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The Trend Toward Free Background Checks - Federal, State & Local Governments Open Access to Records

1:43 pm | Lee Hill, www.BackgroundNow.com, Informed Networks Corporation | Be the first to comment

The Center For Democracy & Technology conducts surveys of the practices of federal, state and local courts in making information public via the Internet. It finds a wide variety of practices and policies, and an important, nearly singular trend. Courts and other government background check services are making their records available to anyone via the Internet, often for free.

Free background checks are being offered by many government sources. Are background checks becoming an "open source" service?

Immigration Conference Call Summary

4:37 pm | Bill Fairchild | Be the first to comment

Thanks to all of you that participated in our conference call about immigration in our construction industry.  We had a great discussion about immigration, government regulation and the impact on our economy.  Here are the main points made during the conversation:

1.  The government needs to have a verifiable, reliable system for determining legal status of new hires...they should not put the burder for determining legal status on the employer.

Welcome to the Construction Community on IncBizNet!

5:44 pm | Sherri Smith | Be the first to comment

We’re pleased to announce that Bill Fairchild is the new moderator for the IncBizNet community for executives in the construction industry.

Many of you may already know Bill Fairchild. He is president of R.W. Murray Co. and 2008 incoming chairman of Associated Builders and Contractors.

Here in your IncBizNet community, he’ll bring you the latest industry news and views via blog posts, discussion topics, and events. We’d be delighted to have you take part in the discussion as well! And we’d love hear your suggestions for our first call-in event.