Background History Check | Background Check News for 07/10/2009

Do background checks unfairly weed out some volunteers? - Twin Cities Planet

Do background checks unfairly weed out some volunteers?
Twin Cities Planet
Wanda Richardson, who frequents Powderhorn Park, said it has recently lost a couple dedicated workers as a result of background check failures, .

SLED Responds To Firefighter Background Check Fiasco - Firefighter Hourly

SLED Responds To Firefighter Background Check Fiasco
Firefighter Hourly
SLED has apparently responded to the article we wrote about the billing of fire departments for background checks. Apparently it's all a myth. .

IntegraScan Increases Funding for the Safe Kids Criminal . - PR Newswire (press release)

IntegraScan Increases Funding for the Safe Kids Criminal .
PR Newswire (press release)
Due to the high demand for the Safe Kids background check program by youth organizations, IntegraScan is increasing the funding for its Safe Kids program by .

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Arrest matter of 'trust' for UGA - Online Athens

Arrest matter of 'trust' for UGA
Online Athens
But he never was required to undergo a criminal background check. Now, UGA President Michael Adams and other top administrators are discussing whether .
UGA employee kept working despite facing felony theft charge (w .Red and Black
A faulty procedureRed and Black

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School districts plan extended background checks (The Post & Mail)
Any employees hired at school districts in Indiana will now face expanded criminal background checks, and local districts are ready to meet the requirements of the new law...

Background check delays hurt port workers nationwide (Baltimore Sun)
Delays in federal background checks and other newly-instituted screening procedures are leaving thousands of once-productive port workers jobless during the recession, according to a new report on port related employment conditions around the country...

Background check delays hurt port workers nationwide - Baltimore Sun

Background check delays hurt port workers nationwide
Baltimore Sun
Delays in federal background checks and other newly-instituted screening procedures are leaving thousands of .

IntegraScan Increases Funding for the Safe Kids Criminal Background Check Program by $3,000,000 a Year (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Due to the high demand for the Safe Kids background check program by youth organizations, IntegraScan is increasing the funding for its Safe Kids program by $3,000,000 a year. The organization has already given away over $265,000 in free background checks within the first couple weeks of this program...

Background Check And/Or Waiting Period Might Have Saved Steve . - Brady Center

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Background Check And/Or Waiting Period Might Have Saved Steve .
Brady Center
The woman who shot and killed Steve McNair purchased her handgun from a private seller who was exempt from Brady Law background checks. .
From Steve McNair to the Carolina serial killer: reducing gun violenceExaminer.com
Brady Campaign - Stronger Gun Laws Could Have Saved McNairOpposing Views

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The Brady Campaign to create 'gun crime' - Examiner.com

Examiner.com

The Brady Campaign to create 'gun crime'
Examiner.com
So we have background checks. Selling a gun without a background check hurts no one, but without such a check, it's easier for felons to buy guns. .

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With former employee in prison for theft, background check policy may change (The Augusta Chronicle)
University of Georgia officials may change procedures for employee background checks after a computer specialist at the university was convicted of theft by deception in Habersham County while he worked at the university...

Screening coaches: Are background checks protecting kids in youth sports? (Oakland Tribune)
The background checks that youth sports organizations use to screen coaches only pick up criminal convictions. The kind of check that might have drawn attention to past complaints against a Bay Area swim coach now charged with molesting one of his young swimmers -- fall to those least qualified to make them...

Suspect cleared background check for Monroe County corrections officer (Pocono Record)
Michael John Parrish, the man accused of killing his girlfriend and his 18-month-old son in Effort on Monday night is out of a job, according to county officials...

Background checks suspended in Erie Co. - FOX Toledo Online

FOX Toledo Online

Background checks suspended in Erie Co.
FOX Toledo Online
PERKINS TWP., Ohio - Erie County's fingerprinting and background-check service is on hold until county commissioners .

Background check bill seeks to protect children (The Journal News)
Vowing to close what he described as "a gaping hole" in federal law that prevents groups that work with children from access to FBI criminal background checks when hiring employees, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday announced proposed legislation that would allow the groups to use federal databases...

Screening coaches: Are background checks protecting kids in youth . - San Jose Mercury News

Screening coaches: Are background checks protecting kids in youth .
San Jose Mercury News
The background checks that youth sports organizations EUR” from Little League to gymnastics to swimming EUR” use to screen coaches only pick up criminal .

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IntegraScan Increases Funding for the Safe Kids Criminal Background Check Program by $3,000,000 a Year (PRWeb)
Due to the high demand for the Safe Kids background check program by youth organizations, IntegraScan is increasing the funding for its Safe Kids program by $3,000,000 a year. The organization has already given away over $265,000 in free background checks within the first couple weeks of this program. (PRWeb Jul 10, 2009) Read the full story at ...

IntegraScan Increases Funding for the Safe Kids Criminal Background Check Program by $3,000,000 a Year (redOrbit)
LOXAHATCHEE, Fla., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 25th, IntegraScan launched the Safe Kids criminal background check program which provides $500,000 in free background check donations per month to any youth organization in need of performing checks on employees and volunteers...

Suspect cleared background check for Monroe County corrections officer - Pocono Record

Suspect cleared background check for Monroe County corrections officer
Pocono Record
However, both said the county's policy for all of its potential employees is to do a thorough background check. Bonnie Ace-Sattur, director of human .

More fairs check workers, though few problems found (The Columbus Dispatch)
When it opens Saturday, the Madison County Fair will become the latest in central Ohio to require workers to undergo criminal background checks...

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