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Dubuque could end requiring criminal records on job applications
December 31, 2015 - The Dubuque City Council discussed a recommendation that employers delay asking about job applicants’ criminal history until later in the hiring process. The Telegraph Herald reports that council members Monday discussed a list of recommendations from the city’s Human Rights Commission to address criminal-justice reform, including the call to “ban the box.” The commission and some council members argue that removing the box applicants must check if they have been convicted of a crime would provide a fairer system and eliminate employment barriers for people who have been incarcerated. Council Member Karla Braig emphasized that the council wasn’t approving a new or...
Robert Downey Jr. Drug Update: Governor Expunges Criminal Record For Christmas 2015
December 28, 2015 - “Iron Man” actor Robert Downey, Jr. is going to start off 2016 with a clean slate. California Gov. Jerry Brown granted Downey a gift on...
FBI gun background checks on track to break record
December 22, 2015 - The bureau processed 19,827,376 requests sent to the National Instant Criminal Background Check Systems, or NICS, through Monday. Th...
Hillary Clinton says background check of Charleston church shooter wasn't 'fast enough'
December 18, 2015 - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton defended her call for stricter gun control in the wake of the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Ca...
Refugee Processing And Background Checks For Immigrants Heading To The USA Is Flawed
December 17, 2015 - Amid questions about background checks and security vetting, the Obama administration disclosed details about how refugees are investigated....
Employment Screening Resources to Announce Annual Top Ten Background Check Trends for 2016
December 11, 2015 - Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), a leading global screening provider that enables employers to make informed hiring decisions quickly and...
Black Friday saw most federal gun background checks ever in a single day
December 09, 2015 - Black Friday shoppers — put off by crowds, hitting the Internet, perhaps fearing terrorism — came out in fewer numbers this past weeken...
Obama: Let people with criminal records 'make their case' in federal jobs
December 03, 2015 - President Obama on Monday defended his new plan to help get people out of prison and into a job, and said his administration would do its part by d...
FBI: Black Friday 2015 Broke Record for Gun Sales
November 30, 2015 - A post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza capped back-to-back record-breaking months for background check requests. There are three kinds...
Banning the 'criminal record' box isn't enough
November 26, 2015 - Ban the box. That phrase entered headlines recently as President Barack Obama issued an executive order requiring federal agencies t...
MSNBC Guest: People with Criminal Records Are Discriminated Against
November 25, 2015 - Southern Coalition for Social Justice senior staff attorney Daryl Atkinson appeared Saturday as a guest on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perr...
Terrorism In Paris Is Not France’s Fault
November 20, 2015 - Bruce Newsome | European security needs to change. France has the most at stake and the most influence in the EU. It needs to improve European bord...
Court documents to be put online
November 19, 2015 - Pine Belt residents may soon find it easier to access some court documents when they are put online in the near future. Electronic f...
Clearwater Set To Host Background Screening Conference
November 18, 2015 - It’s been a while since I’ve put on pre-employment screening conference. But here I am again looking forward to February 28th of ne...
A Criminal Record and a Fair Shot at a Job
November 18, 2015 - Nineteen states and 100 cities and counties forbid public agencies — and in some cases, private businesses — to ask job applicants abou...
President Obama to Announce Executive Order Against Criminal Background Checks
November 13, 2015 - In an executive order that will be announced on Monday, President Barack Obama will move to make it easier for the estimated 12 million-plus ex-fel...
Why veterans support gun background checks
November 11, 2015 - Earlier this month in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on a quiet Saturday afternoon, one of our nation's veterans went out for a bike ride. Then, i...
Obama Calls on Congress to ‘Ban the Box’ on Criminal Records
November 06, 2015 - Criminal justice advocates scored a big win yesterday with President Obama’s announcement of new measures aimed at easing reintegration of re...
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