Brock Vergakis of The Associated Press reports: So packed is the parking lot at Utah’s busiest driver’s license office that on certain days people circle it endlessly in their cars, waiting to pounce on an elusive open spot. Some give up, and park illegally. Lines of frustrated customers often stretch outside the busy office into…
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Homeland Security Blinks Over REAL ID Act
Travis Sanford reports: The Department of Homeland Security has indefinitely lifted its January 1 deadline to allow federal agencies to accept state driver’s licenses and ID cards before allowing people to board commercial airplanes or enter federal buildings and nuclear power plants. The decision to stay the controversial REAL ID Act of 2005 was in…
Leahy Urges Congress To Pass REAL ID Fix
At a hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) urged the Senate to quickly approve legislation designed to fix problems in the national driver’s license program commonly referred to as REAL ID. Leahy is a leading sponsor of the bipartisan PASS ID Act, legislation that would implement the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations to enhance…
Real ID program in deep trouble
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: A decision by lawmakers to slash funding for the unpopular Real ID national driver’s license program has put an already struggling initiative on life support. The U.S. Senate recently approved a $43 billion budget for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the federal government’s 2010 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1….