An article in Elizabeth College’s Etownian, entitled Academic Background Checks Inept? calls for better background checks for academics.   The article, by Patricia A. Cangelosi,  notes how the University of Alabama may have overlooked Amy Bishop’s past where she reportedly shot and killed her brother by accident while trying to clean his shotgun.   According to the [...]

By now most of us have heard of Jihad Jane.   Jane is a blond haired blue eyed, high school dropout who converted to Islam and allegedly believed her life was best spent assisting fundamentalist terrorists by helping them kill their perceived enemies and otherwise providing material support.    She helped recruit other Westerners of similar proclivities [...]

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E-Verify or I-9 qualification background checks can be an important part of any employment screening program.  As most know by now, the E-Verify I-9 background check is mandated for any employer contracted for work with the Federal government and some state governments as well. The I-9 verifies that your new hire is eligible to work [...]

Corra Group founders Gordon Basichis and Nick Gustavson discussed Ryan Jenkins’ background check with French Cable News Station CanalPlus. The interview was conducted in English, but overdubbed in French for the French television audience.    Ryan Jenkins, Reality TV contestant who later murdered his wife Jasmine Fiore, passed a Canadian criminal background check as part [...]

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