National ID

Also known as Real ID and Real I.D.
==Background==
* National ID-article-Barr, Real ID game of chicken by Bob Barr, special to The Washington Times, Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 9:00 AM
==Links==
===Media===
* NH cans National ID
* from Philly, Feb 2007 - National ID will mean headaches for all by Lou Sessinger
==Background==
In 2005, Congress approved an $82 billion spending plan. In it was
a provision that by May 2008 states issue driver's licenses and ID
cards that meet certain federal standards and verification technology,
such as a magnetic strip.
The National ID becomes a national ID card implemented by the
various states through their departments of motor vehicles. Everybody's
personal information will be stored in a federal data bank.
Without the new ID card, people will be prohibited from boarding an
airplane, entering a federal building, collecting Social Security or
other benefits, and opening some bank accounts.
* To detect terrorists and illegal aliens.
* Getting a driver's license/Real ID will be a more complicated.
* Includes: 
* person's full legal name, 
* date of birth, 
* gender, 
* ID number, 
* digital photograph, 
* address,
* signature, 
* security features to prevent tampering or duplication, and
* machine-readable technology.
* perhaps, Social Security number,
* perhaps a fingerprint or other features.
* Foreigners would have to provide visas or immigration documents.
===Costs===
Estimates say implementing the ID plan will cost the states $11 billion over five years. Congress had estimated it would cost only $100 million. It allocated $40 million for start-up costs in
2006, but so far that has been it.
States are going to have to foot the bill. We are going to have to pay more to renew our licenses.
===Concerns===
* privacy,
* identity theft,
* does little to thwart terrorist attacks, 
** Timothy McVeigh and some of the 911 hijackers had valid identification.
* computer problems could shut down the national data bank, with many ramifications
** unable to board airplanes, enter federal buildings or cash a check at a bank.
Oppostion builds in Arizona, Georgia, Hawaii, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Vermont,
Utah, Oklahoma, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Missouri and Washington state.
A bill to repeal the Real ID Act is floating around Capitol Hill.
===Blogs===
* http://rauterkus.blogspot.com/2007/02/national-id-card-opposition-from.html from Feb 2007
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