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If you have been looking for companies to help you with a broad range of employment screening needs, you may have noticed that there are quite a few vendors offering criminal background checks — but that driving records are much harder to find. There are a number of legal and economic reasons for this, […]

If you have any exposure to the increasing media frenzy of Web Bubble 2.0, you have probably heard of Second Life. Second Life is a virtual world where you can present yourself in ways untethered by your actual looks and interact with other people doing the same thing in a virtual landscape. There […]

The shootings at Virginia Tech by Cho Seung Hui have predictably started another debate on gun control. But the Washington Post revealed a new twist. Apparently, existing systems should have been sufficient to prevent Cho from obtaining a gun — if the relevant records had been kept up to date. It seems […]

A week ago we posted about the increasing use of background checks for college students. Most of the usage there has been focussed on catching exaggerations that applicants use to get themselves in the door. But now the pendulum may swing back towards the more traditional background check that looks for criminal history. […]

If you have any exposure to the media, you probably already know that the paternity of Anna-Nicole Smith’s child has been determined, thus influencing the fate of the infant and its half-billion inheritance. The identity of the father — not the man Smith was living with — was determined by a DNA test. […]

Recently the Wall Street Journal ran a story about the increasing use of background checks for university applicants. It seems that resume inflation begins early these days. Applications to college are at record highs, and some candidates will do anything to stand out. According to the Josephson Institute of Ethics, 28% of […]

The FBI announced today that it has been working with two major retail networks to launch a database that will fight retail fraud. The database is called LERPnet and will provide a centralized repository for information on retail crime, including theft, fraud, and “online auction issues”. The service is expected to launch Monday. […]

A while back, we reported on the efforts of the Ohio legislature to label cars owned by sex offenders by issuing special license plates. Some argued that this was too intrusive. However, taking a look at the world situation, it appears the United States is out in front on this issue, at least […]