States fight as REAL ID deadline nears
Christian Science Monitor
03/31/08
Frustrated by unfunded federal mandates, a number of states are revolting. The latest case in point: stiff resistance to REAL ID, a controversial post-9/11 law that aims to make driver’s licenses more secure [sic]. The Department of Homeland Security set Monday as the deadline for states to get an extension for implementing REAL ID. Miss this deadline, DHS warned resistant states, and come May, your residents won’t be allowed to board planes with their current driver’s licenses. Montana is one state that’s been opposed to the DHS requirements. Rather than request an extension, it sent DHS a letter explaining what it’s already doing to strengthen licenses. Still, DHS responded on March 21 by granting an extension. New Hampshire, another REAL ID holdout, took a similar path with DHS and also got an unasked-for extension last week...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0331/p03s03-uspo.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=driver’s+license
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Homeland+Security
03/31/08
Frustrated by unfunded federal mandates, a number of states are revolting. The latest case in point: stiff resistance to REAL ID, a controversial post-9/11 law that aims to make driver’s licenses more secure [sic]. The Department of Homeland Security set Monday as the deadline for states to get an extension for implementing REAL ID. Miss this deadline, DHS warned resistant states, and come May, your residents won’t be allowed to board planes with their current driver’s licenses. Montana is one state that’s been opposed to the DHS requirements. Rather than request an extension, it sent DHS a letter explaining what it’s already doing to strengthen licenses. Still, DHS responded on March 21 by granting an extension. New Hampshire, another REAL ID holdout, took a similar path with DHS and also got an unasked-for extension last week...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0331/p03s03-uspo.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=driver’s+license
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Homeland+Security
rudkla - 31. Mär, 11:11
