Portland Fund to expand grant reviews but won’t require background checks
Excerpted from an OPB post by Monica Samayoa The Portland Clean Energy Fund will add an additional review phase for grant applications but will not require background checks despite the […]
Criminal history may soon be actual history
Excerpted from a Riverdale Press story by Joseph De La Cruz Background checks can make or break someone. Especially if that someone has a criminal history. Such checks may already […]
Background Screening and Drug Testing 101, Winter Edition
We all remember the dreaded “101” courses in college, essential back-to-basics drudgery involving English, history and science. But here at GroupOne Background Screening, we believe education is a good thing. […]
Harris County, Texas will no longer ask about criminal history on job applications
Excerpted from a Houston Public Media Blog by Andrew Schneider Harris County leaders on January 4 adopted a policy that will ban most county departments from asking about a job […]