School firing puts spotlight on background checks
Excerpted from The Gainesville Sun By Daniel Smithson and Sarah Nelson Alachua County Public Schools on Tuesday fired 34-year-old paraprofessional Chad Purdy, who in 2012 confessed to detectives he was […]
Lyft rolls out continuous background checks for drivers and enhanced identity verification
Excerpted from VentureBeat by Kyle Wiggers Lyft is beefing up its driver background check process with two new features it says are intended to “[improve] the safety and security of […]
Trump administration seeks to expand criminal background checks for federal job seekers
Excerpted from ABA Journal By Jason Tashea The Trump administration has proposed a rule that would require federal job applicants to divulge whether they’ve been through criminal diversion programs meant […]
Background check leads to 1998 Delray Beach murder arrest
Excerpted from Fox News By Katherine Lam A Florida man scored a new job in January, but he ended up behind bars two months later in connection with a 1998 […]