In the News Articles

In California, the person watching grandma or grandpa may have a criminal history. Loopholes in the state’s laws and regulations have allowed many people to skip background checks and head straight for work… leaving seniors vulnerable.

A recent incident has brought questions to the table in terms of the U.S. Government’s background checking policy for census workers. In Indianapolis, Indiana, a census worker allegedly raped a young woman after essentially “casing” the home to determine when the woman would be alone.

A recent editorial from the Northwest Herald (Illinois) caught our eye.

In the piece, editor Kevin Lyons makes a good case for homeless shelters to require those receiving long-term assistance to undergo background checks to ensure the safety of the other homeless persons. Basically, these types of background checks would screen out the more violent individuals, leading to a more secure experience and environment for the rest of the people at the shelters (including volunteers.)

Think that the United States is the only country where job applicants fib about their educational credentials? Not so. In fact, a government official from Pakistan was recently removed from his seat because a panel found him guilty of deceiving the public about a master’s degree he claimed to have received.