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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 Judiciary Committee Chairman Floyd Prozanski (D-Eugene), SB 941 expands background checks for all firearms transfers between private individuals. The bill exempts background checks for the transfer of firearms by a law enforcement agency, private security, members of the military, between spouses, domestic partners or other immediate relatives, or resulting from a death. Retailers will be allowed to charge the service fee they deem necessary for completing a criminal history record check. The bill also grants retailers immunity from potential civil liability resulting f...
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...
Employers adjust criminal background check methods
February 17, 2015 - Employers have many legitimate reasons for conducting criminal background checks, from mitigating the risk of workplace violence and negligent hiri...
Background checks cannot stop potential criminals
February 13, 2015 - After an investigation into Wilmington, North Carolina’s February 6 murder-suicide revealed the alleged gunman had gone through criminal and...
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