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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
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
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
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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Eric Ellman
January 7, 2022
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Baltimore City Worker With "Extensive" Record Allegedly Steals City Vehicle for ATM Theft
Even though Kirk Parker, Jr., has an “extensive criminal record,” he was still hired in 2019 by the Baltimore City’s Department...
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Eric Ellman
October 27, 2021
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A Background Check in Cal. Could Have Prevented Sex Offenses Against Minors
We have discussed before how a recent and unfortunate appellate decision in California is slowing down or preventing criminal background checks...
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Eric Ellman
October 5, 2021
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California Automatic Expungement Bill Dies on the Assembly Floor
On the last day of the 2021 legislative session, a bill that would have limited employers’ and landlords’ access to criminal...
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Eric Ellman
July 9, 2021
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Background Checks Can Save Lives
We have seen, many times over, how the absence of a background check or the presence of a limited background check...
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Eric Ellman
June 24, 2021
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HUD, Reentry, and Tenant Screening
In June 2021, 23, HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge sent a letter on reentry to PHAs, Continuums of Care, Multifamily Owners,...
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