Database of the day: Executive Pay
The income received by executives in publicly traded Standard & Poor’s Super 1500 corporations is digested in the AFL-CIO PayWatch database. [ via...
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Category Archives: Public Records
Once again, the wealthy seek to alter court records
Corporate malefactors angle to “clean up” mentions of their names in court records. The powerful and the fearful each have their reasons… From AP: Residential Funding wants Heffernan’s claims about who stiffed employees and which name names, stricken from the...
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Florida court public records must be restored
Finally, the Florida Supreme Court has addressed the practice within some county trial courts of removing certain dockets and files from public view. From AP: The Florida Supreme Court issued emergency rules Thursday designed to stop the improper sealing of...
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The momentum to close online UCC filings
The privacy advocates are on the warpath to close access to online images of UCC filings, state by state. Last week the Arizona Secretary of State removed the Uniform Commercial Code filing documents from the Web site after a privacy...
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Research charitable organizations
Charities and non profit organizations are monitored by state agencies and the Internal Revenue Service, and tracked by many private advocacy groups. Even if you’re not particularly interested in a specific charitable organization you might want to know the people...
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Silly laws: what to do with court records, sex offenders
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has instituted new rules that abolish fees for petitions to unseal cases. However, the rules require notification of the case parties by the person seeking to unseal the records. The court also ruled that financial...
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This week in public records: Colorado – Oregon – Vermont – Massachusetts
The Colorado Secretary of State has removed UCC document images from the Web site until such time as the Social Security numbers are redacted. The Secretary of State intends to issue new UCC forms that will not include the option...
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New and improved National Association of Securities Dealers name search
The NASD securities broker database interface has been reworked and is much more usable for private investigators who are validating a license or developing background on a company or individual. The NASD describes itself as “the primary private-sector regulator of...
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Federal government portal to professional license and certification lookups
CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, is an occupation and industry database for job searchers, but it also provides links to all 50 states’ occupational licensing Web sites. Search by occupation, industry or keyword to find professional license...
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State Roundup: Iowa State and County Web sites
The Iowa County Recorders Association operates a unique statewide database of Recorded documents. Real property and all other documents filed with the Recorder offices in Iowa counties can be searched from one portal. Select the county and documents you want...
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