Standing outside D.C. Superior Court’s blocky mid-century building, you’d never guess the court is a technological leader among its cohorts in the Washington region, particularly if you’ve visited Fairfax County’s “high-tech courtrooms” with wizardry that lets trial attorneys build dazzling visuals in real time. But here’s the difference between D.C. and most of the region’s other courts: When you visit other courthouses to research a case, there’s a good chance you’ll come up empty handed. The files could be anywhere - maybe in a judges’s chambers, maybe not. Your guess is as good as the file clerk’s, who, by the way, is pretty sick of fetching your documents all day. Read more…

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New Jersey lawmakers are considering legislation that would require background checks for school volunteers.

The bill (A-1019) would require any individual who volunteers to provide service on an unpaid basis in a public school district to undergo a criminal history background check in accordance with the same standards and procedures used to conduct such checks on paid school district employees.
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For James Butler III, the little box on job applications looms large: Have you ever been convicted of a felony? The machinist from Hartford, convicted nearly a decade ago of drug and weapon charges, says he rarely hears back from employers when he checks the dreaded box. Read more…

A new ruling by the state Supreme Court aims to protect the identities of criminal by limiting information the public can access in background searches and court records. Pat Davis with the Bernalillo County district attorney’s office explains researching someone’s criminal history will become difficult, especially if the subject has a common name. Read more…

1) A background check does not involve the wallpaper on your computer.

2) A urine test does not require studying, just stay away from the funny cigarettes, poppy seed muffins and your neighbors meth lab, you should be fine.

3) If a crime you were involved with involves a helicopter chase and has been seen on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, don’t bother applying.

4) If you have ever walked into a strange house and Chris Hansen pops out of a room asking you to sit down, you probably shouldn’t apply for the job.

5) If in order to talk to the interviewer you need a “few stiff shots of liquid courage”, you should probably consider other options.

6) If you have a tendency to wear a trench coat and nothing else underneath, you might be better off as a carnival worker.

7) If you feel the need to be “packing heat” when applying at Chuck E. Cheeses, maybe consider another line of work.

8 ) If you were fired for threatening customer’s family pets while working as a bill collector, you may not want to use that company as a professional reference.

9) If you like the challenge of zipping through a school zone at 70 MPH without hitting a student, applying as a delivery driver may not be a good idea.

10) If you are a criminal applying for a job, hope that the company you are applying with doesn’t use Crimcheck.com.

Never mind you can tell people exactly what you are doing all day long on twitter, they now have an option that can give your location on Google maps. It’s sort of like stalking in reverse. One day you may even be arrested for tweeting too much and driving people nuts. The charge your honor is reverse stalking via twitter. We arrested the subject while shopping and she was caught with an iPhone in one hand and a can of cream corn in the other. She nearly killed 2 stock boys and an elderly woman with her shopping cart.
This actually leads me to another point. What if your boss follows you on twitter? What if your creepy ex-boyfriend follows you? Granted, you can just turn on the general area feature like the town, but it can also pinpoint your exact location. What information are you or even worse your kids giving out? I can see trouble ahead with this. What’s your opinion?

Ted moss Discusses Free Criminal Records

So you want free criminal record checks huh? Well in this video I explain why that can be disappointing and what to do about it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGOyTRnBS3g

Do you use social media sites such as Facebook or Myspace to conduct background checks. If so you might be violating Federal Law. To find out more and down load my free report “Social Media Employment Screening, what harm is it?”

I found this article very interesting. The writer approached this story with the  common misconception that most background checks are intrusive. The only caveat is that the writer noted that the background check did not find the misdemeanor conviction. Many companies will miss these as its not their normal best practice.

So anyway its a good article:

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/FinancialPrivacy/SecretsABackgroundCheckWontUncover.aspx