Friday, March 02, 2007

Real ID to Actually Become Real in 2010

Image source: UnReal ID.com

Tim Conneally writes on BetaNews:

US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced today that states will be given an additional two years past the original May 11, 2008 deadline to comply with the directives of the controversial Real ID Act.

Originally enacted into law in 2005, the Act contains many contentious directives, such as state agencies scanning of personal documents into a nationally-accessible database, giving a uniform appearance to each state's personal IDs, and implementing RFID tagging.

More here.

See also: UnReal ID.com

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