Private Investigation News: California Accountancy Board accusations online

"After two years of debate, a year of Watchdog posts and unilateral action by the Schwarzenegger administration, the California Board of Accountancy finally voted this week to post online detailed accusations against California accountants.

Accusations are official, public documents outlining the alleged wrongdoing of accountants but the board, which is charged with protecting the public from bad accountants, resisted posting the information online — even though all of the other boards and commissions under the state Department of Consumer Affairs already post them. In August,Brian Stiger, director of the department, became so frustrated with the Board that he unilaterally started posting the documents on the department’s website."
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Location Oakland, Ca | San Francisco, Ca | California - Private Investigator

Private Investigator News: Public can explore millions of FCC licenses

"The Federal Communications Commission today launched FCC License View, a tool designed to make FCC license management information more transparent and accessible to a broad range of users. FCC License View is the latest release by the agency's Data Innovation Initiative, a long-term effort aimed at reforming the collection, use, and dissemination of FCC data.

With this new tool, users from across private and public sectors can digest complex licensing information through a simple and easy-to-use online dashboard. FCC License View lets users digest snapshots of FCC license management data that are at the core of the agency’s mission. At launch, FCC License View lets users explore over 3 million total licenses, 2 million of which are active. FCC License View is available now at http://fcc.gov/licenseview."  
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Location Oakland, Ca | San Francisco, Ca | California - Private Investigator

Discipline for California Nurses Sanctioned in Other States is now checked by licensing agency

"After running its list of active and inactive nurses against a database maintained by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, BRN found that roughly 3,500 of its nurses have been punished for misconduct or even had their licenses revoked in other states while maintaining clean licenses in California. As many as 2,000 of these nurses will now face discipline in California.

Until 2008, BRN checked the records of only initial applicants for a California license, not renewals, against disciplinary actions in other states. BRN will now run quarterly record checks on California nurses to capture the most current information."
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Location Oakland, Ca - Private Investigator