Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jonathan L. Clayton, interim city clerk in Peabody and former director of economic recovery for the Kansas Department of Commerce, ...

The last several months have seen progress in the over-budget, years-delayed effort to overhaul the federal-employee background-check system, officials with the lead agency say. Workers in national ...

A measure to beef up enforcement of the nation’s background check system for potential gun buyers will be included in the government funding bill due for a congressional vote this week. The provision, ...

The most significant issue facing the security officer sector today is background check standardization. Our country has no national background check system to ensure all private security officer ...

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Jonathan L. Clayton, interim city clerk in Peabody and former director of economic recovery for the Kansas Department of Commerce, went missing Aug. 3 amid investigations into his handling of COVID-19 ...