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CDIA shares a core value that all Americans should embrace; that is the ability for people to compete for employment without racial or ethnic discrimination. CDIA also understands that Americans expect to work in and visit work environments that are safe and secure.

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Federal Review offers regular updates of legislative, administrative, and judicial news of interest to the consumer reporting community.

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June 30, 2020
Background Screening Information Center (BaSIC™)
Keystone state passes key license reform law
The Republican-controlled Pennsylvania legislature passed S.B. 637, a bipartisan bill to ease occupational and professional licensing barriers that had previously stood...
Clean slatePennsylvaniaProfessional and occupational licensesRecidivismReoffending
May 11, 2017
Background Screening Information Center (BaSIC™)
U.S. Civil Rights Commission, looking back and looking forward
A second blog post will follow about some new work being done by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) that...
Disparate impactEEOCEEOC Criminal History GuidanceReoffendingU.S. Commission on Civil Rights
April 5, 2017
Background Screening Information Center (BaSIC™)
Seattle Attempts to Limit Background Checks for Rental Housing and Gets it Wrong
The City of Seattle is has a draft ordinance relating to fair chance housing but the proposal is wrong on three...
Arrest RecordsReoffendingResidential screening
August 25, 2015
Background Screening Information Center (BaSIC™)
Goose Meets Gander at White House, Denied Entry
White House Door Isn’t Always Open to Ex-Cons Visitors with a criminal record say roadblocks show a disconnect with Obama’s message...
Obama AdministrationObama White HouseReoffending
December 8, 2014
Background Screening Information Center (BaSIC™)
The Left and the Right Meet Again, and They Agree
In November 2014, there was a Justice Reinvestment National Summit in San Diego convened by Pew, the Justice Center of CSG...
Left and Right MeetMoneyballReentryReoffending
October 1, 2014
Background Screening Information Center (BaSIC™)
Convictions Matter; Judges Say So
We have blogged before, here, about the emerging science that is allowing judges to better predict a defendant’s likelihood of reoffending...
ReentryReoffending
September 16, 2014
Background Screening Information Center (BaSIC™)
Prison Firm CCA Seeks to Reduce Number of Repeat Offenders
On Sept. 12, the Wall Street Journal ran a story about how CCA, the “nation’s largest private prison company”, “is shifting its...
ReentryReoffending
August 26, 2014
Background Screening Information Center (BaSIC™)
Using "Moneyball" to Measure Risk of Reoffending
Former New Jersey Attorney General, Anne Milgram (D) has been working for the Laura and John Arnold Foundation to better predict risk of...
Anne MilgramArnold FoundationMoneyballReentryReoffending
August 26, 2014
Background Screening Information Center (BaSIC™)
Predicting Risk for Re-Offending
I have noted before the work by former New Jersey AG Anne Milgram at the Arnold Foundation to bring evidence-based systems...
Anne MilgramArnold FoundationAttorney General Eric HolderMoneyballReentryReoffending