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U.S. Must ID Criminal Aliens Who Never Left
July 10, 2013 - The media can learn the identities of thousands of criminal immigrants released in the United States after their home countries refused to take them back, a federal judge ruled. Boston Globe reporter Maria Sacchetti submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act in September 2011, seeking "a list of convicted criminal aliens" released but not deported since 2008. Under the Supreme Court 2001 ruling in Zadvydas v. Davis, individuals found unlawfully in the United States and scheduled for removal may not be detained for longer than six months when there is no "significant likelihood" of removal in the reasonably foreseeable future. After six months, the individual is to be released "unless spe...
Porter County, IN Goes Online
July 08, 2013 - Porter County Clerk Karen Martin is excited the final push is underway to provide free online access to county court cases. The initial step of...
Clark County, Nev., Recorder Opts For Mobility And Accessibility
July 03, 2013 - The Clark County, Nev. Recorder’s Office has launched its new Web-based kiosk service, the latest phase of the department’s ongoing cus...
California Courts and Record Access
July 02, 2013 - Trailer Bill Killed But New Bill Passed That Alters Public Records Act There was quite a bit of news and push back about the trailer bill that...
Best Practice Standards for Proper Use of Criminal Records in Hiring Addressed in New Report
July 01, 2013 - by Les Rosen A group of national civil and workers’ rights organizations has released a new report titled ‘Best Practice Standards:...
New Redaction Law - Illinois Civil Case Documents
June 28, 2013 - Effective July 1, 2013, personal identify information will not be allowed in documents or exhibits filed for proceedings in Illinois civil court ca...
Employee Theft on the Rise and Expected to Get Worse
June 26, 2013 - A new study of 23 large retail companies conducted by the loss-prevention consultancy Jack L. Hayes International found that 71,095 employees were...
U.S. Senate Moving to Make Copper Theft a Federal Crime
June 25, 2013 - The Senate Judiciary Committee is ready to take action on a bill that would make metal theft a federal crime that carries a 10-year prison sentence...
California Legislature Kills $10 Fee For Search of Public Court Records
June 24, 2013 - A trailer bill that would have severely limited press and public access to court documents has died in the California Legislature, after widespread...
Ron Hart: Background checks costs stores more than a dollar
June 24, 2013 - Dollar stores have done more to keep down what we pay for basic goods and helped more struggling families than any government action ever has. For...
Vt. lawsuit spotlights privatization versus public access
June 20, 2013 - A lawsuit by a Brattleboro publisher and the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont is raising a question about what happens to the idea of acce...
SC investigating changeable electronic license plates
June 17, 2013 - South Carolina may soon lead the way into the future with electronic license plates for cars and trucks. Using so-called electronic paper, techn...
USA Background Checker Needs Their Background Checked
June 14, 2013 - It's not often that a Background Screening Company or Criminal Records Checker is checked, but it's usually a competitor that's d...
Social Media Taking a Big Role in Finding Missing People
June 13, 2013 - Twitter, Facebook and other social media resources play an increasingly larger role in helping locate missing persons through dedicated websites an...
Wisconsin Criminal Record Search Flawed
June 11, 2013 - If you are one of thousands using the Wisconsin portal , Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, to access you criminal records check, BEWARE! I checke...
Criminal Record Causes Successful Man To Resign
June 10, 2013 - The man who oversaw Wilmington’s $86 million public works department since February once claimed fraudulent sickness benefits that led to a f...
HireRight Employment Screening Report for Transportation Indicates Significance of Driver Shortage i
June 06, 2013 - Economic prospects for transportation companies are improving, but the struggle to hire experienced workers due to the driver shortage stands as th...
Lessons To Be Learned From Botched Employment Decisions
June 05, 2013 - The machinations of search firms are intentionally cloaked in secrecy. Sometimes searches even go out of their way to avoid an accessible paper tra...
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