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Pending California Court Closures and Cutbacks
May 01, 2013 - Four public notices and requests for public input were recent filed by county Superior Courts. Kings County Reduction in hours and staffing at Corcoran location effective May 13, 2013. Los Angeles County Closure of the Beacon Street Courthouse in San Pedro and reassignment of cases to Long Beach effective on or about April 22, 2013. San Bernardino County Closure and re-assignment of cases effective May 6, 2013 for courts in Barstow, Big Bear, and Needles. Tehama County Closure of Corning location and re-assignment of cases to Red Bluff effective June 30, 2013. Under Government Code section 68106, courts must provide written notice to the public and to the Judicial Council at least 60 days before putting into e...
Reading Les Rosen
April 30, 2013 - I just received the most recent copy of Les Rosens' book, The Safe Hiring Manual. I must say that I am very impressed as the book has expan...
California Court Record Fees Changes Pending
April 30, 2013 - The grim financial state of the California Judiciary is well known. In an effort to help remedy this situation, the CA Administrative Office of the...
Minnesota Joining Expungment Craze
April 29, 2013 - A bill aimed at preventing ex-felons from having the employment door slammed in their faces was passed on a bipartisan vote in the Minnesota Senate...
Indiana Joins Expungement Craze
April 26, 2013 - A bill that will allow thousands of criminal convictions to be erased is headed to the Governor’s desk after passing in the House with a 78-1...
State lawmakers seeking to slow the flow of information from the criminal justice system
April 25, 2013 - State (Pennsylvania) lawmakers are seeking to slow the flow of information from the criminal justice system in what they say is an attempt to prote...
Sealing criminal records
April 25, 2013 - Every day I am saddened as I see hard working, caring, law-abiding and deserving men and women get turned down for employment simply because of cri...
New Tool for Police Officers: Records at Their Fingertips
April 24, 2013 - As the officers walked up to the entrance of a Harlem housing project, a loose knot of people out front scattered into the damp, dark night and a f...
Meet Bruce Berg
April 23, 2013 - Bruce Berg is a founding member of the NAPBS with 22 years experience in the background screening industry. Bruce started his career with CIC Appli...
Passage of Utah Bill Gives Collection Lawyers Easier Access to DWS information
April 22, 2013 - If your state allows wage garnishment, you might want to follow Utah’s example and try to pass a bill that allows judgment creditors to acces...
Hackers Gain Access To 125,000 Iowa Records
April 22, 2013 - Hackers gained access to an online database containing personal information of 125,000 people who applied to take credit classes at an Iowa communi...
Sequester Smashes Court Budget
April 18, 2013 - The US Federal Judiciary announced last month its expectation that the $350 million funding cut it would have to endure as a result of the sequeste...
Gun Club vs. Background Check - Who Does It Better?
April 17, 2013 - Background checks and college admission questions don't predict criminal behavior (but gun clubs do) Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes h...
National Database For Background Checks Is A Myth
April 15, 2013 - By Melissa Sorenson, National Association of Professional Background Screeners Thanks to Hollywood movies and nightly television crime programs...
Don't Charge People To View Court Records
April 10, 2013 - A Press-Enterprise Editorial Curtailing access to the courts is not a responsible budget fix. Legislators should reject a proposal to raise mon...
Databases Tracking Employee Thefts to Be Examined by FTC for Fair Credit Reporting Act Compliance
April 09, 2013 - By Tom Ahearn Large databases that track employee thefts and could prevent workers accused of theft in the past from finding new jobs in the re...
Databases of Retail Thefts Are Used to Bar Employment
April 08, 2013 - Facing a wave of employee theft, retailers across the country have helped amass vast databases of workers accused of stealing and are usi Facin...
Teen Mob Assault On The Rise
April 04, 2013 - Chicago’s warmest day of the year quickly turned overheated as hundreds of youths went wilding in downtown — the latest example of this...
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