US eases passport rule for summer
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The US State Department relaxes some of its passport rules after a surge in demand creates long delays.
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New rules for the types of identification U.S. or Canadian citizens must present to cross into the country shouldn't cause significant delays and won't be strictly enforced at first, a senior federal official said.
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Federal authorities cleared the way for a program giving travelers who volunteer for background checks an easier passage through airport security to begin next month.
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Microsoft has decided to stop pushing its Passport service following eBay&#39;s decision to drop it, effective late January, in favor of its own authentication tool.
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The government will temporarily relax rules requiring passports for U.S. citizens traveling by air to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean because of a huge processing backlog, officials said on Friday.
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The US Department of Homeland Security has announced an important change that will affect many Canadian residents who travel on passports from other countries.
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Seven weeks after imposing a ban on nearly all liquids in airline travelers' carry-on bags in response to terrorism fears, US transportation officials today will begin letting passengers carry on small amounts of personal-care products, as well as drinks bought in secured zones of airports.
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WASHINGTON - Everyone who took a commercial flight within the United States in June will have his travel information turned over to the government so it can test a new system for identifying potential terrorists, federal officials announced Tuesday.    The Transportation Security Administration plans to order airlines to turn over the information in November...
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Help may be on the way to deal with the backlog of unprocessed passport requests. Legislation passed Monday by the House would make it easier for the State Department to rehire retired personnel to pitch in.
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The government said on Friday it will temporarily relax new rules requiring passports for U.S. citizens flying to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean because of a huge passport application backlog.
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Americans and Canadians can still cross without a passport, but they'll need two forms of government-issued I.D., not just a driver's license.
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The government announced today that it is easing its rules for summer travel in the Western Hemisphere.
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The Bush administration will delay for at least six months a rule that Americans present passports when crossing the U.S. border by land or sea, officials said Wednesday. The announcement marks the second time in a month that officials have scaled back security plans in response to complaints.
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U.S. may decrease the amount of time European passenger data is saved.
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Children will be exempt from new rules that will require travelers to show passports when entering the U.S. at land or sea borders, the Bush administration announced on Thursday.
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More than a month after liquids and gels were banned on airplanes, the Homeland Security department is making a partial change to the regulations
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Facing an unexpected backlash from angry travelers and lawmakers, the Bush administration said yesterday it would be flexible in enforcing new passport requirements beginning next January for Americans who return by land or sea from Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.