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You Should Always Start with a County Background Check

A family synonymous with The Post and with... Growing use of FBI screens raises concerns about accuracy, racial bias Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post - The J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington, D.C. “It’s been quite a rough road leading up to fighting this case,” Vanderpool said. “It’s caused us quite a bit of damage that it’s going to take us years to really recover from.” The FBI’s databases are the largest repository of criminal information in the country. Records are linked to fingerprints, as well as names, reducing the chances of an incorrect match. Graphic                Employers can request an FBI background check only when authorized by state or federal laws and regulations. Many industries require potential employees to be screened by the FBI before they can receive work licenses. But the FBI databases were not intended to be comprehensive. Instead