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North Carolina Courts Raise Prices
May 01, 2011 - By Mandy Locke, Charlotte Observer Checking on your baby sitter's or blind date's criminal history in North Carolina just got a little harder. In March, the Administrative Office of the Courts, which keeps criminal records across the state in a central electronic program, started forcing private vendors to tap into an antiquated computer system to get the most up-to-date records. The bottom line: It will cost customers more and take longer. "This is really taking us back," said Paul Dent, owner of Hirease, one of about 50 vendors that pay the state for its criminal records to provide background checks for clients such as staffing companies and school systems. John Smith, director of the AOC, said the...
Straightline Unsurpassed When Searching For Puerto Rico Criminal Records
May 01, 2011 - By Steven Brownstein Everyone in the pre-employment screening business has their favorite method or favorite researcher who performs background...
Douglas County (Omaha), NE Records To Go Online
May 01, 2011 - (From the Editor, Steven Brownstein, A Note: Omaha Nenbraska has always beenone of thr toughest circuits to get a court record check accompli...
Online Court Records: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t
May 01, 2011 - By Edward Ericson Jr. Users of the state’s online court records database (courts.state.md.us/courtrecords.html) saw a new message beginni...
"No Priors" Hiring All-Too Common
May 01, 2011 - By Micah Maidenberg A job advertisement posted on Chicago Craigslist last November by a temporary staffing company sought entry-level employees...
OCA Alternative: Unreliable CHAIRS Harm More Than Help
May 01, 2011 - By The Syracuse Post-Standard Editorial Board The Post-Standard When members of the Alliance of Communities Transforming Syracuse (ACTS) raised...
Steven Brownstein's Blogger
May 01, 2011 - Steven Brownstein's International Background Check Blog can be viewed at: http://stevenbrownstein.blogspot.com/ If you read my China visa p...
Les Rosen's Corner Class Action Suit for not Following the Fair Credit Reporting Act
May 01, 2011 - In a case that once again emphasizes the importance of employers following the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) for employment screening, a...
Steven Brownstein Off-island Until May19th
May 01, 2011 - Steven Brownstein will dapart Saipan for Vietnam on May 13th. Most of Steven Brownstein's efforts will be towards building a continuin...
Centrally Located Criminal Court Search Flawed
May 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein When you check central courts, and central courts only, the habit (and now NAPBS guideline) of omitting background checks...
Dennis Brownstein And Straightline International Revamp Turn_Around Times
April 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein Straightline International Makes Record Search Turnaround Time Calculations As Easy As Clicking A Button My brother, D...
Criminal Association In Cyberspace
April 01, 2011 - by Art Bowker A prohibition against any criminal associations is a standard condition common in community supervision (probation, parole, super...
The Long Shadow Of A Criminal Record
April 01, 2011 - by Erik Roskes I have a patient who carries a conviction for a very serious felony. In 2001, he was convicted, and given probation and a...
Les Rosen's Corner Court Rules Staffing Firm that Outsources Background Checks Cannot be Sued Unde
April 01, 2011 - A staffing firm that places individuals in temporary positions with independent employers cannot be sued under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Ac...
TV Star From "The Wire" Arrested
March 01, 2011 - by Steven Brownstein Ever watch on HBO the series, "The Wire?" A gang banging, drug dealing killer on the show, Snoop, real...
Texas Law On Reference Checks
March 01, 2011 - by Dick Baggett There are two sets of what are called FEPAs (Fair Employment Practice Acts) in the U.S. Most employers are “somewhat&rdqu...
How Much Should Employers Know?
March 01, 2011 - by Emily Gurnon After a 15-year-old girl was raped by a convicted sex offender who worked at RadioShack in New Prague, MN, her mother and...
Industry in India Must Wake Up To Rising Corporate Fraud
March 01, 2011 - by Garry Singh & Abhinav Mohindru Experience is a hard school, but fools will learn no other.” This often-written line by s...
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