Since we have so many SMEs in various disciplines on here, I'd rather have an expert weigh in on my options, if any, especially for obvious legal reasons.
Problem: I've got a county in Illinois that has been 'unresponsive' to a 3rd party, outsourced, 'background check' company (NOT federal, but civil/private) for over a month.
Question: How can I find out, legally, what records that county has on me, or has attributed to someone with the same/similar name as me (#1 most common surname, #3-8 most common given names, although less than common spellings)? I really want to understand the 'hold up' here. It's not the first time.
Backstory ...
Although my drug test and all other background investigations cleared in less than a week in early May, after I accepted an offer at the end of April, I'm now over 5 weeks into a background check because of 1 county in Illinois that has been 'unresponsive' to the 3rd party doing the background check.
So, for those that might have caught wind, mid-April my employer decided to shut down my project by October (now closer to end of year). We weren't told until it went national (all over the news) that existing DoD and federal contracts had been cut. It wasn't a surprise, after new contracts were not being offered mid-February. I asked around and had many offers, from NASA to DoD contractors, and one moved forward, especially since I have repeatedly helped them in the past (on-site, without payment).
My offer is contingent on this background check by a 3rd party. It's not even OPM/DoD, that's still active, and I'm under 'continual evaluation' (and I'm still 'eligible' for everything, even if not everything is 'active'). This happened with my current job last year, where the background check got 'held up' for months, and they finally just 'took on the risk.' Luckily it came in just before I started, solving the issue more permanently. I'm now interested if it was the same county in Illinois too. **
I'm afraid that might be the case this time, and my new employer is not willing to take on the risk, despite my federal 'continual evaluation.'
** Back in the early '00s, my vehicle was continually flagged by the Florida DMV for an outstanding, out of state arrest. Luckily in that case, when it became an issue, there was PI assigned to me by a company that ran into it during my 'interim, higher clearance' that immediately was able to Iand see an actual mugshot that was, obviously, not me. I was then able to tell officers that every time I was stopped, quickly 'de-escalating' things, and they would be 'more amenable' to checking things (like the DL, picture, etc...) before 'detaining me.'
Problem: I've got a county in Illinois that has been 'unresponsive' to a 3rd party, outsourced, 'background check' company (NOT federal, but civil/private) for over a month.
Question: How can I find out, legally, what records that county has on me, or has attributed to someone with the same/similar name as me (#1 most common surname, #3-8 most common given names, although less than common spellings)? I really want to understand the 'hold up' here. It's not the first time.
Backstory ...
Although my drug test and all other background investigations cleared in less than a week in early May, after I accepted an offer at the end of April, I'm now over 5 weeks into a background check because of 1 county in Illinois that has been 'unresponsive' to the 3rd party doing the background check.
So, for those that might have caught wind, mid-April my employer decided to shut down my project by October (now closer to end of year). We weren't told until it went national (all over the news) that existing DoD and federal contracts had been cut. It wasn't a surprise, after new contracts were not being offered mid-February. I asked around and had many offers, from NASA to DoD contractors, and one moved forward, especially since I have repeatedly helped them in the past (on-site, without payment).
My offer is contingent on this background check by a 3rd party. It's not even OPM/DoD, that's still active, and I'm under 'continual evaluation' (and I'm still 'eligible' for everything, even if not everything is 'active'). This happened with my current job last year, where the background check got 'held up' for months, and they finally just 'took on the risk.' Luckily it came in just before I started, solving the issue more permanently. I'm now interested if it was the same county in Illinois too. **
I'm afraid that might be the case this time, and my new employer is not willing to take on the risk, despite my federal 'continual evaluation.'
** Back in the early '00s, my vehicle was continually flagged by the Florida DMV for an outstanding, out of state arrest. Luckily in that case, when it became an issue, there was PI assigned to me by a company that ran into it during my 'interim, higher clearance' that immediately was able to Iand see an actual mugshot that was, obviously, not me. I was then able to tell officers that every time I was stopped, quickly 'de-escalating' things, and they would be 'more amenable' to checking things (like the DL, picture, etc...) before 'detaining me.'
