Criminal background checks incomplete
Employers and volunteer organizations are increasingly turning to national commercial database searches to ferret out convicted felons. But critics say the databases are full of holes, and offer a false sense of security
MSNBC.COM Article: Criminal background checks incomplete

The Fair Credit Reporting Act
This verson of the FCRA is maintained by the staff of the Federal Trade Commission and addresses such industry concerns as public record information for employment purposes, restrictions on investigative consumer reports, requirements on users of consumer reports, etc.
www.ftc.gov

ChoicePoint CEO grilled by Congress
Bob Sullivan, Technology correspondent for MSNBC reports on members of Congress demanding that ChoicePoint do more to protect customers in the wake of the massive information leak at the database giant
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7189143/

LexisNexis theft much worse than thought
Intruders accessed up to 10 times the 32,000 names, addresses, Social Security and drivers license numbers first announced. Now the count is closer to 310,000 people.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7475594