The Identity Project
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has subpoenaed the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) for a copy of all entries in the CDLIS national database of state-issued commercial driver s licenses held by AAMVA. The administrative subpoena was issued August 11th and ordered AAMVA to hand over a copy of all records that [ ]
As discussed in a feature article today by Clara-Sophia Daly on Mission Local, recent searches and arrests of passengers trying to board domestic flights at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) have prompted us to question what the airport has done, and what more it could and should do, to comply with city ordinances regulating use [ ]
Ignoring objections from grassroots organizations from diverse communities throughout the state and a litany of lies to the legislature from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), Gov. Gavin Newson signed a bill into law this week which authorizes the DMV to upload information about about all California driver s licenses and state-issued non-driver ID cards [ ]
As part of their lobbying of the California legislature to change state law and appropriate $55 million to upload information about all California driver s licenses and ID state-issued non-driver ID cards to the privately-held SPEXS national ID database, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and the office of Governor Gavin Newsom have claimed that the [ ]
Withdrawing its opposition under behind-the-scenes pressure from Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawless threats from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the California legislature has agreed to fund and revise state law to authorize the upload of information about all driver s licenses and ID cards issued by the state to the private SPEXS national ID [ ]
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill which would have ended the state s compliance with the Federal REAL-ID Act. Like many other states, Arizona gives applicants for driver s licenses or non-driver IDs two options: a travel ID that is issued in accordance with procedures that satisfy the requirements of the REAL-ID Act, or a [ ]
The California Senate and Assembly have removed funding and legislative changes to upload drivers license data to the private SPEXS national ID database from Governor Gavin Newsom s proposed budget. This isn t the final decision. The legislature has to pass its version of a budget by June 15th, but the final budget and associated legislative changes may [ ]
We had a disconcerting experience last month when we returned from a trip abroad and entered the US at San Francisco International Airport: When we opted out of facial recognition (which is posted as being optional for US citizens) and presented our US passport, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer asked us for [ ]
The budget committees of the California legislature are continuing to consider a proposal from Governor Newsom and the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to appropriate $55 million and, more importantly, change California law to permit the DMV to upload information about all licensed California drivers to the SPEXS national ID database. We re in Sacramento this [ ]
The Minnesota Commissioner of Administration has issued a formal advisory opinion that it doesn t violate the state s open meeting law for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) to hold its meetings in location behind a TSA checkpoint and accessible only by showing REAL-ID or paying a $45 fee, as long as the MAC offers [ ]