Tag Archives: Background Check

Following several high-profile gun cases, the U.S. House is looking to spend $12 million to improve the national system for conducting background checks for gun purchases. The House version of the annual spending bill for the Department of Justice includes … Continue reading →

Though he was wanted in Michigan for allegedly embezzling funds as a public works official, Scott Baker breezed through a background check for a similar position on Fort Myers Beach. Baker, the deputy director of public works for Fort Myers … Continue reading →

Salt Lake City, UT, April 15, 2012 –(PR.com)– TazWorks LLC, a web-based background screening software company, has successfully integrated their InstaScreen Premiere 2.0™ screening application with ApplicantPRO, a fast-growing industry competitor in applicant tracking systems. The integration enables qualifying Background … Continue reading →

HERE WAS NATIONWIDE COVERAGE this week given to the tragic event in New Hampshire where a police chief was killed and four other officers wounded in a botched attempt to serve a search warrant. The raid was aimed at ridding … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON — Thousands of U.S. job hunters are losing out because employers use faulty background-check data drawn from shoddy records, consumer advocates say in a new report. Those advocates want the government to make sure people know what information prospective … Continue reading →

After he tangled with police and was committed to a mental health facility in Oregon in 2010, John F. Shick should not have been able to buy a gun in America under federal law. But an Albuquerque, N.M., man told … Continue reading →

LexisNexis cannot dismiss claims that its background-check service violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act, a federal judge ruled. LexisNexis Risk & Information Analytics Group offers a service called Esteem that informs employers when job applicants have a history of theft … Continue reading →

Columbia Public Schools is looking to make a few policy changes to comply with new state laws designed to protect students from predatory teachers. http://liarcatchers.com/background_checks.html Gov. Jay Nixon signed the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act into law in July. The … Continue reading →

No telling how many officers would have missed this important opportunity. Kudos A 38-year-old Leesburg man asked police Monday to take his fingerprints as part of a background check so he could land a new job. Instead, Derek Lee Stokes, … Continue reading →

FRANKFORT — A measure that would require nursing homes to do thorough criminal background checks on all potential employees cleared a House committee on Thursday. http://liarcatchers.com/background_checks.html House Bill 250 would use about $3 million in federal money and $1 million … Continue reading →