Background History Check | Background Check News for 03/15/2010



JPL Background Check Case Reaches Supreme Court (Slashdot)
Dthief writes "A long-running legal battle between the United States government and a group of 29 scientists and engineers of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, has now reached the US Supreme Court." At issue: mandatory background checks for scientists and engineers working at JPL, which they allege includes snooping into their sexual orientation, as well as their ...

US Supreme Court to hear JPL background check case - Valley Sun

Pasadena Weekly

US Supreme Court to hear JPL background check case
Valley Sun
By Megan O'Neil The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear arguments in a case involving employee background checks at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. .
Background checks challenged in courtFederalNewsRadio.com

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Civil rights activists seek federal probe of Torrance Police Department - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

Civil rights activists seek federal probe of Torrance Police Department
Los Angeles Times
He said the officers told him they had done a background check on his license plate and found multiple arrest warrants. The officers then asked him to step .

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OSU: Background Check Didn't Show Janitor's Criminal Past (WCPO Cincinnati)
The background check for the suspect in a deadly shooting did not show he served time in prison...

OSU would not have hired killer had background check revealed his criminal past (The Columbus Dispatch)
A background check on Nathaniel Brown, who killed his boss Tuesday, did not turn up his prison record, which would have prevented him from being hired at Ohio State...

N.J. al-Qaeda suspect worked at area nuclear sites | Philadelphia Inquirer . - Philadelphia Inquirer

New York Daily News

N.J. al-Qaeda suspect worked at area nuclear sites | Philadelphia Inquirer .
Philadelphia Inquirer
Jenkins said Mobley would have been put through a repeated background check each time he worked on a new job. He said such checks were thorough, .
Al-Qaida suspect had worked at Peach Bottom, TMIYork Daily Record
Terror suspect worked in 6 nuke plantsCherry Hill Courier Post
Al Qaeda suspect's work at nuclear sites prompts call for probeCNN
CNN International
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Check on Ohio State gunman found no criminal past - The Associated Press

MiamiHerald.com

Check on Ohio State gunman found no criminal past
The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio EUR Ohio State University says a background check on a janitor who shot two supervisors didn't reveal a criminal record, even though he had .
Background check missed shooter's criminal pastOSU - The Lantern
OSU wouldn't have hired Nathaniel Brown had check revealed his pastColumbus Dispatch
Former Co-Worker Says OSU Gunman Threatened Him10TV
UPI.com -Toledo On The Move -WFMJ
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Background check missed suspect's prison stay (CNN)
A background check conducted in 2009 on an Ohio State University employee suspected of opening fire Tuesday on his co-workers turned up no criminal record, even though he apparently served five years in prison...

Supreme Court Case Tests Limits of Privacy and Background Checks - HR.BLR.com

Supreme Court Case Tests Limits of Privacy and Background Checks
HR.BLR.com
Under the new policy, the employees were required to clear the background check in order to gain admittance to the lab. Caltech took it a step further, .
Court will decide if NASA checks can continueThe Associated Press
High court to rule on federal background probesSan Francisco Chronicle
Informational Privacy on Trial at Supreme CourtPC Magazine

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OSU Shooting: Background Check Missed Killer's Criminal Past (The Huffington Post)
What's Your Reaction? An Ohio State custodial worker who shot and killed one of his bosses and wounded another spent time in prison and had a violent work record, but none of that turned up in a background check performed for the university...

Background check missed shooter's criminal past (The Lantern)
An Ohio State custodial worker who shot and killed one of his bosses and wounded another spent time in prison and had a violent work record, but none of that turned up in a background check performed for the university...

U.S. Supreme Court to hear JPL background check case (La Cañada Valley Sun)
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear arguments in a case involving employee background checks at Jet Propulsion Laboratory...

Scientists Case on Background Check Reaches High Court - Science Now

Scientists Case on Background Check Reaches High Court
Science Now
. rule requiring all workers at federal facilities to obtain a new mandatory ID for which they needed to subject themselves to a background check. .

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OSU: Background Check Didn't Show Janitor's Criminal Past (The Kentucky Post)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio State University says a background check on a janitor who shot two supervisors didn't reveal a criminal record, even though he had spent five years in prison...

Pentagon Shooting: Truth is stranger than fiction - Huffington Post (blog)

Boston Globe

Pentagon Shooting: Truth is stranger than fiction
Huffington Post (blog)
Because there is no national law requiring a criminal background check for all gun sales in the United States, including private sales in 33 States and at .
Pentagon shooter's gun had many previous ownersWashington Post
AP Exclusive: Pentagon gun was from Tenn. policeThe Associated Press
Guns used at Pentagon, Vegas were from MemphisNews Sentinel

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Tips for keeping youth athletes safe during sports - Baltimore Sun (blog)

Baltimore Sun (blog)

Tips for keeping youth athletes safe during sports
Baltimore Sun (blog)
A background check should always be performed on coaches and volunteers before they are allowed to work with children, and parents should ensure the .

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SWEENEY v. DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL, LLC - Leagle.com

SWEENEY v. DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Leagle.com
Sweeney was not eligible to be deployed because of an unsatisfactory background check, and he was informed on May 12, 2007, that he did not qualify for .

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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE | March 15, 2010 (The Rock Hill Herald)
Wow, your EURGuns in national parksEUR editorial must have been an easy one to write! Im sure all you did was brush off the editorial you wrote after the passage of the EURLaw Abiding Citizens Self-Defense Act of 1996,EUR which allowed South Carolinians who underwent fingerprinting, an FBI background check and took an eight-hour certified safety class to carry concealed firearms. After all, back then ...

Records check on Ohio State shooter is a muddled one (The Columbus Dispatch)
The company that checked the background of the custodian who shot and killed his supervisor at Ohio State before taking his own life said it did check his name in Ohio prison records. Early Tuesday, Nathaniel A. Brown shot and killed Larry Wallington, 48, and wounded Wallington's supervisor, Henry Butler, 60, before killing himself in the OSU maintenance building where the three worked. A ...

Background check missed suspected shooter's prison stint - CNN

Washington Post

Background check missed suspected shooter's prison stint
CNN
(CNN) -- A background check conducted in 2009 on an Ohio State University employee suspected of opening fire Tuesday on his co-workers turned up no criminal .
Records check on Ohio State shooter is a muddled oneColumbus Dispatch
Ohio State shooter left note, tells woman 'sorry'The Associated Press

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