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US settles fraud case with company behind Snowden's background check
August 24, 2015 - The Department of Justice has settled a case against the background check company that vetted Edward Snowden and Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis. US Investigations Services (USIS), which was accused of circumventing the review process for many of its reports, agreed to forfeit at least $30 million in outstanding payments from the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM). In exchange, the Justice Department will drop a suit it filed in early 2014 under the False Claims Act. USIS was founded in 1996 as a privatized version of the OPM's background check service, handling large numbers of investigations for federal agencies like the Department of Homeland Security. But a former employee claimed that starting in 20...
Are Your Background Check Forms Up To Date?
August 21, 2015 - In spring of 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) made some minor but nevertheless important modifications to a form critical to t...
EEOC Criminal Records Guidance Examined in Webinar August 13
August 11, 2015 - To help employers understand U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Guidance on the use of criminal records when hiring, Attorney Lest...
How Many Americans Have a Police Record? Probably More Than You Think
August 07, 2015 - It’s often reported that nearly 1 in 3 American adults, or about 30%, has a police record. To some, that figure sounds surpris...
Criminal Records a Lawsuit Waiting to Happen for California Employers
August 04, 2015 - To help employers in California deal with complex laws regarding the use of criminal records during background checks, Attorney Lester Rosen, found...
21.5 million affected by massive background check breach
July 31, 2015 - The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced on Thursday that sensitive information including Social Security numbers for 21.5 million people...
Obama pushes to extend gun background checks to Social Security
July 30, 2015 - Seeking tighter controls over firearm purchases, the Obama administration is pushing to ban Social Security beneficiaries from owning guns if they...
Everything You Need to Know About Federal Background Checks - and the Gaps of Dylann Roof
July 28, 2015 - FBI Director James Comey made a startling admission Friday: Dylann Roof, the Charleston church shooter, was sold a gun — despite confessing t...
Release of archived criminal records allows you to check for a 'black sheep' in your family tree
June 30, 2015 - For many an amateur genealogist, the task of unravelling a family tree is made in the tantalising hope of uncovering a sliver of royalty or fame in...
Bill to ban criminal record question on job forms advances
June 17, 2015 - The Oregon Senate has approved a bill making it illegal for employers to ask about criminal records on job applications. The bill pa...
New York City Council passes bill prohibiting certain criminal background inquiries in hiring decisi
June 16, 2015 - On June 10, 2015, the New York City Council voted to amend the New York City Human Rights Law to prohibit employers from inquiring into the arrest...
Medicaid to subject providers to criminal background checks starting Aug. 1
June 12, 2015 - Starting Aug. 1, providers considered at “high risk” for defrauding state Medicaid programs will undergo a criminal background check th...
Pakistani Firm Is at Center of Vast Fake Degree Scam
June 08, 2015 - Seen from the Internet, it is a vast education empire: hundreds of universities and high schools, with elegant names and smiling professors...
McKinney City Council candidate’s criminal record from 1990s exposed by rival
June 08, 2015 - A candidate’s checkered past surfaced this week during early voting in the McKinney City Council runoff election. Businessman...
Best practices for employer background checks
June 03, 2015 - There are many clear benefits in performing background checks, such as screening out candidates who give incomplete or inaccurate information on th...
Toronto police background checks no longer include mental health incidents
June 01, 2015 - In a step forward for mental health rights, the Toronto Police Service will no longer release records of non-criminal mental health encounters with...
Steven Brownstein Announces Enhanced Background Checks
May 29, 2015 - Criminal records are only part of what comprises an enhanced background check. Details, such as lawsuits, bankruptcies,...
Survey Reveals Majority of Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail And Education Contractors Go Unscree
May 28, 2015 - More than half of companies in healthcare, manufacturing, retail and education do not require a background check for their temporary employees and...
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