Background History Check | Background Check News for 04/17/2009



TBI to report outstanding warrants in school employee background checks (WVLT-TV Knoxville)
Recently, the Metro Nashville School District found out that a teacher who'd passed three background checks --has warrants on him for sex crimes involving children in Chattanooga. That's prompted the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to change how it reports what it finds out about those applying for school jobs...

Law clerk for federal judge Kristi DuBose tapped for magistrate judge (Mobile Press-Register)
MOBILE, Ala. -- A law clerk for U.S. District Judge Kristi DuBose has been chosen for a new magistrate judge position in Mobile. Kit Nelson, who was a lawyer in private practice before joining DuBose's staff several years ago, will take office after a thorough FBI background check...

Kansas regs changed to help casino order equipment - Forbes

Kansas regs changed to help casino order equipment
Forbes, NY
The law says anybody with a 0.5 percent ownership in an equipment company must undergo a background check, but it also gives the commission discretion to accept other states' background approvals. Such a small ownership percentage is well below the .
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Background check business is growing for Wilmington-based company - WWAY NewsChannel 3

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Background check business is growing for Wilmington-based company
WWAY NewsChannel 3, NC
Ever wonder who your employer calls when they do a background check? It could be Castle Branch. The Wilmington-based company is the tenth largest employment screening company in the US and they are about to get bigger. Vice President of Castle Branch, .
Employment screening firm to expand near Mayfaire StarNewsOnline.com
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Contractor Scam (WYTV Youngstown)
It's spring and that means many people are getting ready to do home improvement work and will most likely be calling a contractor.  Warren City Building Inspector Chris Tanneyhill says he wants to remind people to make sure they check the background of who they hire so they don't get taken. Tanneyhill says he recently received several complaints about George Kuriatnyk Junior.  He says he filed ...

Obama's too cool on gun restrictions (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
President Obama is not flip-flopping on gun restrictions. He's not even flipping. But he is standing still, pointedly refusing to push ideas he supported as a candidate EUR reasonable ideas such as requiring criminal background checks on buyers at gun shows and reinstating the federal ban on assault weapons...

TBI Adds Warrants To Background Checks (WDEF Chattanooga)
After the arrest of a former Chattanooga assistant school teacher for sex crimes against children, the TBI adds another step to its background check...

Politician to Undergo Background Checks for White House Appointment (The Norwich Gazette)
Background check has become an everyday process in any HR office in the land. Every time an applicant comes for an interview, background check is always expected to be conducted...

Colorado Senate agrees to waive some background checks - Vail Daily News

Colorado Senate agrees to waive some background checks
Vail Daily News, CO
AP DENVER, Colorado EUR” A bill that would allow some gun owners to bypass additional background checks is headed back to the House. The Senate voted 22-13 to pass the measure (House Bill 1180) on Friday. It would exempt people with concealed weapons .
Colo Senate agrees to waive some background checks KRDO
Shaffer named state Senate president Longmont Daily Times-Call
Shaffer to replace Groff as Colo. Senate president Examiner.com
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TBI Adds Warrant Search To Teacher Backgrounds - WSMV

TBI Adds Warrant Search To Teacher Backgrounds
WSMV, TN
"TBI's decision to check for and reveal any warrants when they do background checks for prospective school employees and teachers does, indeed, raise privacy concerns," said Carol K. Schmoock, assistant executive director for the TEA. .
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Contractor Scam (WKBN 27 Youngstown)
It's spring and that means many people are getting ready to do home improvement work and will most likely be calling a contractor. Warren City Building Inspector Chris Tanneyhill says he wants to remind people to make sure they check the background of who they hire so they don't get taken...

Bus operators should check background of drivers, says Markiman (The Star)
PETALING JAYA: Reckless drivers should not be allowed on the road and bus operators need to check the background of their drivers before allowing them to take the wheel, said Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board chairman Datuk Markiman Kobiran...

Background check business is growing for Wilmington-based company (WWAY 3 Wilmington)
Video Background check business is growing for Wilmington-based company Body Ever wonder who your employer calls when they do a background check? It could be Castle Branch. The Wilmington-based company is the tenth largest employment screening company in the US and they are about to get bigger. Vice President of Castle Branch, Joe Finley said, EURśWe've just continued to expand throughout this ...

Politician to Undergo Background Checks for White House Appointment - Sudbury Star

Politician to Undergo Background Checks for White House Appointment
Sudbury Star, Canada
Background check has become an everyday process in any HR office in the land. Every time an applicant comes for an interview, background check is always expected to be conducted. For quite some years now, background checking has become an important .
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Senate backs waiving background checks by one vote - Examiner.com

Senate backs waiving background checks by one vote
Examiner.com
Apr 14, 2009 3:36 PM (13 hrs ago) AP DENVER (Map, News) - Concealed weapon permit holders could be exempted from additional background checks whenever they buy a gun. That's the aim of a bill that passed an initial vote in the state Senate by just one .
Senate backs waiving background checks by one vote cbs4denver.com
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Obama's too cool on gun restrictions - Christian Science Monitor

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Obama's too cool on gun restrictions
Christian Science Monitor, MA
Forty percent of guns are sold at gun shows, where no background check is required. And despite the tussle over guns-to-Mexico statistics, American sales to arms traffickers still represent a significant threat to Mexico EUR and to the US. .
Video: Assault weapons ban: Would it curb Mexico's drug problem? UPI
Gun permits, sales shoot upward in Seattle area Seattle Times
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Schools saving $ at the risk of students? - KSTP.com

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Schools saving $ at the risk of students?
KSTP.com, MN
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS found a major loophole in the way schools conduct their background checks of school employees. Under state law, every school in Minnesota is required to conduct a Bureau of Criminal Apprehension background check on all school .
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Tougher background checks proposed - Taunton Call

Tougher background checks proposed
Taunton Call,  USA
By Charles Winokoor, Staff Writer Qualifying as a suitable candidate to become a Taunton cop will be tougher than it has been EUR” if a new background checklist is eventually approved by the City Council. The future background checks of prospective police .
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County authorizes check on recent hire - Parkersburg News

County authorizes check on recent hire
Parkersburg News, WV
At that time, county officials said a criminal background check and reference check had been performed on Simmons. The commissioners made no other comment regarding the reasons for requesting the additional checks. Simmons could not be reached for .
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County authorizes check on recent hire (Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
PARKERSBURG - Following a 35-minute executive session Thursday, Wood County commissioners authorized additional background checks to be done on Michael Simmons, who was recently approved as the new director of the Community Corrections Day Report Center. Commission President Rick Modesitt announced the closed-door meeting Thursday morning, citing personnel as the reason for it...



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