Compulsory ID cards 'years' away
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Any bill to make it compulsory for  Britons to get an ID card is "several years" away, Home Office Minister Liam Byrne says.
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Britain said on Tuesday it plans to  force non-European foreign nationals to register identity  details such as fingerprints and iris scans from 2008.
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An alternative take on the week so far... Letters In the postbag this fine Tuesday, we discovered a multitude of mail on the subject of cutting the cost of the ID card scheme. You had much to say about minister Liam Byrne's suggestion that using existing government databases might help trim the budget a little:â¦
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Britons will not be required to have ID cards until 2012, two years later than originally planned, the opposition Conservatives claimed on Tuesday, citing leaked government documents they obtained.
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That plastic card, the one with the lousy photo that's jammed into your wallet or purse, isn't just a license to drive. It's the green light to buy a drink, the ticket to federal benefits, the must-have document to get aboard airplanes.
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1776 continues to cost money The list of police and security forces which can gain automated access to UK law-enforcement biometric databases may be set to widen, according to reports.â¦
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Count them in, count them out, count them all about... Immigration Minister Liam Byrne this week unveiled - to a certain amount of derision - his vision of the ID Card scheme as some sort of 21st Century equivalent of the 19th Century railway network or the 20th Century national electricity grid. It will be pervasive, and in 20 years time it will be a great British institution, "part of the fabric of British life."â¦
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US DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff announced today that states will be given an additional two years to comply with the directives of the controversial Real ID Act.  Originally enacted into law in 2005, the Act contains many contentious directives, such as state agencies scanning of personal documents into a nationally-accessible database, giving a uniform appearance to each state's personal IDs, and implementing RFID tagging.
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Serious doubts are raised on the accuracy of a new identity system being introduced on all new UK passports next year.
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The Identity Cards Bill, published today, seeks to create by 2010 a system of ID cards with embedded chips that carry personal information and biometric identifiers.
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Federal agencies must review their use of Social Security numbers and come up with a plan in 120 days to eliminate their unnecessary collection and use within 18 months, the Office of Management and Budget said in a memo released yesterday.
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Not getting any more popular The British public is evenly split on ID cards - 47 per cent think they're a good idea while 50 per cent think not.â¦
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Â· Increase to fund consular service, says Foreign Office Â· Bill is underwriting cost of ID cards, say opponents
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Tony Blair is expected to make the case for compulsory ID cards during his regular news conference on Monday.
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Controversial plans to introduce identity cards are being debated in the Commons on Thursday.
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Americans born after Dec. 1, 1964, will have to get more secure driver's licenses in the next six years under ambitious post-9/11 security rules to be unveiled Friday by federal officials.
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DMV officials tell colleagues that now's the time to start plotting ways to counteract negative messages about the forthcoming ID cards.