May 2016 employment: US adds 38,000 jobs

By Staff | June 6, 2016

The Employment Situation’ news release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy added just 38,000 jobs in May while the unemployment rate declined 0.3% to 4.7% (resulting in 7.4 million unemployed persons). Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (4.3 percent),  adult women (4.2 percent), Whites (4.1 percent), and…

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Security Clearance Background Checks: Senators question oversight plans for creation of new agency NBIB

By Staff | June 3, 2016

the letter. “We also want to ensure that the [National Background Investigations Bureau] will not simply be a new name for the [Federal Investigative Service]. Instead, it is critical that you make significant structural changes to improve the integrity, management, and oversight of the security clearance process.” The letter follows McCaskill’s recent introduction of legislation…

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North Carolina consider background checks for all school employees

By Staff | June 1, 2016

Last month, they appear to have made progress as a measure to strengthen background checks of teachers and other school personnel moved out of a Senate committee. Currently, local school districts have background check policies, but they vary. The State Board of Education cannot now require applicants for teaching licenses to be checked for criminal…

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