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• Texas Says They Need More Info To Integrate Criminal Records

  May 08, 2013 - To maintain consistent and comprehensive information on offender recidivism rates, the author of a bill suggesting changes to Texas Department of Criminal Justice operations addressed the importance of data collection. Rep. Four Price, R-Amarillo, said his bill would address the most glaring need in the department and the Windham School District, the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, which the department works in conjunction with. “The right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing,” Price said, referring to a lack of data flow between the different agencies. April Zamora, director of the Reentry and Integration Division of the Department, said her of...

• Plan for Ohio court records online goes offline

  May 07, 2013 - Downloading a massive file on dial-up Internet seems supersonic compared to how long it has taken to upload Erie County court records online. A...

• Mass. Probate records are now online

  May 06, 2013 - At the risk of providing too much " inside baseball" with this column, I am pleased to inform my readers that the probate and family cour...

• 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 a...

• 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...