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24 Jul

This week in public records: Pennsylvania – Massachusetts – Arkansas

A law firm that accessed and viewed archived Web pages of an adversary through Archive.org did not violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act , even though those Web pages were not supposed to...
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18 Jul

California Divorce Index, 1966-1984 Now Online

The limited statewide California Divorce Index, produced by the Department of Vital Records for a mere 18 years, has been added to the Ancestry.com product line. Divorces that occurred from 1966 to 1984 are searchable by name or partial name,...
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California, Genealogy, Public Records, States 9 Comments

11 Jul

Criminal background screening methods challenged

The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) is pressing the Federal Trade Commission to open an investigation into employer compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) restrictions on employment background checks of criminal records. The CDT, Teamsters Union and...
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Criminal, Regulation 2 Comments

7 Jul

Sacramento County, California voter registration

The Sacramento County, California, Voter Registration and Elections site has a “Lookup Polling Place” feature that enables you to confirm that someone is registered to vote at a particular address. The search requires you to input street number, zip code...
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7 Jul

New sources, More activity on state employee salaries

Salaries of Delaware state employees who are paid with non public funds are not public records, according to an opinion issued this year by the Delaware Attorney General. Delaware State University solicited the opinion in response to a Freedom of...
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Delaware, Government, North Carolina, Public Records, South Dakota, States, Washington 1 Comment

4 Jul

Database of the day: Funeral homes and directors disciplinary actions

Search the online records of disciplinary actions from 2000 to 2007 for funeral homes and funeral practitioners at the Maine Board of Funeral Service. Use this advanced search query at the Google search engine. In this example, I’ve searched the...
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4 Jul

This week in public records: Alabama – California – Maine – Virginia

The well established may disappear overnight in the realm of online government records. Visitors to the Jefferson County, Alabama Probate Court online records search – the site for images of land records, personal property and probate recordings – were recently...
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30 Jun

This week in public records: Federal – Washington – Iowa – Wisconsin – California – Tennessee – Pennsylvania

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a ruling that could advance employee rights to privacy protection of their personal email generated at a workplace computer. In Warshak v. United States, the federal court upheld the finding...
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24 Jun

Illinois Meth Manufacturer Database Online

You can now add the Illinois Methamphetamine Manufacturer Database to the few other state online databases of meth makers. Search by partial last name, limiter by county is optional. Search returns the full name, AKA, date of birth, county of...
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24 Jun

Database of the Day: Federal and state employee names and salaries

See the recently added category – What’s New At… – in the left sidebar, which includes a link to the collection of databases assembled by the Asbury Park Press. Just online is the salary database of 2006 federal employees. Search...
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