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Washington D.C. Slowdown in County Background Checks Due to Staff Cuts

I guess it shouldn’t come as a shock that there are cutbacks in government.  Just about every county courthouse has cut back on staff, reducing the workforce inside the county courthouses.  This has caused slight delays when conducting background checks for most county criminal and country civil records.

Washignton D.C. is no exception.  Considering the budget crisis, the lousy economy, and allthis reancor over the debut ceiling, Washington D.C courthouses are among the hardest hit with cutbacks.

Cutbacks are the rule in D.C. Reduced courthouse archive staff means slower turnaround for archived material. The standard turnaround time was 2-3 weeks, but researchers have been warned to expect significant delays. Of course, Corra Group will work diligently to turn around archived material as quickly as the system allows. When we receive a request that requires archived information, we contact clients to see whether they want to wait for the archived material or whether they prefer to receive the results on hand.  Our researchers check daily for any archived material that has been requested from the court.

By Gordon Basichis

Gordon Basichis is the Co-Founder of Corra Group, specializing in pre-employment background checks and corporate research. He has been a marketing and media executive and has worked in the entertainment industry, the financial, health care and technology sectors. He is the author of the best selling Beautiful Bad Girl, The Vicki Morgan Story, a non-fiction novel that helped define exotic sexuality in the late twentieth century. He is the author of the Constant Travellers and has recently completed a new book, The Guys Who Spied for China, dealing with Chinese Espionage in the United States. He has been a journalist for several newspapers and is a screenwriter and producer.

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