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Third-Party Requests For USA Passport Verifications
October 16, 2013 - Third party requests must include one of the following: 1.Notarized consent from the owner of the passport records, 2.Proof of guardianship, 3.Death certificate, or 4.Court order signed by a judge of competent jurisdiction requesting the Department of State to release passport records. The only exception to this requirement is when the owner of the passport records was born 100 years or more ago. Your third party request does not have to be notarized but should include the information described in the section above that covers requesting your own record. You may be responsible for fees as set forth at: foia.state.gov/Request/Fees.aspx....
Using Genealogy Sources for Background Checks
October 15, 2013 - Most of us can't claim notorious criminals such as John Dillinger, Al Capone or Bonnie & Clyde in our family tree, but our ancestors may ha...
More Than One Way To Do A Background Check Lands Company In Court
October 15, 2013 - A Muskogee, OK woman whose teenage daughter was assaulted by a convicted sex offender in 2011 has filed a civil suit against the man’s employ...
'The Queen of Screen' - Employment entrepreneur InfoMart founder saw and filled a need for companies
October 13, 2013 - Tammy Cohen is the founder, president and chair of InfoMart, a leading pre-employment screening company. Known in the industry as "the Queen o...
Employers Beware - ICE May Be Coming to Visit You!
October 10, 2013 - By Kristin Cifolelli Think about the state of your I-9 forms—are you confident they are completed correctly and compliant? N...
Military background checks not re-examined for a decade unless concerns raised
October 08, 2013 - People who seek "secret" security clearances to work at U.S. military installations undergo background checks that are good for a decade...
Editorial: Navy Case Shows Why Criminal Records Vital
October 07, 2013 - by Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board It’s a worst-case scenario of expunging criminal records, and the state Legislature should take no...
A Screenplay For The Pre-Employment Screener
October 03, 2013 - By Steven Brownstein Hey, dude. Yeah? I can’t help but notice how some companies have changed their prices by more than half....
Chinese Courts Put More Criminal Trials Online
October 02, 2013 - Chinese courts are increasingly using social media, such as the Twitter-like Weibo, to broadcast live updates from courtrooms in a move that analys...
Straightline International Offers Help With Understanding International Compliance
September 30, 2013 - Straightline International is introducing a new service allowing pre-employment screening companies access to labor and employment lawyers from var...
Straightline simplifies compliancy between personal Data and information regulation
September 25, 2013 - Compliancy issues need to be better defined to fully understand the issues that beset a pre-employment screening company. Actually, the issues...
The Background Investigator Welcomes New Article Contributors
September 20, 2013 - Beginning with the October edition, The Background Investigator, would like to welcome the addition of article contributions by Jay Edelman, Robin...
USA Relaxes Drug Charges
September 19, 2013 - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced that low-level, nonviolent drug offenders will no longer be charged with offenses that impose...
Snohomish County, WA Records Now Online
September 17, 2013 - Looking up Snohomish County Superior Court records no longer requires a trip through courthouse security or a wait for a computer terminal. You...
Don't Think The Wisconsin State Database Has You Covered
September 16, 2013 - by Steven Brownstein A recent sampling of Wisconsin statewide online records against the Milwaukee Municipal Court online database shows that i...
Recreational Marijuana Sales Banned In More Than Two Dozen Colorado Cities
September 16, 2013 - Although Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed several historic measures to implement marijuana legalization in the state, establishing Colorado a...
Florida Sheriff's Office Uses Appliance To Better Search Databases For Crime Information
September 13, 2013 - The Orange County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office is five months into a unique project using the Google Search Appliance to locate and extract crimin...
There is a Nationwide USA Criminal Record Search
September 10, 2013 - by Steven Brownstein The FBI provides the nationwide criminal record search. The search is mandatory for some occupations. Otherwi...
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