Confirm and locate burial site for U.S. military veterans and their dependents in Department of Veterans Affairs national cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries and other Department of Interior and military burial places. Search the Nationwide Gravesite Locator online database, operated by...
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Hawaii is the most recent state to place a statewide criminal index online. The site has a free search component but also allows access to more complete records for a fee. The system is down for maintenance until Monday, November...
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Several U.S. federal government agencies have joined forces with private companies in the development of a consumer website addressing types of scams and fraud. Identity theft, identity fraud, ponzi schemes and “Nigerian scams” are all discussed and defined. [Technorati tags:...
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Documents obtained through an FOIA by the National Journal and Government Executive shed more light on the application by the FBI of the personal information database owned by Choicepoint. The article in GovExec suggests that Choicepoint is doing for the...
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Some bloggers write about electronic toys, gadgets and techie things that glow in the night – the useful and the merely fun. A general technology site, that updates every 5 minutes, Engadget covers new products. A recent review touches on...
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This month’s Investigator Tips, located at the Reid Associates site, discusses the quandary of providing evidence of guilt to a suspect in a crime. The interrogator’s “evidence” may fall victim to the suspect’s superior...
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The technology of monitoring devices, such as cell phones, for location tracking is rapidly evolving, while the law still lags. Two federal courts have ruled that the government must obtain court orders before initiating a surveillance to track a subject’s...
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If local or federal government employees clam up when you try to interview them or secure public records it may be because they’ve signed a non disclosure agreement with the Department of Homeland Security that overrides any state public records...
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A recent federal ruling suggests that some Securities and Exchange Commission files of companies it’s investigating are public records. Minnesota U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson delivered a partial victory to SECInsight, which brought suit against the SEC on behalf of...
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California law supports the requirement that all visitors to public schools, except the media, must immediately register with the school office. “No outsider shall enter or remain on school grounds during school hours without having registered with the principal or...
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