Whether you’re a landlord vetting a potential tenant or a business owner hiring new staff, today’s background check services promise instant access to public records, credit information, social media ...

An innovative entrepreneur in investigative technology and background checks, Kenneth Coats is CEO of KENTECH and Founder of eKnowID.com. According to research published by the Professional Background ...

Sterling Infosystems would have discovered the inaccuracy had it conducted even a cursory review of widely available court records, according to the complaint. First Advantage, Sterling Infosystem’s ...

First Advantage's 2025 Global Trends Report highlights trends in background screening, focusing on speed, compliance, and identity fraud mitigation. First Advantage Corporation has released its 2025 ...

The Office of the Inspector General of Montgomery County found that nearly half of Montgomery County Public Schools’ employees had outdated criminal history checks, according to a review of the school ...

Several GOP senators are pressing to see the FBI’s background check on Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick to be the next Defense secretary. The pressure placed on the leaders of the Senate ...

NY's system checks if someone buying a weapon is a convicted felon or using a controlled substance among other criteria. The ...

TAKING ANOTHER SWING AT PASSING THIS BILL THAT SUPPORTERS SAY ADDRESSES A MAJOR LOOPHOLE IN THE FEDERAL BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. <NATS> IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE A GUNMAN ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Across Texas, district and county clerks failed more than 800 times in recent years to report people found incompetent to stand trial to state law enforcement so they could be flagged ...