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February 23rd, 2010
Anthony Foster, the brother of the man accused of shooting and wounding the principal and assistant principal of Inskip Elementary School, has come forward saying he was the anonymous person who sent the emails which warned educators and school board members about his brother. His warnings were not taken seriously and as a result two [...]
Read More »January 28th, 2010
One can easily assume that even the most basic background check would catch a candidate who’s been arrested more than a dozen times in a span of 15 years. The chances of that person being hired are almost non-existent. That’s not the case for Jodie Fleischer who even with a lengthy criminal history was able to [...]
Read More »January 19th, 2010
Babysitting Site Provides Free Background Checks
A local Indiana TV station reports of two online babysitting services that have recently become popular among parents. One of them, Care.com, actually offers free background checks with subscription. One mother says she ended up going with Care.com because “they’d already background-checked everybody.” The site not only connects sitters [...]
January 15th, 2010
According to a blog posted on the De Moines Register website, a newly hired clerk in Iowa Capital noticed that none of the clerks were being given background checks. Very surprising considering that many of them work side-by-side with state lawmakers and even have special badges that allow them to bypass security checks and metal [...]
Read More »January 7th, 2010
Here is an eclectic bunch of news stories that demonstrates the importance of background checks done right.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Botches Officers Background Check
The Charlotte Observer reports that a third woman has come forward to accuse officer Marcus Jackson of sexual assault. In the article the police department admitted that they had “botched a background [...]
January 5th, 2010
In a past posting we found out that in order to own part of an NBA team you must first receive a thorough background check. What about NBA players? This question was raised after a recent incident involving two Washington Wizard players who pulled guns on each other in the team locker. Technically they’re employees [...]
Read More »January 4th, 2010
The Washington Examiner reports that a dozen House delegates sponsored a bill that would require mail-order bride agencies to conduct background checks on prospective clients. According to an investigation by the Government Accountability Office, “overseas brides weren’t getting all the information about their prospective suitors as required under federal law.”
“The federal International Marriage Broker [...]
December 31st, 2009
By now most people are aware of Diploma Mills and what they do. As unethical as they are, they still happen. One wonders why authorities don’t just step in and end them. In an article posted by Wired Magazine, physics professor George Collin, from the University of Illinois, decides he wants to put an end [...]
Read More »December 23rd, 2009
When parents take their children to get pictures taken with Santa Clause they never imagine that Santa could have prior sex convictions. Think again. A man working as a Santa Claus at Memorial Mall in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, was recently fired after his superiors learned of his prior convictions which did not turn up on his [...]
Read More »December 18th, 2009
A recent article in the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reports that the U.S. Senate is calling for new employment screening legislation in the child-care industry. The bill calls for comprehensive background examinations for anyone who regularly works as a child-care provider for pay. The background check would include FBI fingerprint checks, criminal histories, abuse and neglect registries, and [...]
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