Archive for May, 2007
Friday, May 25th, 2007
The California State Senate has once again passed the Identity Information Protection Act, which will impose privacy and security standards on government-issued identification cards. The act's predecessor was vetoed, but the fate of the new version remains unknown.
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Of course, the New York Times does not bother to suggest a solution for this supposed problem. Congress critter David Bonner, however, has proposed that the Social Security Administration require SS cards “contain an electronic signature strip that contains an encrypted electronic identification strip, unique to that individual,” ...
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Monday, May 21st, 2007
A bipartisan group of senators have proposed a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to continue to work here if they fulfill a number of requirements, including paying a $5,000 fine and getting a biometric identification card. The bill would also established a guestworker program and increase security on the U.S.-Mexican border.
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
A man accused of robbing a fast-food restaurant left lots of clues to his identity. He dropped his wallet, which contained a photo identification card, his Social Security card and birth certificate.
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
Department of Homeland Security officials got an earful Tuesday during a webcast town-hall-style meeting on the controversial Real ID initiative -- a federal government plan to standardize state-issued ID cards and link identification databases nationwide.
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