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• 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 checks. In the case of Puerto Rico, many companies use the courts and others use the police. Unfortunately in today’s litigation happy world that might not be enough. That’s why Straightline International has begun offering an enhanced search they call the XR2. Basically, what the XR2 does is consolidate the police and court searches, with a proprietary third and fourth search method using other identifiers you provide. Listening to Dennis Brownstein, who developed this search, you’ll understand its significance: “After careful measurement of hu...

• 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...

• Justice Department Beefs Up Foreign Corruption Act Enforcement

  March 01, 2011 - By John Pappalardo and Kara Bombach In recent years, U.S. government officials have acknowledged the increasing focus on Foreign Corrupt Practi...