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• Hidden Camera Scandal Blamed on Lack of Employment Screening

  November 01, 2012 - After returning from their spring break vacations, students living in the dorms at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga were faced with a scandal that has brought attention to the need for background checks and employment screening within the university system. This past Monday, UT student and Resident Assistant Bernard "Junior" Morris was arrested by police for allegedly installing hidden cameras in female dormitories. The surveillance camera's were found within alarm clocks that Morris had placed in these rooms while residents were away on break. After students had returned to find the mysterious clocks, campus security was contacted, stemming an immediate investigation. University officials reviewed security fo...

• California AB 1844 Prohibits Employers from Demanding Usernames and Passwords from Applicants and Em

  November 01, 2012 - In September 2012, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1844 (AB 1844) to increase privacy protections for social media users in th...

• What Is A Government Background Check?

  November 01, 2012 - When American citizens choose to work for the federal government in positions that require access to classified information, they are required to u...

• Will Private DNA Services Replace State Crime Labs?

  November 01, 2012 - A new Cloud-based DNA service could possibly serve as an alternative to state-run crime labs for DNA processing.  The advantage of the tec...

• Steven Santiago Joins Americheck USA

  November 01, 2012 - AmeriCheckUSA announced that Steven Santiago has joined the firm to further develop their growing portfolio of regional and national accounts. ...

• Security Flaws in Airline Boarding Passes

  November 01, 2012 - Aviation blogger John Butler recently drew attention to a security flaw in the barcodes used on airline boarding passes that would allow terrorists...

• Public Records Update by BRB Publications

  November 01, 2012 - Two Federal Courts Moving Iowa Both the U.S. District and U.S. Bankruptcy Courts located in Cedar Rapids Iowa are moving into a new court b...

• SAM And The Excluded Part List System (EPLS) by BRB Public Records

  November 01, 2012 -   At the end of July 2012, access to the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) was taken over by a new system. EPLS, along with Federal Agen...

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  Owe Money In UAE - Go To Jail

  October 01, 2012 - A National News Editorial Sometimes, through no fault of their own - perhaps by losing a jo...

• Tardy Background Check Leads To Firing of HuffPo Exec

  October 01, 2012 - Recently hired Huffington Post Senior Vice President of Sales Moritz Loew was let go after only three months on the job, thanks to a background che...

• Warren, Mississippi Court Going Online

  October 01, 2012 - The public should be able to access criminal cases in Warren County Circuit Court by December, according the chief justice of the Mississippi Supre...

• Case Dismissed Because Of Too Much Evidence

  October 01, 2012 - A fugitive doctor charged in the nation's largest prosecution of Internet pharmacies is getting off in part because there's just too much e...

• Johnson County, A Sign Of Prosperity For Record Checks?

  October 01, 2012 - As more people file for divorce, struggle to pay bills or commit crimes, local courts are moving slower and taking longer to close cases. With...

• Kind Of ID Theft That Works

  October 01, 2012 - A 56-year-old man in Salem has stolen Taylor Dark's Social Security number and it seems there's nothing she can do about it. Dark, a 22...

• BRB Public Record

  October 01, 2012 - Civil Case Limits Raised in 3 Louisiana Counties Through several 2012 legislative acts, three cities have individually increased the upper $$ l...

• FBI Crime Stats Are Not Its Best Work

  September 26, 2012 - The FBI's crime reporting program is considered the final word on crime trends in the United States, but the agency rarely audits police agenci...

• Indiana In The News Again

  September 01, 2012 - Indiana is stepping up efforts to catch people who are collecting unemployment illegally, resulting in 14 felony convictions so far this year....

• Colo. Government Trying To Find Jobs For Workers Who Failed Checks

  September 01, 2012 - The state of Colorado is scrambling to find permanent jobs for 19 employees who can't work for the Department of Public Safety as planned becau...