The FBI Is Building A National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees

The FBI Is Building A National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees: The FBI’s Rap Back program is quietly transforming the way employers conduct background checks. While routine background checks provide employers with a one-time “snapshot” of their employee’s past criminal history, employers enrolled in federal and state Rap Back programs receive ongoing, real-time notifications and updates about their employees’ run-ins with law enforcement, including arrests at protests and charges that do not end up in convictions. (“Rap” is an acronym for Record of Arrest and Prosecution;

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