INSIDE BACKGROUND SCREENING
What Employers Need to Know about the FBI Criminal Records Database
Pre employment criminal background checks have
reached record numbers as roughly 17 million FBI background checks for employment background screening and licensing purposes were conducted in 2012. To date, the use of FBI data has been limited to employers that fall under state and federal laws to gain access for pre employment screening purposes. The FBI’s database has been und re for several years for incomplete and inaccurate information. Although a few states do a better job than others in maintaining their state’s criminal database and reporting information to the FBI criminal records system; employers should not rely on this information as their sole source of criminal data. A comprehensive background check can only be conducted by using several sources of information such as county/parish, state, federal and even proprietary national criminal database information. The original reporting jurisdiction/court provides the most current and reliable case information available. Criminal information used for background screening purposes should also be carefully vetted. Employers need to take a closer look at the limited information they receive from conducting bare minimum criminal background checks to satisfy federal and state mandatory requirements.
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Bring Back the Box? In 2010, the California State Personnel Board mandated that the state’s civil -service job applications would no longer seek information pertaining to criminal backgrounds. However, the state may be wishing it had a do-over on that one. Perhaps asking Carey Renee Moore if she was ever convicted of a felony would have precluded her from getting another job with the state after a two-year stint in jail on felony grand theft charges. Between her resignation before being fired and no one asking criminal background- related questions, Moore was able to fly under the radar and land a job despite her past. California is far from the only place where questions surrounding the criminal records of employees and/or job applicants are restricted. The New Jersey Senate, for example, recently introduced The Opportunity to Compete Act, which put the Garden State in the company of more than 40 cities and counties—including Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New York, San Francisco and Seattle—seeking to “ban the box” that asks about criminal histories on job applications. So, its safe to say a trend has developed, and we’re almost certain to see more cities pursue similar initiatives. But it’s also a good bet there is at least one employer in
California right now who, in light of the Moore debacle, wouldn’t mind bringing the box back.
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A recent report released by the inspector general’s accused the Navy of granting access to some of its bases without proper background checks. The issue of contractors’ access to military installations has become a central question in the wake of the shooting rampage Monday at the Washington Navy Yard. Aaron Alexis, a military contractor who worked at the Navy Yard, allegedly shot and killed 12 people before being killed by police. The report says one system used by the Navy, the Navy Contractor Access Control System, or NCACS, “did not ectively mitigate access control risks.” As a result, the report says, at least 52 convicted felons received routine access to Navy bases, “placing military personnel, dependents, civilians and installations at an increased security risk.” Rep. Howard McKeon (R., Calif.), said “The report details critical flaws in the practice of contracting access control for military installations to non- governmental personnel.”
“There is no indication that the ndings in the report could have prevented, in any way, the tragic shooting at the Navy Yard,” said Rear Adm. John Kirby, the chief of information for the Navy. “The system they examined is not the system through which Mr. Alexis gained access. Even if we had followed every recommendation in the I.G. report, we could not have prevented Monday’s tragic events.”
“We [the inspector general’s report] recommend CNIC (Commander Navy Installations Command) replace Rapidgate with a system that uses mandatory databases and revise CNIC policy and guidance to align with federal and DoD (Department of Defense) credentialing requirements.”
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