Background check policy at Department of Recreation gets closer look
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Excerpted from a WTOP News Post by Kate Ryan While Montgomery County’s Department of Recreation near Baltimore carries out required criminal background checks on its employees, the department lacks formal […]
Portland Fund to expand grant reviews but won’t require background checks
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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 […]
Background Screening and Drug Testing 101, Winter Edition
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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
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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 […]