Modernization of the federal employee background check system has been marked by costly, years-long delays; however, new leadership at the agency tasked with the overhaul said they have made progress ...

Wake County Public Schools is launching a new visitor management system Wednesday. The new system screens visitors’ backgrounds and will take effect Wednesday, ahead of the July 11 school start date ...

Two government officials said Tuesday that pending changes to the federal background check system could soon reduce the amount of time it takes to onboard new agency employees, assuming the changes ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) --Maryland State Police have cleared up the backlog of background checks into people who recently applied to buy a firearm in the state. The delay was reportedly caused by the ...

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PIKESVILLE, Md. — A small number of guns have been sold in Maryland without completed background checks due to a "catastrophic hardware failure" in the state's computer system, according to the ...