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• Justice Department says USIS submitted 665,000 incomplete background checks

  January 28, 2014 - Lawmakers said that new details emerging from the Justice Department’s civil case against a leading company that conducts security background checks for the federal government may speed legislation designed to clean up the once-burgeoning contracting business. The Justice Department filed a new complaint in a whistleblowers’ lawsuit it joined in October against USIS, a company that conducts background checks for nearly half of potential U.S. government hires. The filing accuses the Falls Church, Va., firm of taking shortcuts in about 40 percent of the cases it handled — at least 665,000 in total — and, in the process, qualifying for nearly $12 million in performance bonuses from the federal government. Yet...

• Oregon Sex Offender List Criticised

  January 22, 2014 - Oregon has, per capita, more registered sex offenders than all but one other state. It also has one of the worst records in the country for followi...

• Public records battle over sex offenders forms attracts attention

  January 20, 2014 - A case making its way through the Benton County (Washington) Superior Court may bring some clarity to whether information about low-level sex offen...

• Let's Check Out the 2013 Corporate Rap Sheet, Shall We?

  January 15, 2014 - The ongoing corporate crime wave showed no signs of abating in 2013. Large companies continued to break the law, violate regulations and otherwise...

• Craig Cadell's Verification Tips

  January 13, 2014 - Rather than a tip for this publication, I wanted to offer a brief reflection on integrity from a verifier’s perspective. Catching and fig...

• Snapchat Leaked: Was Your Phone Number Posted Online?

  January 10, 2014 - While people around the world were celebrating the New Year, many were sending pictures and videos of their parties via Snapchat, a popular app tha...

• Stateville Intake center the focus of Illinois

  January 08, 2014 - Inside what could be Illinois’ most important correctional facility — its main inmate intake center — hundreds of newly convicted...

• Derek Hinton: "In My Opinion"

  January 08, 2014 - Credit Bureau Audits and Accreditation     The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued their guidance on their audits of the cred...

• Steven Brownstein Continues To Visit Courts In 2014

  January 06, 2014 - Steven Brownstein is probably the most traveled to courts and judiciaries in history. If you're not using Straightline International you ar...

• SEC Awards Parker Tide Contract For Background Investigation Services

  December 31, 2013 - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently awarded Parker Tide a one year contract with four option years to provide background...

• Ontario revamps public access to court documents

  December 24, 2013 - In a move to make Ontario’s justice system more open and transparent, the Ministry of the Attorney General has revamped its policy on public...

• Businesses exploiting public records laws to get clients

  December 23, 2013 - Public records laws allow citizens to get important records from the government. All they have to do is file a formal request. But now, som...

• Terrible Twos Who Stay Terrible

  December 18, 2013 - To understand the violent criminal, says Richard E. Tremblay, imagine a 2-year-old boy doing the things that make the terrible twos terrible &mdash...

• Killing for Money: Does Crime Pay?

  December 16, 2013 - Perhaps surprisingly, contract killers are not as highly paid as you would have thought. Publishing in the Taylor & Francis journal Review...

• How Private Is Your Online Search History?

  December 12, 2013 - The ACLU has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Justice to find out whether federal law enforcement agencies and pro...

• Are There Companies In Our Industry With Fake Resumes?

  December 09, 2013 - Faking It 'Til You Make It Being perceived as professional by outsiders is a common challenge for small businesses. Many startups reach...

• Ottawa,OH Clerk of Courts website down, records unavailable

  December 02, 2013 - The Ottawa County Clerk of Courts website has been down for more than a week because of computer issues, and while the Ottawa County Common Pleas C...

• The Inverse CSI Effect In The Age Of Digital Crime

  November 27, 2013 - The "CSI Effect" has been described as being an increased expectation from jurors that forensic evidence will be presented in court that...