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• Jobseekers with criminal records find past is ever-present

  April 06, 2015 - Shari Thomas went to prison more than 25 years ago for killing the man who she said had abused her as a child. She used her time there to remake herself, becoming the first woman in Virginia to obtain a college degree behind bars. She earned a master's degree in biotechnology after her release. She has kept her record clean since, managing research laboratories for major hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.   And yet even now, her criminal record has the power to reach through time, upending her life.   In the past few years, perhaps because of the nation's abiding fear of crime, its litigiousness, or the Internet's ease at churning up background information that may not have surfaced before, Thom...

• Background checks: What employers can find out about you

  April 02, 2015 - Liars, thieves, bad-news-bear execs, drug addicts, you name it — employers really don't want to hire trouble.   To cover the...

• Oregon Democrats Introduce Universal Background Check Bill

  March 31, 2015 - Legislation has been introduced in Oregon that would require background checks for private firearm sales.   Sponsored by Senate Judici...

• Should you carry out a background check on your new partner?

  March 30, 2015 - A successful relationship is built on trust, but with online dating now accounting for around one in every five new relationships, are we all becom...

• Feds Release Swarm Of Convicted Criminal Illegals In US

  March 27, 2015 - The Department of Homeland Security has released close to 166,000 convicted criminal illegal aliens in to the United States as of April 2014. &...

• International Background Checks Webinar Scheduled for March 31

  March 25, 2015 - Lester Rosen, founder and CEO of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), and Donald C. Dowling, Jr., Partner, International Employment Law, K &a...

• Background checks law impacts many

  March 23, 2015 - Due to a new state law intended to protect children from sexual abuse, a response to the Jerry Sandusky case at Penn State University, any employee...

• How to do a background check on someone

  March 20, 2015 - If you have a couple of feet to walk into a county courthouse or a few fingers to peck away at a keyboard, you can find out a lot of information ab...

• College Applications and Criminal Records

  March 17, 2015 - Americans who have criminal histories are often stymied when they encounter college entry applications that ask if they have ever been convicted of...

• The Value of a Background Check

  March 13, 2015 - When you think about workers compensation insurance you might not think about background checks. Insurance companies utilize background checks to v...

• Most Florida counties will put court records online

  March 11, 2015 - Regardless of the time or location, Floridians will soon access court documents with the click of a button. The Florida Courts Technology Commi...

• USA Basketball has new program for youth coache - including background checks

  March 09, 2015 - USA Basketball was working on its new national coaching certification program before Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant made his remarks in Januar...

• School Background Check Bill Advances

  March 03, 2015 - A bill that would provide school officials with more information about a prospective employee’s criminal background could be voted on by the...

• Criminal Records Keep Men Out of Work

  March 02, 2015 - Michael Hugh Mirsky landed a temporary job in December rolling stacks of crated milk and orange juice to the loading docks at a commercial dairy in...

• Records of criminal background checks found missing

  February 26, 2015 - Hamilton County Commissioner Chris Monzel said Wednesday night that gaps in records of criminal background checks are unacceptable, and he's de...

• Washington Post Shocker: Background Checks Don't Work

  February 25, 2015 - Before anyone gets the wrong idea, the editors of the Washington Post still support background checks on private firearm transactions, along with b...

• 2014 Criminal Exonerations in US Hit Record High

  February 20, 2015 - The number of criminals exonerated in the United States has reached an all-time peak of 125 in 2014, increasing by one third compared to the previo...

• Proposal by NMSU would limit access to public records

  February 18, 2015 - New Mexico State University plans to propose extensive changes to restrict the reach of the state’s public records law – amendments tha...