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New Mexico District Court Enlists Virtual Receptionist
February 27, 2020 - She has curly brown hair, warm brown eyes and and there are plans for her to speak at least four languages. Her name is Clara — a nod to the Spanish word claro meaning clear — and she's the New Mexico First Judicial District Court's new virtual receptionist, a first-of-its-kind avatar equipped with artificial intelligence that helps visitors navigate the courthouse. The lobby of Santa Fe's three-story district courthouse has a massive reception desk. But it's been vacant since the downtown building opened in 2013, little more than a place for people to put things while struggling into their winter coats or refastening their belts after passing through the metal detector. ...
Steven Brownstein and The Background Investigator Celebrates 20th Anniversary As First and Longest
February 27, 2020 - The Background Investigator – the first and longest running publication in the background screening industry – is celebrating its 20th...
Fake Records- Has India's CRP Technologies Cleaned Up Its Act?
February 21, 2020 - Police bust fake verification racket Bangalore, Feb 12, 2014, DHNS:, Vanaraj, 58, resident of Chennai, and H Asrani, 42, resid...
The Body Shop Will Start Using “Open Hiring” Without Background Checks
February 21, 2020 - Written By Thomas Ahearn The Body Shop – will start using an “open hiring” process and hire the first applicants w...
New Study: Criminals Have Smaller Brains
February 20, 2020 - Scientists claim the 'handicap' which can be spotted in early childhood may explain why life-long offenders lie, steal and are violent...
EPIC Asks Federal Trade Commission To Regulate Use Of Artificial Intelligence In Pre-Employment Scre
February 20, 2020 - The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has charged that HireVue, a leading provider of artificial intelligence-based pre-employment scree...
Background Screening Industry Will Experience Consolidation and Commoditization in 2020
February 13, 2020 - The consolidation and commoditization of the background screening industry and the attendant issues and problems that occur when background check p...
With Great Data Comes Great Responsibility, Experts Say
February 08, 2020 - ANALYTICS At the Public Sector CIO Academy, experts from the public and private sectors provided insight into what IT leaders need t...
The Case Against AI Doing Criminal Record Searches.
February 07, 2020 - Cases can slip by. It will take a genius programmer to catch nuances in criminal record identifications. Not only are there applican...
AI Can't Do This
February 04, 2020 - What AI and automated court record checks can't do. No one in the screening industry has yet to solve how to find this: &nbs...
Why Are You Paying More for Criminal Records
February 03, 2020 - Why The Lower Prices? I ask myself, "Why the lower prices? What gives? Am I giving up quality for a cheaper price?"...
Bangkok Lower Prices by Straightline International
February 02, 2020 - Bangkok Lower Prices by Straightline International Bangkok Provincial (District) Court Bangkok 45.99 Bangkok South 45.99 Thon Buri 4...
Like They Know What They're Doing!
January 13, 2020 - With background checks becoming an increasingly popular service, there is a growing need for professional websites that can provide quick and easy...
Is Renting A Virtual Office Duping The Customers?
December 05, 2019 - Recently it was found that a Canadian based company that advertised a businees address in the USA but it was an address for a virtual office. The W...
Are Hiring Algorithims Fair?
December 04, 2019 - Time is money and, unfortunately for companies, hiring new employees takes significant time -- more than a month on average, research shows. &n...
Les Rosen's Corner
December 03, 2019 - Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 18, 2019, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) &nda...
Senator Says Checkr Background Checks Not Good Enough
December 02, 2019 - Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said that Uber and Lyft provided “ambiguous” answers to his recent inquiries about safety measures in...
What Is Appriss Up To?
November 18, 2019 - The True Motivation Behind the Opioid Crisis-Profit off PDMPs and Profiling, Private Data Theft Part II of Profiling & Data Theft — O...
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