WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stop federal investigations into the private lives of people who want to work at government installations — even those who don’t have security ...

LOS ANGELES – A federal appeals court ruled Friday that NASA should be blocked from conducting background checks on low-risk employees at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory, saying the practice threatens ...

Scientists, researchers and other contract employees working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have been challenging personal background checks by their employer in court. Under a Bush directive ...

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Jan. 19 that the background checks NASA has conducted on workers are constitutional. Twenty-eight workers at the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, Calif — ...

The U.S. Supreme Court considered whether NASA can conduct intensive employee background checks without violating constitutional privacy rights during oral arguments today (Oct. 5) from the space ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says background checks of low-risk employees at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena can continue. The high court on Wednesday overturned a lower court ...

A federal judge issued an injunction on Friday to stop NASA from performing background checks on contract employees at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., operated by the California ...