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Data for Good: Stopping a Terrorist Attack
  • November 29, 2023
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An OpEd in the Wall Street Journal recently highlighted the power of data to stop terrorist attacks. That’s good. But, legislative...

Data Helps Catch Predators
  • November 28, 2023
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How does a police department locate a “dangerous sexual predator using only the perpetrator’s first name and a street name the...

Data Helps Prevent Medicaid Dis-enrollment
  • November 12, 2023
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Millions of otherwise eligible Medicaid consumers are at risk of being disenrolled only because there is no good way for the...

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Eric Ellman
July 14, 2023
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HHS Proposed Rules Recognizes Crim. Background Checks Can Prevent Criminal Conduct
Criminal background checks, which CDIA members conduct, help keep people and property safe where they live and work. Employers, landlords, nonprofits,...
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Eric Ellman
April 18, 2023
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9th Cir. Partially Overturns Seattle Ordinance Forbidding Landlords From Inquiring into Tenant History
By Jennifer Sarvadi and Erik Kosa On March 21, a panel of the Ninth Circuit held in Yim v. Seattle that...
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Eric Ellman
November 28, 2022
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Automatic Sealing Law May Have Hidden Club Q Shooter's Criminal Past
In 2019, Colorado passed a law that “automatically prevents the retrieval of criminal records when a case is entirely dismissed” /2/....
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Eric Ellman
November 9, 2022
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Rental Fraud on the Rise: Background is as Essential as Ever
According to a site that caters to landlords and property managers, in October 2022, “federal agents 35-year arrested Latoya Williams at...
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Eric Ellman
May 12, 2022
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8th Cir. Passes on Landlords' Request
Earlier this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit denied landlord plaintiff-appellants challenging the Minneapolis fair chance ordinance...
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Eric Ellman
May 4, 2022
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8th Circ. Sends Background Check Suit To Mo. State Court
As reported by Law 360, The Eighth Circuit tossed a suit Tuesday that accused a data center of breaking federal credit...
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Eric Ellman
May 4, 2022
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4th Circ. Is Warned Of Internet 'Open Season' In FCRA Appeal
Law 360 reports that an online aggregator of public records sought Tuesday to persuade a skeptical Fourth Circuit panel that it’s...
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Eric Ellman
March 10, 2022
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Literally Stealing Food Out of the Mouths of Those in Need: Background Checks Could Have Prevented "Massive" Fraud in Minn.
Few crimes are worse than literally stealing food from families in need, but that’s what happened in Minnesota in 2021 because...
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Eric Ellman
February 14, 2022
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Background Check Could Have Prevented Bounty Hunter's Violence in Calif.
As reported by The Desert Sun in Palm Springs, California, “the California Department of Insurance is seeking to revoke the licenses...
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Eric Ellman
January 7, 2022
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Criminal Background Checks Can Protect the Public
The “Baltimore County’s Inspector General [OIG] is concerned over the lack of background checks that general employees in local government are...
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