AmericanChecked, Inc Signs Cooperative Agreement with Tulsa Volunteer Central to Offer Volunteer Check
Release Date: December 19, 2005

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) - 15 U.S.C. 1681 and The Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 1996

FTC Issues Final Summaries And Notices Under FACTA

Federal Trade Commission Staff Opinion Letters

Provisions of New Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA - Prevents identity theft and improves the resolution of consumer disputes, the accuracy of consumer records, and the use of and consumer access to credit information

FACTA Revisions

Fact Sheet: President Bush Signs the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003

US Patriot Act - An act to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes

Sarbanes – Oxley Act of 2002- An act to protect Investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures made pursuant to the securities laws, and for other purposes

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.
Consumer Reporting Employment Clarification Act of 1998 Legal Opinion

Department of Transportation Requirements - Regulatory Guidance for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations

Department of Transportation Drug Testing - DOT Urine Specimen Collection Guidelines

Complete Text of the Fair Credit Reporting Act

Summary of Consumer Rights

Using Consumer Reports: What Employers Need to Know

Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List Alphabetical master list

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

EEOC Compliance Protections Against Discrimination and Other Prohibited Practices

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U.S. Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration

U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Occupational Outlook Handbook

FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

Social Security Administration

Federal Aviation Administration

U.S. Department of Transportation

34% of all employment verifications performed reveal exaggeration or fraudulent information.

11% of all educational verifications performed contain falsifications.

42% of all driving records pulled contain infractions.

37.6% of surveyed college students admit to a history of criminal offenses

According to surveys of Human Resource Executives, more than half the resumes they receive contain exaggerated or fraudulent information and/or significant omissions.

34% of resumes and 73% of job applications contain falsified or embellished information

6.5 million adults were on probation, in jail or on parole at year end 2000
(Bureau of Justice statistics 2002)

3.1% of all U.S. adult residents on probation, in jail or on parole at year end 2000
(Bureau of Justice statistics 2002)

The Justice Department report claims that Nearly 2 million people are victims of workplace violence each year

Over 30% of all business failures are the result of negligent hiring.
(U.S. Chamber of Commerce)

Embezzlement alone costs companies $4 billion a year.
(U.S. Chamber of Commerce)

13 people die through workplace violence each week.
(HR News, Jan 2002)

As much as 30% of all offenders are "multi-State" offenders; that is, they have both Federal and state records or arrests in more than one state.
(Federal Bureau of Investigations)

Most persons arrested for criminal offenses have prior arrest records, and many have arrest records in more than one state.
(Federal Bureau of Investigations)

33% of State prisoners and 22% of Federal prisoners said they had committed their current offense while under the influence of drugs.
(Business Life, 2001)

20% of the workplace population is using alcohol or other drugs at the worksite."
(Business Life, 2001)

73% of all drug users are employed
(Institute for a drug-free workplace: www.drugfreeworkplace.org)

7.4 million employees abused drugs last month
(Institute for a drug-free workplace: www.drugfreeworkplace.org)

52% of all employees who test "positive" for drugs are daily users
(Institute for a drug-free workplace: www.drugfreeworkplace.org)

35% of workers have seen or heard of on-the-job drug use by co-workers
(Institute for a drug-free workplace: www.drugfreeworkplace.org)

Alcohol misuse in the U.S. to be $117 billion including $66 billion in lost productivity.
(DOT 1997)