OldSoul : Driver's license deemed not secure enough for feds

[OldSoul]

PAY ATTENTION TO THIS!!!!
An Illinois driver's license won't be enough identification to get into most federal facilities after Jan. 10 when the state's exemption from federal Real ID requirements ends.
By summer, it could mean Illinois driver's licenses won't be accepted as identification for commercial airplane flights.
Illinois Secretary of State's office spokesman David Druker says the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has notified Illinois that its request for an extension has been denied. Illinois previously was granted two one-year extensions.
The 2005 Real ID act imposes tougher requirements for proof of legal U.S. residency in order for driver's licenses to be valid for federal purposes. The law was passed after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
(http://www.wrex.com/story/30827268/...ers-license-deemed-not-secure-enough-for-feds)

Other states also:
Missouri residents soon will not be able to use their state drivers licenses as identification to get into most federal facilities, such as military bases, making the state at least the fourth to lose a federal exemption from complying with national proof-of-identity requirements.
A letter from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Missouri, obtained Wednesday by the Associated Press, informs the state that its exemption from federal Real ID requirements will end Jan. 10.
That means Missouri drivers licenses cannot be accepted as ID at military bases and most other federal facilities. It also could eventually mean Missouri drivers licenses won’t be accepted as identification for commercial air travel.
“As we continue the phased-in enforcement of the REAL ID Act, the consequences of continued noncompliance will grow with each milestone,” the department said in its letter to Missouri.

The 2005 Real ID act imposes tougher requirements for proof of legal U.S. residency in order for state drivers licenses to be valid for federal purposes. The law was passed in response to national security concerns after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The Homeland Security Department previously declared Minnesota noncompliant, and it sent letters in October to New Mexico and Washington indicating that their exemptions also would end Jan. 10.

States were supposed to comply with the Real ID requirements by the end of 2009. Federal authorities have repeatedly delayed implementation to give states more time to change their drivers license procedures and make the necessary technological improvements.
At one point, about half the state legislatures had passed measures opposing the implementation of the Real ID Act. Some raised concerns over privacy and a backdoor attempt to create a national ID card. Some of those states, including Missouri and Minnesota, still have laws prohibiting them from complying.
But the patience of federal authorities appears to be coming to an end, and more states, including Illinois, could lose their exemptions. Homeland Security has been reviewing whether to grant a compliance exemption beyond Jan. 10 to Alaska, California, Illinois, New Jersey and South Carolina. Nineteen other states recently received an extension of their compliance exemptions, most running until Oct. 16.

Homeland Security has said it plans to announce soon whether it will begin enforcing Real ID for air travel. The department has said it will provide at least 120 days notice before barring people from flights who have driver’s licenses from states that are noncompliant or lack a waiver.
(http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_c53c7ee3-3c93-53b8-aec1-657304e080ca.html)

More below...

 

[OldSoul]

[What you should know about your ID and the changes which could directly affect you...]
The REAL ID ACT:
IDs and driver's licenses as identification
In the United States, driver's licenses are issued by the states, not by the federal government. Additionally, because the United States has no national identification card and because of the widespread use of cars, driver's licenses have been used as a de facto standard form of identification within the country. For non-drivers, states also issue voluntary identification cards which do not grant driving privileges. Prior to the REAL ID Act, each state set its own rules and criteria regarding the issuance of a driver's license or identification card, including the look of the card, what data is on the card, what documents must be provided to obtain one, and what information is stored in each state's database of licensed drivers and identification card holders.

Federally mandated standards for state driver's licenses or ID cards
Driver's license implications
Title II of REAL ID – "Improved Security for Driver's License and Personal Identification Cards" – repeals the driver's license provisions of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, enacted in December 2004. Section 7212 of that law established a cooperative state-federal rule-making procedure to create federal standards for driver’s licenses. Instead, the Real ID Act directly imposed specific federal driver’s license standards.
The REAL ID Act Driver's License Summary details the following provisions of the Act's driver's license title:
Authority
Data Retention and Storage
DL/ID Document Standards
Grants to States
Immigration Requirements
Linking of Databases
Minimum DL/ID Issuance Standards
Minimum Standards for Federal Use
Repeal of 9/11 Commission Implementation Act DL/ID Provisions
Security and Fraud Prevention Standards
Verification of Documents
After 2011, "a Federal agency may not accept, for any official purpose, a driver's license or identification card issued by a state to any person unless the state is meeting the requirements" specified in the REAL ID Act. The DHS will continue to consider additional ways in which a REAL ID license can or should be used for official federal purposes without seeking the approval of Congress before doing so. States remain free to also issue non-complying licenses and IDs, so long as these have a unique design and a clear statement that they cannot be accepted for any federal identification purpose. The federal Transportation Security Administration is responsible for security check-in at airports, so bearers of non-compliant documents would no longer be able to travel on common carrier aircraft without additional screening unless they had an alternative government-issued photo ID.
People born on or after December 1, 1964, will have to obtain a REAL ID by December 1, 2014.
Those born before December 1, 1964, will have until December 1, 2017, to obtain their REAL ID.
The national license/ID standards cover:
How the states must share their databases both domestically and internationally through the AAMVA
What data must be included on the card and what technology it is encoded with
What documentation must be presented and electronically stored before a card can be issued

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REAL_ID_Act)

 

[OldSoul]

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[jamesfrmphilly]

dat's OK, i don't wanna go no where anyhow....

 

[carbonite]

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