The Background Check System (BCS) went live in June of 2018. The Background Check Central Unit (BCCU) is committed to continuously improving BCS for its customers. Below you will find recent enhancements and issues resolved in BCS that impact our customers.
| Date | Issue Resolved (IR) or Enhancement (E) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 8/22/2023 | FBI Rap Sheets (IR) | The stamp in the footer of FBI rap sheets is now shorter to avoid covering text. |
| 8/22/2023 | Background Check Authorization Form (IR) |
The Background Check Authorization Form no longer allows signature dates older than 90 days. |
| 8/22/2023 | Disqualifying Crimes List (E) | The disqualifying crimes list for DSHS agencies has been updated with the addition of “False statements, fraud RCW 74.09.230 (5 or more years)”, “Hate Crime”, “Permitting Commercial Sexual Abuse of a Minor”, “Theft of a firearm (5 or more years)”, “Trafficking RCW 9A.40.100”, and “Promoting Travel for Commercial Sexual Abuse of a Minor. |
| 7/25/2023 | User Management (IR) | Users with View Only roles may archive inquiries with their non-View Only roles. |
| 7/25/2023 | Admin System Settings (E) | The Background Check Authorization Form page may be put into maintenance mode, preventing new applications from being submitted and displaying a maintenance message. |
| 2/28/2023 | User Management (E) | When adding an entity user with a wa.gov email address, BCS will check to see if the user already exists under an alias email address before trying to create a new user. |
| 2/28/2023 | Result Letter (E) | The contact info for RCPP findings has been updated to reflect the current RCPP contact. |
| 12/14/2022 | Fingerprint Reject Notice (E) |
The Fingerprint Reject notification language has been updated to reflect the current information that applicants will be asked for when they schedule their retake appointment. |
| 12/14/2022 | Fingerprint Appointment Form (E) |
The Fingerprint Appointment form and Fingerprint Notification letter have been combined, along with the FBI’s Privacy Act Statement. The links to these documents have been replaced by a single “Print Appointment Form Packet” button. |
| 11/8/2022 | Background Check Authorization Form (E) |
The confirmation email applicants receive after submitting an online background check application has been updated to clarify that applicants must share the confirmation information with the entity requesting the background check. |
| 7/26/2022 | Background Check Authorization Form (E) |
Additional text was added to the online Background Check Authorization Form to make it clear that a State-issued ID may be used in place of a driver’s license. |
| 7/12/2022 | User Management (IR) | BCS Users may now be created that have only two characters before the @ sign in their email address. |
| 7/12/2022 | Additional Information Packets (IR) |
Country now appears on Additional Information packets if provided. |
| 7/12/2022 | User Management (IR) |
ITGs that enforce the 3 year residency rule will have inquiries default to being fingerprint checks if applicants indicate they have lived outside the state within the past 3 years. |
| 7/12/2022 | User Management (IR) |
Entity users will no longer get an error while trying to add notes while BCCU staff the inquiry locked. |
| 7/12/2022 | Background Check Authorization Form (E) |
Social security numbers may no longer contain all zeros in a group, begin with 666, begin with 9, be 078-05-1120, or be 219-09-9999, to prevent invalid social security numbers from entering BCS. |
| 7/12/2022 | AOC Data Source (E) |
The Data Mart AOC data search has been replaced by EDR, however it has been designed to look and work the same as Data Mart. |
| 3/29/2022 | User Management (IR) | The link to Review Applicant Form on the Entity Background Check Summary page is now aligned with the label for the link. |
| 3/29/2022 | Result Letters (IR) | Rap sheets on result letters are now in the same order as on the background check result summary page. |
| 3/29/2022 | Background Check Authorization Form (IR) | The email address fields on the Background Check Authorization Form will show a validation error if they do not match. |
| 3/29/2022 | Background Check Authorization Form (IR) | Alias names can now be added to the Background Check Authorization Form. |
| 3/29/2022 | Background Check Authorization Form (E) |
Trailing spaces are now ignored on name, phone number, and email address fields. |
| 2/28/2022 | User Management (IR) | An error that was preventing adding oversight roles for a few particular inquiry type groups has been fixed. |
| 2/28/2022 | Result Letters (IR) | A concurrency error that resulted in 404 errors when opening result letters has been fixed to prevent future occurrences. |
| 2/28/2022 |
Background Check Authorization Form (IR) |
The Background Check Authorization Form (REV 6/2018) is now correctly displayed when viewing old authorization forms on the entity home page. |
| 2/28/2022 | Background Check Authorization Form (E) | Page numbers have been added to the Background Check Authorization Form (REV 6/2018). |
| 1/26/2022 | User Management (E) |
User roles belonging to pending users will be automatically deleted after six months of inactivity and User profiles belonging to pending users will be automatically deleted after 12 months of inactivity. |
| 1/26/2022 | ALTSA Nightly Feed (E) |
The ALTSA nightly feed will no longer create new user accounts when the username is already assigned. Primary Account Administrator roles can only be assigned if there is not already a Primary Account Administrator assigned. |
- The contact info for RCPP findings has been updated to reflect the current RCPP contact.
- The contact info for RCPP findings has been updated to reflect the current RCPP contact.
If you have any questions regarding BCS, please email us at bccuinquiry@dshs.wa.gov.