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	<title>Background For You &#187; Background Checks</title>
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		<title>Balancing Background Checks</title>
		<link>http://background4u.com/2007/06/balancing-background-checks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When striving for Compliance, one is confronted with challenges of Cost and Time.
Cost comes in when you are choosing a Background Research Company and choosing what type of background report or reports you need.  The choices are many, and few research companies take the time to craft a personalized report specifically for your needs. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When striving for Compliance, one is confronted with challenges of <em>Cost and Time</em>.</p>
<p>Cost comes in when you are choosing a Background Research Company and choosing what type of background report or reports you need.  The choices are many, and few research companies take the time to craft a personalized report specifically for your needs. Keep in mind, background reports are cheapest when they are a quick computerized search containing name matches with little to no intelligent searching or investigating behind them.  What good is a listing of 500 John Smith&#8217;s, when none of them are actually the one you are interested in?  The reports you find at <a href="http://ibrinc.com" title="Interstate Background Research" target="_blank">Interstate Background Research</a> are completely customizable and thoroughly researched to make sure more then just the names match!  Why pay for what you don&#8217;t need, and why settle for a report that doesn&#8217;t contain the information you really need?</p>
<p>Time is probably the biggest factor of them all.  How much time do you have to spend submitting candidate information for research?  Can your Background Research Company integrate securely into you existing IT infrastructure?  Interstate Background Research supports secure ftp (sftp) transfers, Web Application submissions, and even SOAP/XML Web Services.  But submitting the information to be researched is only half the time problem.  Once the background report is completed, how will you get the information?  How much of <em>your time</em> will be spent going through reports, figuring out what it really says?  As we have seen, having customized reports specifically tailored to you exact needs saves a lot of time. But why bother reading a report when it can be <em>even easier and much faster</em>?  Yes, there are even better ways then reading reports to get the background information results you need!  <a href="http://ibrinc.com/contact.html" title="Fast Report Results can save you Time." target="_blank">Contact IBR, and ask about fast report results.</a></p>
<p>Finding a Balance between cost and time makes all the difference, when looking for a Background Research Company.</p>
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		<title>Schools Struggle with Background Check Policy</title>
		<link>http://background4u.com/2007/06/schools-struggle-with-background-check-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metro Nashville Public Schools Struggle with Background Check Policy.
Newly hired employees get background checks, but there is much confusion regarding how frequent `periodic` checks should be done.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section_id=9&amp;screen=news&amp;news_id=56523" title="Schools Struggle with Background Check Policy">Metro Nashville Public Schools Struggle with Background Check Policy</a>.</p>
<p>Newly hired employees get background checks, but there is much confusion regarding how frequent `periodic` checks should be done.</p>
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		<title>Virginia Governor closes Gun Background Check Loophole</title>
		<link>http://background4u.com/2007/05/virginia-governor-closes-gun-background-check-loophole/</link>
		<comments>http://background4u.com/2007/05/virginia-governor-closes-gun-background-check-loophole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 20:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia governor closes the mental health loophole in gun background checks.
Virginia gun background check database updated to include anyone dangerous enough to be ordered to undergo mental health treatment.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.columbusdispatch.com/dispatch/content/national_world/stories/2007/04/30/loophole.html" title="Virginia governor closes background check loophole" target="_blank">Virginia governor closes the mental health loophole in gun background checks</a>.</p>
<p>Virginia gun background check database updated to include anyone dangerous enough to be ordered to undergo mental health treatment.</p>
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		<title>Quick Background Check returns Two Pages of Charges</title>
		<link>http://background4u.com/2007/05/quick-background-check-returns-two-pages-of-charges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 20:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick background check on hired moving help gives two pages of charges.
Charges of drug use and speeding didn&#8217;t deter him from hiring, but the charges of burglary did.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/05/09/the-quick-and-dirty-background-check/" title="Quick Check on hired helper shows charges" target="_blank">Quick background check on hired moving help gives two pages of charges</a>.</p>
<p>Charges of drug use and speeding didn&#8217;t deter him from hiring, but the charges of burglary did.</p>
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		<title>Mental Health Becomes Issue in Texas Gun Background Checks</title>
		<link>http://background4u.com/2007/05/mental-health-becomes-issue-in-texas-gun-background-checks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 20:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mental health becomes issue in Texas gun background checks.
