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The Background Buzz is widely acknowledged as the leading online newsletter for the background screening industry and professional background screeners depend on it as their news source. Every edition is packed full of relevant and timely information with the goal to keep readers interested in background screening informed about legislative issues, new laws at the federal, state and local level, technology advances, data protection and privacy issues, occupational fraud, drug testing, etc.

In addition, each issue of The Background Buzz includes ‘The Washington Report‘ which is an update on what is happening in the U.S.’ capital city that background screeners need to know about. Whether it’s a new guidance being issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or a hearing on a new focus area, or updates on the latest decisions by the Consumer Finance Protection Agency (CFPA) or an Federal Trade Commission action or other legislative initiatives our Washington correspondents keeps our readers informed about the buzz around “the hill.”

Each edition of The Background Buzz also includes a Legal Challenge question & answer to help keep professional background screeners on top of their game and knowledgeable about their trade. This is a good primer for individuals interested in preparing for the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) certification test.

The Background Buzz also has a regular column called Public Records Update that is authored by the renowned public records guru, Mike Sankey, BRB Publications and the Public Record Retrieval Network (PRRN). This column keeps readers informed about changes occuring that impact access to court records and other relevant information that professional records retrievers need to know about.

Other columns that periodically appear in The Background Buzz include ‘The Background Bistro‘ which features an interview with a C-Suite executive of a background screening firm. The focus of the interview is to learn about new directions that their business is heading and gain their perspective on what is happening in the background screening industry.

Another column that periodically appears in The Background Buzz is ‘ViewPoint‘ which focuses on an emerging or controversial issue that is or has potential to impact the background screening industry. The goal of this column is to look forward and see what may be coming that professional background screeners need to pay attention to and prepare for.

All editions of The Background Buzz are posted to our archives to provide a rich history of what has been happening in the background screening industry and to serve as reference tool for professional background screeners to research at any time. If you want to know what has happened and to be informed about what is a happening then you should be reading The Background Buzz.