Comments on: Bush signs Real ID Act

By: REAL ID costs: $11 billion, double time at DMV - Homeland Stupidity

REAL ID costs: $11 billion, double time at DMV - Homeland Stupidity — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:27:23 +0000

[...] The REAL ID Act, passed in 2005, requires states to issue identification cards which conform to federal requirements by 2008, or they won’t be accepted by federal authorities, and people won’t be able to enter federal buildings, airports or receive federal services. But the Department of Homeland Security hasn’t yet determined what the requirements will be. [...]

By: REAL ID to cost states at least $2.5 billion - Homeland Stupidity

REAL ID to cost states at least $2.5 billion - Homeland Stupidity — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:46:38 +0000

[...] Passed in 2005, the REAL ID Act requires states to redesign their driver license and identification cards by May 11, 2008, to conform to federal regulations set by the Department of Homeland Security. After that date, the federal government will not accept identification cards that do not conform to the requirements, and people in such states would have to carry a passport in order to enter federal courts, airports and other federal facilities. [...]

By: The Real ID nightmare - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity

The Real ID nightmare - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:18:53 +0000

[...] The Real ID Act was passed as an amendment to an Iraq war funding bill last May. Among other things, it requires that states check several databases to confirm the identity of applicants, to keep copies of documents for several years, to show the person’s principal residence and full legal name on the license, and to perform background checks on motor vehicle department employees. Each of these provisions is expected to cost millions of dollars per state. “It is just flat out impossible and unrealistic to meet the prescriptive provisions of this law by 2008,” Betty Serian, a deputy secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, said in an interview. [...]

By: EPIC 2005 Privacy Year in Review - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity

EPIC 2005 Privacy Year in Review - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 03:46:06 +0000

[...] In 2006, it says we should watch out for, among other things, the implementation of REAL ID, workplace privacy and student privacy issues, the US-VISIT program which captures foreigners’ fingerprints, data mining, individual location tracking, and more. [...]