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Background Check Companies, 12-Month Traffic Change (%): BackgroundNow.com leads HireRight.com, Intelius.com, Kroll.com ....
As reported by Compete.com on September 10, 2009, % increase or decrease in website traffic during the past twelve months for BackgroundNow.com versus four leading background check websites, HireRight.com, Intelius.com, Kroll.com Sentrylink.com and USSearch.com.
The Trend Toward Free Background Checks - Federal, State & Local Governments Open Access to Records
The Center For Democracy & Technology conducts surveys of the practices of federal, state and local courts in making information public via the Internet. It finds a wide variety of practices and policies, and an important, nearly singular trend. Courts and other government background check services are making their records available to anyone via the Internet, often for free.
Free background checks are being offered by many government sources. Are background checks becoming an "open source" service?
Immigration Conference Call Summary
Thanks to all of you that participated in our conference call about immigration in our construction industry. We had a great discussion about immigration, government regulation and the impact on our economy. Here are the main points made during the conversation:
1. The government needs to have a verifiable, reliable system for determining legal status of new hires...they should not put the burder for determining legal status on the employer.