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• Air Force May Limit Access To Criminal Records

  December 01, 2012 - The Air Force is changing the rules on how the media and general public get information about airmen accused of crimes. A recent Air Force Instruction lists several changes to how the service applies the Uniform Code of Military Justice that are intended to protect the privacy of accused airmen at the expense of the public’s right to know. The Air Force Instruction appears to curtail the public’s access to criminal records. “Under the Privacy Act, information from a system of records, such as a court-martial file maintained in a [Judge Advocate General’s] office about an individual, may not be released to the public without the individual’s consent unless release is required by the Freedom of Inf...

• Woman Has Lost Right To Know Father

  December 01, 2012 - A woman who wanted to know the identity of her sperm-donor father is taking her case to Canada's top court after the B.C. Court of Appeal threw...

• Researchers Charge Racial Profiling On Online Criminal Record Websites

  December 01, 2012 - Two Harvard researchers charged that a website which catalogs mug shots and criminal records engages in racial profiling in its advertising—j...

• Government At Fault For Many Criminal Record Errors

  December 01, 2012 - by Dick Baggett There are various reasons the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission decided to reissue guidance on the use of criminal and ar...

• Workplace Violence Caused Nearly 17 Percent Of All Fatal U.S. Work Injuries In 2011

  December 01, 2012 - According to the 2011 Census of Fatal Occupation Injuries, workplace violence was the cause of nearly 17 percent of workplace fatalities in the U.S...

• NAPBS Offers Tips For Screening Job Candidates in 2013

  December 01, 2012 - As employers begin to plan business strategies for the upcoming year, there is no question that personnel needs will be high on their to-do lists....

• Nanomaterial Can Stop A Speeding Bullet

  December 01, 2012 - Researchers at a Rice University lab are researching technology that that could potentially stop a 9-millimeter bullet and seal the entryway behind...

• Ex-NASA Scientist’s Data Fears Come True

  December 01, 2012 - In 2007, Robert M. Nelson, an astronomer, and 27 other scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory sued NASA arguing that the space agency&rsquo...

• Les Rosen's Corner

  December 01, 2012 - A large background screening firm facing a class action lawsuit alleging inaccurate reports in violation of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (...

• Dennis Brownstein's Extreme Court News

  December 01, 2012 - Two Colombian government employees arrested for selling sensitive information A former prosecutor and a clerk in Colombia’s office of at...

• BRB's Public Record Update

  December 01, 2012 - Alabama Effective October 1, 2012, Chief Justice Chuck Malone entered an Order mandating that all attorneys must e-file their documents in civil,...

• NBC TV's "Rossen Reports:" Background Check Mistakes Costs Jobs

  December 01, 2012 - NBC TV's "Rossen Reports:" Background Check Mistakes Costs Jobs Rossen Reports: Background check mistakes cost jobs When you...

• How We Punish Crime

  December 01, 2012 - by Chip Corwin I was taught in law school that prison sentences have two purposes: to ensure public safety and to punish the offender. For the...

• How Judges Set Bail

  November 30, 2012 - by Judge Galler You have probably seen news stories about someone being arrested for a horrible crime and then heard that the judge set bail al...

• Follow Up To Olympic Flag Seller Conviction

  November 01, 2012 - By Jennifer Selway If I get so much as a parking ticket I panic and assume my details have been forwarded for inclusion on the FBI’s Mos...

• Faking It - 'Clean' Urine

  November 01, 2012 - by WEAU-TV, Eau Claire Pre-employment and random drug tests have become standard for many companies.  But some think they can beat the...

• Les Rosen's Corner

  November 01, 2012 - CareerBuilder Study Finds Over 50 Percent of Employers Have Hired Job Applicants with Criminal Records A study from CareerBuilder of more than...

• Top 10 Questions: Background Check Turnaround Times

  November 01, 2012 - by Tandem Select We are in the business of helping to hire critical resources. Time to hire is an important measurement for most companies so i...