Getting on military bases is about to involve FBI background checks

http://m.nextgov.com/defense/2014/08/getting-military-bases-about-involve-fbi-background-checks/90431/

Members of the defense community, starting this Friday, automatically will be screened against the FBI's criminal database when they try enter military installations and pulled aside if the system shows an arrest, felony or outstanding warrant....

The tool will run an FBI background check regardless of "whether you are going to the commissary or to work," Butler told Nextgov during an interview.

For example, he said, if a military employee is caught by police driving under the influence one night, that information will flow into the system, even if the employee fails to report it to DOD. The guard at the base will get a red flag, stop the employee from entering, and then law enforcement will study the situation further.

IMESA only has the ability to search FBI records right now, but the plan is to loop in law enforcement records from state and local jurisdictions eventually.

Is it 1984 yet?

This may not seem like a big deal to civilians -- on the mainland, at least. On O'ahu, a number of public schools are on-base. And TheBus runs to them. How long will it take to background-check everyone on a bus?