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Elsewhere in the Courts: Employment Screening
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April 2008



    
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Contract employees assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) can pursue their lawsuit against the agency over stringent new background screening rules. The court ruled that the new requirements raise privacy issues and do not seem to further the government’s legitimate interests because they target low-risk employees as well as those in more sensitive positions. 


Contract employees assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) can pursue their lawsuit against the agency over stringent new background screening rules. The court ruled that the new requirements raise privacy issues and do not seem to further the government’s legitimate interests because they target low-risk employees as well as those in more sensitive positions.


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