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Child Support Services recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 010-2018, thereby approving the Department's request to receive Criminal Offender Record Information from the California Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Child Support Services recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign the attached Resolution, thereby approving the Department's application to receive Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) pursuant to California Penal Code ยง11105.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
In accordance with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Publication 1075, Tax Information Security Guidelines, the Department of Child Support Services requires that individuals having direct access to Federal Tax Information (FTI) are subject to a background investigation prior to access to FTI data and periodically thereafter. The required background investigation includes a review of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fingerprint results that include criminal history in all 50 states. In California those fingerprint results are processed through the California Department of Justice (DOJ). The purpose of this criminal record review is to identify suitability for employment.
Historically, for the criminal record review portion of the background check on potential employees, the Department has involved both the Sheriff's Office for the Live Scan process and the District Attorney's (DA) Office for receiving the results from DOJ. New federal requirements, added to IRS Publication 1075, now require agencies with access to FTI to reinvestigate each individual employee every ten (10) years. This new requirement will significantly increase the number of Live Scan processes Child Support Investigators will be required to do.
To eliminate the additional workload for the DA's staff and to expedite the background process, Child Support Services desires to obtain their own CORI number. With this CORI number, ...
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