Union Sounds Alarm Over Background Checks for New ID
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Some federal employees are smarting over their smart-card treatment.
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A city in Connecticut becomes the first in the United States to issue identity cards to illegal immigrants.
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Justice commissioner wants a register holding fingerprints and pictures of all visitors in an effort to keep out illegal immigrants
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The Bush administration yesterday unveiled dozens of new questions that may be added to the nation's naturalization test, and immigration advocates are concerned that the changes could make it more difficult for millions of legal immigrants to become U.S. citizens.
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Still horribly intrusive, though A Home Office minister has said the cost of the proposed ID card could be dramatically reduced if the government used its existing databases as a foundation for the scheme.â¦
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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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In California, illegal immigrants and US citizens alike debate tighter ID requirements.
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Workers were frustrated there was no industrywide standard for reporting suspicious activity - until now.
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Former Boeing employees, some retirees could be at risk of ID theft; no evidence information has been compromised.
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Port operators and freight companies   will have to pay up for tightened security checks that will   extend full background checks to all workers entering U.S.   maritime facilities and vessels by the end of the year,   industry sources said on Tuesday.
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The worry used to be that illegal immigrants were stealing welfare. Then it was jobs. Now, we're told, they're stealing people's identities.
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Some security experts question the difficulty of eliminating Social Security numbers from public documents, as contended by some county clerks in Texas.
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New identity checks are to be introduced to safeguard homeowners against property fraud.
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By John Reid Blackwell, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Jun. 7--Another local credit union is being targeted by phishers -- people trying to steal personal information online.
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Not compulsion - sign here to end the pain... "Various forms of coercion" could be used to accelerate the rollout of ID cards, the idea being that ID cards will remain 'voluntary' for as long as possible, while not having an ID card will become more and more uncomfortable. This, precisely what the government has intended to do all along, is stated baldly in an Identity &amp; Passport Service leak cited by the Sunday People.â¦
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EDMONTON - Auditor General Fred Dunn fears health-care fraud and identity theft are occurring because the Alberta government has failed to properly keep track of more than two million duplicate or replacement health-care cards.
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U.S. air carriers are fighting a federal proposal that would require their workers to digitally scan foreigners' fingerprints at check-in areas before departure on international flights.