2013 - The Ottawa County Clerk of Courts website has been down for more than a week because of computer issues, and while the Ottawa County Common Pleas C...
Unemployment Makes Women More Likely to Be Victims of Crime
November 26, 2013 - Crime and unemployment are linked, but not always in the ways we think they are. Thanks to the work of three UK researchers, it's now clear...
Texas Sues EEOC over Guidance for Criminal Background Checks
November 22, 2013 - The State of Texas has filed suit against the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over Guidance for use of criminal records of job...
They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets
November 20, 2013 - At Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Me., admissions officers are still talking about the high school senior who attended a campus information session...
Weak Global Economy Contributed To $112 Billion Loss From Retail Theft
November 20, 2013 - According to the Global Retail Theft Barometer released on Nov. 12, the retail industry lost more than $112 billion worldwide last year due in part...
Personal Devices Pose Biggest Threat To Corporate Security
November 19, 2013 - Security software provider, Check Point, has found that 93 percent of US and UK companies use mobile devices to connect to corporate networks, whil...
7 Surprising Things That Could Make You A Sex Offender
November 12, 2013 - It's hard to imagine that a sex offender registry — a public database run by states — would include anybody who wasn't an adult...
Viewpoint: Tax maps and public records (Ohio)
November 11, 2013 - County engineers don’t often get much attention, but they perform some vital functions. In Scioto County, one of those functions – the...
Bad idea for Target not to ask for criminal history
November 07, 2013 - An article on the Huffington Post published on Oct. 29 stated Target was planning to dismiss criminal background questions in job applications....
Hair testing and Drug Use
November 06, 2013 - Men pay to make it grow. Women spend lavishly to dye, cut and coordinate it with their wardrobe. But these days, hair isn't just a key acce...
KPMG Report: Despite Regulatory Scrutiny, Companies Often Miss Risks Posed By Individuals And Busine
November 05, 2013 - Five years after the global financial crisis, businesses are struggling to manage the mounting risks posed by ever increasing regulatory requiremen...
Asheville, Buncombe NC crime databases offer access to public records
November 04, 2013 - Two relatively new online databases, from the Asheville Police Department and Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, offer extensive access to cri...
Georgia Senators hear hard stories of criminal records problem
November 01, 2013 - Sarah Hamilton’s January arrest based on a mistaken identity has kept the whole family in turmoil even after police dropped the charges again...
Utah Hooks into FBI Cybercrime Data
November 01, 2013 - Utah is the first state to participate in an FBI pilot program to allow law enforcement agencies to search its central Internet-crime database....
How criminal records worsen the jobs gap
October 31, 2013 - The Twin Cities region has one of the country's widest racial gaps in employment, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The advocacy grou...
NAPBS Wants Name Check Searches Not Fingerprint ID Checks
October 31, 2013 - This is an NAPBS Red Alert H.R. 2083 The House of Representatives passed H.R. 2083, Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators A...
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