March 01, 2007

Homeland Security Releases Draft Regulations for REAL ID Implementation

Hundreds of millions of Americans will have until 2013 to be outfitted with new digital ID cards, the Bush administration said on Thursday in a long-awaited announcement that reveals details of how the new identification plan will work. The announcement by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security offers a five-year extension to the deadline for states to issue the ID cards, and proposes creating the equivalent of a national database that would include details on all 240 million licensed drivers. The draft regulations are unlikely to assuage privacy and cost concerns raised by state legislatures.

Homeland Security offers details on Real ID, CNet News.com, March 1, 2007.