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Court Officials Blame Software For Legal Mishaps
February 13, 2017 - Wrongful arrests, delayed prison releases and other legal mishaps have been caused by inaccurate records processed by a new court management software system installed in Alameda County, Calif., court officials say. It has gotten so bad that the public defender's office filed a motion last month for the county court to immediately fix the problems caused by the county court's software system, called Odyssey Case Manager, or scrap the system completely. A total of 26 separate incidents were documented in the motion, though Public Defender Brendon Woods stressed that this was “just the tip of the iceberg” in terms of the number of people affected. “People’s l...
Immigration officers arrest 680 illegal immigrants, including many with criminal records
February 13, 2017 - Federal immigration agents have recently arrested more than 680 illegal immigrants who they say pose a threat to public safety and border security...
Texas Court Clerks Complain About Public Record Access
February 10, 2017 - Taylor County has joined more than 100 counties opposing a state proposal to make all court records available to the public online, a move th...
FBI: Background Checks for January Down 500,000 from a Year Ago
February 07, 2017 - The latest figures from the FBI show that background checks in January were approximately 500,000 lower than the record level of 2,545,802 set in J...
Want To Read Some Unbelievable News?
February 01, 2017 - The man accused of killing five people at a Florida airport lied about his criminal record on his application to be a security guard in Alaska, and...
Starbucks Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Allegedly Inaccurate Background Check
January 31, 2017 - Starbucks Corp. is facing a class action lawsuit filed by a Colorado man who claims he was denied a job based on an allegedly inaccurate background...
University of Wisconsin students warn against using criminal records in admissions
January 30, 2017 - Members of UW-Madison’s student government on Friday criticized Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s call for officials to revisit their policy o...
Residential care children getting criminal records for minor incidents, report finds
January 26, 2017 - The teenage girl hurled the phone against the wall and it smashed into pieces. She was furious that a worker in the residential house where she liv...
Background Check Best Practices
January 24, 2017 - These days every new employee brings a possible threat to your business, including theft, sexual harassment, physical violence, identity theft, fra...
Nevada’s gun background check law, already in limbo, faces new legal challenge
January 19, 2017 - Nevada’s new law expanding firearm background checks to private-party sales and transfers is facing another challenge: a lawsuit contending t...
Senate Confirmation Hearings to Begin Without All Background Checks
January 10, 2017 - As Senate Republicans embark on a flurry of confirmation hearings this week, several of Donald J. Trump’s appointees have yet to complete the...
Just one in five Americans obtains gun without background check, survey finds
January 04, 2017 - The share of Americans who obtained a gun without first undergoing a background check is dramatically lower than previous estimates, researchers at...
‘Significant’ decline in job background check discrepancy: Report
December 29, 2016 - There has been a four percentage point decline in the overall level of case discrepancies in information shared by candidates looking for employmen...
Use of Big Data for Background Checks Will Be Closely Watched for Potential Discrimination Issues
December 23, 2016 - In October of 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a public meeting at agency headquarters in Washington, D.C. on how...
Cities' checks of Uber, Lyft drivers appear to be hit or miss
December 21, 2016 - Minneapolis and St. Paul have made it easy for people with criminal records or bad driving histories to work for ride-sharing companies. ...
LA city council approves ban on disclosing criminal records during early hiring process
December 15, 2016 - The Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance that bans employers from asking about job applicants' criminal records during the early stag...
It’s officially the biggest year ever for background checks
December 07, 2016 - Federal background checks for gun sales in 2016 hit 24.7 million after another record-breaking month in November. The FBI processed...
Gun Background Checks Hit Record Number on Black Friday
December 05, 2016 - Gun background checks in the U.S. hit a record number on Black Friday, the FBI said. The bureau processed 185,713 background checks...
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