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With the resources EBI has at its disposal for background screening, drug testing, and human resources management, we felt it was time to offer a consolidated location for accessing many of our best public research materials, hence EBI's background screening online library was born.

You'll also find a complete archive of our EBI Advisor, our periodic newsletter on the background screening industry located here.

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Current topic: The New Federal Offenses You Aren’t Looking For: Identity Theft and Methamphetamine Crimes What do you think of when you hear of a "federal offense?" Most people think of the criminals they see on the news or in tv shows, wanted for kidnapping, drug trafficking, or weapons violations. Because of these kinds of conceptions many employers don’t do any federal criminal background screening because they think their employees couldn’t be wanted for such things. But federal criminal background screening should be an integral part of any background screening process, and now more than ever. Two new offenses have been added to the list of federal offenses, and they both have lasting effects in the workplace. The first is identity theft – in January of 2006 a high profile case involved a nurse who had access to client identification information in the hospital setting. She was convicted of identity theft, but not before it was discovered that she had been convicted of this same crime before. In July of 2005 President Bush signed the Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act, making this a federal crime. And, with 13 people suffering from identity theft per minute in this country, it makes sense to screen potential employees on a federal level, especially employees who will have access to sensitive client information. The second new federal offense involves methamphetamine use, manufacture, and distribution. Commonly called meth, methamphetamine is a highly addictive drug made both cheap and accessible by its over the counter ingredients and at-home manufacture. In fact, 58% of counties nationwide now see meth use as their number one drug problem. And most recent polls indicate that 12.3 million adults have used meth. Many of these people have everyday jobs, and their employment leads to a loss of productivity, lowered morale, increases in accidents and damage to property, and absenteeism. Federal criminal background screening can catch these people before they can become a liability to your company. Fortunately, EBI searches all records on a county, state, and federal level. This way, EBI ensures that those less public kinds of federal offenses won’t slip through the cracks and into your workplace. Call EBI to discuss designing a drug testing program to suit your company's needs.Our reliable drug testing programs will give you peace of mind about drug use in your workplace. Criminal records searches. Random drug testing. Reference checks. Everything for a comprehensive picture of your prospective employees. Call us at 800.324.7700 for details.

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