http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com The Background Investigator. Your information resource for the background investigation industry. Dedicated to pre-employment screenings everywhere. Steve Brownstein, Publisher. http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/_images/tbilogo.jpg http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com en Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:32:11 GMT phyllisn@search4crime.com (The Background Investigator) garth@sightdesign.com (The Background Investigator) http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1505 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1505 Fewer than a third of all allegations of sexual or physical harm made against school staff are ever proven, with hundreds investigated by councils each year found to have been made maliciously. Yet... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1514 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1514 Hi! I'm Jamie Brownstein I live and work in Northern Cook County, Illinois which is very close to Waukegan (county seat for Lake County, IL) I go to the Cook County Courthouse everyday. It is... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1513 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1513 By Teresa Anderson Lawmakers on a House Financial Services' subcommittee examined amending the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) [1] [.pdf] to prohibit a current or prospective employer from using... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1512 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1512 Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her co-workers while she was working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad. In an apparent attempt to cover up the incident, the company then put her in a shipping... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1511 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1511 The Home Office have announced that Steve Long will remain as Chief Executive of the Criminal Records Bureau following his interim appointment in February 2009. Steve was appointed for a six-month... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1510 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1510 By Jill R. Aitoro A bill introduced in the House would strengthen the accuracy of the FBI's criminal records database by requiring the U.S. Attorney General's Office to verify that crime data is up... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1509 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1509 Neal Cornish had it all planned. He would finish his bachelor of nursing degree and hit the job market next spring - around the time he was eligible to apply for a pardon for two minor criminal... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1508 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1508 On May 11, 2010, the Canadian government tabled a bill that effectively abolished criminal pardons. Under the proposed legislation, most people who are convicted of a criminal offence will be able... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1496 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1496 by Jennifer Hunt & Dan Baritchi A single mom -- who also happens to be an anonymous sex blogger -- was fired from her job recently. The reason? Bad performance? No. She was fired because her... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1506 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1506 From the Employment Screening Resources mailbox: We had an applicant for a job that did not require a degree. However, the applicant listed a degree but it turns out he never graduated and never... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1517 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1517 Several top law enforcement officials endorsed a legislative effort to change a state law that allows employers and landlords access to criminal records of job applicants and potential tenants. The... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1504 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1504 By Thomas Ahearn After the University of Virginia's president recently announced that the school would perform background checks on students in the wake of the tragic murder of a female - ... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1503 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1503 Twitter users may have to be more careful with their "tweets" after a man's "joke" about blowing up an airport led to a conviction for posting "grossly offensive"... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1502 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1502 You may have already heard of the new vetting and barring scheme (VBS) for people who want to work or volunteer with children or vulnerable adults. From November this year, all new employees and... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1501 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1501 You may have already heard of the new vetting and barring scheme (VBS) for people who want to work or volunteer with children or vulnerable adults. From November this year, all new employees and... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1500 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1500 If you smoked a joint last week, in eleven states you're as bad as a drunk driver. From the Obama Administration's recently released National Drug Control Strategy: State laws regarding impaired... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1499 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1499 If you smoked a joint last week, in eleven states you're as bad as a drunk driver. From the Obama Administration's recently released National Drug Control Strategy: State laws regarding impaired... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1498 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1498 The birds at Torbay's coastal zoo have been unmasked as feathery felons, regularly making off with tools and personal items belonging to their keepers. Keeper Amy Beckerleg: "They are provided... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1497 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1497 The birds at Torbay's coastal zoo have been unmasked as feathery felons, regularly making off with tools and personal items belonging to their keepers. Keeper Amy Beckerleg: "They are provided... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1507 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1507 After the San Juan Capistrano City, Calif. Council decided not to issue identifying stickers to businesses that use E-Verify, a local businessman is picking up the cause. Frank Medina, president of... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1525 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1525 by Jeremy Simon Armed with online access and a credit card, I discovered that I've been married twice in Texas and accumulated 31 criminal records nationwide and one federal criminal record. The... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1535 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1535 The Solano County Courthouse is closed indefinitely as officials assess the damage caused by a firebomb thrown through a window in the criminal records room. Vallejo fire officials said that a... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1534 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1534 Many businesses and employers run a criminal background check through the FBI database on a prospective employee before hiring them. Sadly, in 2006, the US Attorney General told Congress that about... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1533 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1533 Researchers are perfecting a technique that matches "personal" bacteria on a person's fingers and hands with bacteria on computer keyboards, which could eventually aid law enforcement in... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1532 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1532 ClearStar.net announced the celebration of their fifteenth year serving consumers of public records. "Clearstar.net has a long-standing practice of listening to what their business owners have... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1531 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1531 Criminal record checks consume too many police resources and don't provide the protection the public wants, says the man in charge of Salmon Arm's police force. Staff Sgt. Kevin Keane told the... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1530 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1530 A British man who concealed his record of conviction for sex crimes to enter Taiwan was arrested by police and turned over to the National Immigration Agency. Detectives from the Criminal... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1529 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1529 The House Judiciary Committee is seeking new approaches to facilitate the reentry of released criminals into society by ending the funding of inefficient programs and diminishing the collateral... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1528 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1528 Seeking to undo the stigma of a federal criminal conviction, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., introduced a bill that would allow federal judges to expunge the federal criminal records of nonviolent... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1515 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1515 by Maria Boomhower People say to me, Maria, I am creating brochures and I am meeting people. I am telling people about my business and I just don't seem to be getting anywhere. Do you have any... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1526 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1526 American Apparel took some heat last year after being accused of firing employees they deemed unattractive, and the latest leak about the brand is that they now base employment on full body photos of... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1516 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1516 General Information Services, Inc. (GIS)  has been selected by the U.S. Postal Service as a winner in its 2009 U.S. Postal Service Supplier Performance Awards program. "This award belongs... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1524 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1524 Local volunteer groups see an increased burden to the volunteer police check process from a new form that needs to be filled out. Those seeking a police records check for volunteering with children,... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1523 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1523 A new Minnesota law would protect employers in civil lawsuits where the plaintiff is seeking damages arising from the actions of employees. To be protected from liability, one of three conditions... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1522 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1522 By Anne Beitel Before presenting candidates to their clients for consideration, recruitment agencies will frequently carry out a number of candidate background checks to ensure no irregularities... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1521 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1521 Polls show that more than 50 percent of Russians don't object to lie detection during a job interview and are even interested in the procedure. However, some respondents don't even know what a... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1520 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1520 A federal lawsuit alleges that a North Kansas City police officer unnecessarily conducted a criminal background check on the husband of a woman with whom he was having an affair. Timothy Gilliam is... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1519 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1519 According to an April study by SnagAJob.com, businesses plan to increase employment by 18 percent this summer. As the resumes start pouring in from recent college grads and summer intern-hopefuls,... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1518 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1518 NAPBS announces the completion of beta testing for the Background Screening Agency Accreditation Program (BSAAP), the first ever industry-specific program of its kind. The BSAAP advances... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1536 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1536 Riverside County court records that used to be freely available online are today locked behind a pay wall, and a credit card is the only key. Starting July 1, anybody who wants to search for court... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1527 http://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/current_issue/index.asp?id=1527 Industry partnerships, concerned law enforcement officers and resilient retailers have done their part in making a small dent in the growing problem of organized retail crime (ORC), but new research... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT