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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 investigation and adjudication support services. Parker Tide is assisting the SEC Office of Security Services, Personnel Security Branch Staff in processing and adjudicating background investigations for the SEC's Personnel Security and Suitability Program. "We appreciate the SEC's trust in us to help accomplish this mission critical task," said Tony Parker, President of Parker Tide, a premiere government contractor providing Human Resources, Adjudication, and Strategic Solutions to its Federal Clients. "We are committed to providing best in class services t...
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...
What Your TV Habits May Say About Your Fear of Crime
November 25, 2013 - What's your favorite prime-time crime show? Do you enjoy the fictional world of "CSI" or "Law & Order," or do you find...
Derek Hinton, "In My Opinion"
November 25, 2013 - Congratulations to NAPBS—Our Industry Has Come a Long Way When I remember the days of working for a CRA in the 1980s, I am astounded at h...
Record director for Clerk of Court helps people find 'treasure' in warehouse
November 22, 2013 - Being in charge of a warehouse that holds tens of thousands of court documents and an untold number of other files wasn’t something Carlton M...
Boxed In: How a Criminal Record Keeps You Unemployed For Life
November 19, 2013 - Luis Rivera had some peace of mind for about five months, from late fall of 2010 through early spring of the following year. That’s the close...
Background Check Firm To Pay $18M To End FCRA Claims
November 18, 2013 - Two Verisk Analytics Inc. units agreed to pay $18.6 million to settle three proposed class actions accusing them of violating the Fair Credit Repor...
Staffing for Verification
November 15, 2013 - Achieving a state of equilibrium between verification volume and your capacity to process that volume is elusive at best. You can be overstaffed or...
Keeping Secrets - The USA Experience
November 12, 2013 - When Bradley Manning disclosed an estimated 700,000 classified documents in 2010, he was only 22 years old and held the second lowest rank in the U...
Workplace Drug Testing More Common Among African American Workers Study Finds
November 08, 2013 - African American workers are 17 percent more likely than white workers to report working for employers that perform workplace drug testing, acco...
Departing Employees Are Security Horror
November 07, 2013 - Technology has made it easier for departing employees to steal company information. Rather than sneak out documents, they need only download c...
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