Texas questions mental health issues with gun background checks after Virginia Tech shooting.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.590klbj.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=67654" title="Mental Health Issue in Texas Gun Background Checks">Mental health becomes issue in Texas gun background checks</a>.</p>
<p>Texas questions mental health issues with gun background checks after Virginia Tech shooting.</p>
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		<title>Background Check hit report shows 2006 increases</title>
		<link>http://background4u.com/2007/05/background-check-hit-report-shows-2006-increases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 19:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Background check hits in 2006 show increases in criminal hits and verification discrepancies.
Increases are seen in the number of criminal hits, as well as verification discrepancies.  Education and Employment verification shows discrepancies that applicants don&#8217;t believe can be accurately researched.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/5/prweb528261.htm" title="Background Check 2006 hit report shows increases" target="_blank">Background check hits in 2006 show increases in criminal hits and verification discrepancies</a>.</p>
<p>Increases are seen in the number of criminal hits, as well as verification discrepancies.  Education and Employment verification shows discrepancies that applicants don&#8217;t believe can be accurately researched.</p>
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		<title>Arizona County Deputy can&#8217;t be fired</title>
		<link>http://background4u.com/2007/05/arizona-county-deputy-cant-be-fired/</link>
		<comments>http://background4u.com/2007/05/arizona-county-deputy-cant-be-fired/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 19:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deputy hired by former Sheriff can&#8217;t be kicked out after being hired.
Former Sheriff Buck Buchanan received memo that Deputy passed background checked, and signed off on the hiring.
But Deputy Justin L. Dwyer&#8217;s white supremacist background and recent drug arrest has many questioning the background check procedures.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://prescottdailycourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&amp;SubSectionID=73&amp;ArticleID=44287&amp;TM=4536.514" title="County Deputy can't be kicked out" target="_blank">Deputy hired by former Sheriff can&#8217;t be kicked out after being hired</a>.</p>
<p>Former Sheriff Buck Buchanan received memo that Deputy passed background checked, and signed off on the hiring.</p>
<p>But Deputy Justin L. Dwyer&#8217;s white supremacist background and recent drug arrest has many questioning the background check procedures.</p>
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		<title>San Diego County Health Officials Need to Improve Background Checks</title>
		<link>http://background4u.com/2007/05/san-diego-county-health-officials-need-to-improve-background-checks/</link>
		<comments>http://background4u.com/2007/05/san-diego-county-health-officials-need-to-improve-background-checks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 19:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A San Diego Grand Jury report calls for improved background checks.
The current background check on caregivers only covers California.  The report calls for the background check to be expanded to other states.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/05/25/news/top_stories/21_48_435_24_07.txt" title="San Diego County Heath needs better background checks" target="_blank">A San Diego Grand Jury report calls for improved background checks</a>.</p>
<p>The current background check on caregivers only covers California.  The report calls for the background check to be expanded to other states.</p>
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		<title>Pennsylvania Gun Laws Questioned</title>
		<link>http://background4u.com/2007/05/pennsylvania-gun-laws-questioned/</link>
		<comments>http://background4u.com/2007/05/pennsylvania-gun-laws-questioned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 19:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania questions their gun laws after Virginia Tech shooting.
Would the Virginia Tech shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, have passed background gun checks in Pennsylvania?  Probably not, says Pennsylvania State Police.  What happened to Virginia&#8217;s background gun checks?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/204582" title="Gun Laws Questioned" target="_blank">Pennsylvania questions their gun laws after Virginia Tech shooting</a>.</p>
<p>Would the Virginia Tech shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, have passed background gun checks in Pennsylvania?  Probably not, says Pennsylvania State Police.  What happened to Virginia&#8217;s background gun checks?</p>
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		<title>Wisconsin Considers Background Checks for all state jobs</title>
		<link>http://background4u.com/2007/05/wisconsin-considers-background-checks-for-all-state-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://background4u.com/2007/05/wisconsin-considers-background-checks-for-all-state-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 18:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin considers Background Checks for all state jobs while union leaders voice concerns.
When the Wisconsin Department of Corrections administrative job gets an application from someone they had recently supervised, background checks are considered for all state jobs.
Marty Beil, executive director of Council 24 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, isn&#8217;t interested [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=604746" title="Wisconsin Considers Background Checks for all state workers" target="_blank">Wisconsin considers Background Checks for all state jobs while union leaders voice concerns</a>.</p>
<p>When the Wisconsin Department of Corrections administrative job gets an application from someone they had recently supervised, background checks are considered for all state jobs.</p>
<p>Marty Beil, executive director of Council 24 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, isn&#8217;t interested in having any background checks done.</p>
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