Articles Tagged with ''background check''

A Peoria, Illinois nightclub is conducting one-time criminal background checks on customers.

Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer, M.D., signed into law a bill authorizing the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services’ (KDADS) Health Occupations Credentialing program to conduct national fingerprint-based background checks on individuals seeking to work in adult care homes or home health agencies.

A USA TODAY review found that the FBI issued more than 4,000 requests last year to retrieve guns from prohibited buyers.

In the month between the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas and the Nov. 5 mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Gallup found that 51% of Americans prefer the government pass new gun laws rather than focus only on enforcing the current laws more strictly.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered a far-ranging review of the FBI database used to check the backgrounds of prospective gun buyers.

American voters overwhelmingly support background checks for those looking to buy guns, according to a new national Quinnipiac University Poll.

A group of senators unveiled legislation to improve background-checks for gun sales to address mass shootings. 

A benchmark study on employment background screening revealed more than eight out of ten employers found resume fraud that includes embellishments or outright lies on job applicant resumes in the last year.

The federal government is facing a vast backlog of people seeking security clearances, as more than 700,000 applicants are waiting on background checks.