Transit-Worker ID Program Stalled
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A Bush administration initiative to secure the nation's ports is bogged down in industry opposition, technology flaws and evidence that it fails to safeguard workers' privacy, according to industry and government analysts.
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Veterans' personal data and health information remain at risk of identity theft because the Veterans Affairs Department has yet to implement several safety measures, government investigators say.
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Plans for a wider rollout of identity cards to British nationals appear to have been delayed for two years.
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The federal agency responsible for tracking delays admits that its data is inaccurate, which has consumer advocates and politicians fighting for more credible numbers
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Employers and workers are confused by eligibility and Classification of the new regulations.
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SAN DIEGO -- John Phillips peered down at the computer screen. Something didn't look quite right. It was 9:11 a.m. on the West Coast, or just past noon in the East, and all the bus drivers were supposed to be on break. The map of the District of Columbia showed hundreds of red blips representing vehicles that had been parked for more than an hour. But then there was one black dot, a lone bus, moving rapidly in the northwestern quadrant of the city.
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A controversial new law that could signal trouble ahead for independent programmers is delayed again.
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Testing of a computer screening system for air travelers may be delayed because the program has not yet received required approvals from the Government Accountability Office. -The Washington Post
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The always provocative Brad Templeton, who hung out with a large cadre of geeks at the Internet Identity Workshop (IIW, or IIW2007) last week, has some cautions about new identity systems, even if they are all &quot;user-centric&quot;. These cautions lie in a paradox: &quot;The easier it is to give somebody ID information, the more often it will be done. And the easier it is to give ID information, the more palatable it is to ask for, or demand it.&quot; The italics are his.  Here he hits on the problem of market power asymmetries (vendors strong, customers weak) that have been with us for the whole Industrial Age, and are with us still. I think we have a way to overcome those, and that Brad's Paradox may provide exactly the conceptual hurdle we need to see before we can make progress. \
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Officials continue to discuss ways to share passenger data, but are unlikely to reach a compromise by July's deadline.
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Employers and workers are confused by eligibility and classification of the new regulations.
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The United States will begin issuing   high security biometric identification cards for port workers   as planned at the year-end, but the roll-out of card readers   will be postponed to next year, the Department of Homeland   Security (DHS) said on Wednesday.
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Amtrak conductors have begun random checks of passengers' IDs as a precaution against terrorist attacks. The onboard checks, which started at the beginning of November, are part of a broader program to improve security, Amtrak spokesman Cliff Black said.
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A computer glitch has delayed delivery of bus passes to school children.   But education chiefs have spoken to all of the 30 school bus contractors to ensure that youngsters still waiting for their pass when the new term started on Tuesday were not left behind.
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By Emily Berry, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Sep. 24--Thousands of Erlanger employees' names and Social Security numbers stored electronically disappeared from a locked office last week, and hospital officials are notifying them in letters sent Friday.
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I am disappointed (but not surprised) to hear of the problems with the proposed transit tax in Salt Lake County. I was torn when voting for the tax increase in November.
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A coalition of privacy, labor and civil-liberties advocates filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission yesterday, urging the agency to investigate railroad and other transportation employers who violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to give employees proper notice when conduct...