Employment Fairness Act for Returning Citizens in Prince George’s County, MD
The Prince George's Employment Fairness Act for Returning Citizens is a new law in Prince George's County, Maryland, designed to provide fair...
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Verified Credentials March 22, 2024
In January, Fulton County - Georgia’s most populous county that includes the city of Atlanta - experienced a cyber incident that significantly impacted county services and systems. The incident resulted in widespread system outages including department office phone lines, internal operations systems, and access to many public services.
Fulton County immediately began work to identify the source of the incident and restore systems. Here’s a quick timeline of updates from the County:
From the beginning of the outages, access to court systems were unavailable for third-party background checks. The background check industry was, and continues to be, heavily impacted by the waterfall of impacts related to inaccessible public court records.
In the county’s most recent update it states that, “Work has been continuous to restore systems and significant progress has been made.” A new source for third-party access to court records is now available but the county has noted that “Some filings that were made since the incident in late January may not appear at this time while restoration is continuing.”
As third-party screening companies begin working through the backlog of searches, the impacts of the significant outage will continue. There is no set date for complete court record access available at this time, but Verified Credentials continues to monitor the status in Fulton County.
Updated: March 22, 2024
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