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Last week, the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) released a report detailing the current levels of REAL ID
compliance among the different states. (GAO Report, Sept. 2012) Congress passed the
REAL ID Act in 2005 at the recommendation of the 9/11 Commission as a means to
combat driver's license fraud, a weakness exploited by the 9/11 hijackers. (See
Public Law 109–13
Division B Title II, March 2011; see also FAIR Fact
Sheet on REAL ID, 2009; see also FAIR Fact Sheet on the Identity and Immigration
Status of the 9/11 Terrorists, 2011)
While it is not mandatory for states to
comply with the act, the act establishes specific procedures states must follow
when issuing driver's licenses in order for the federal government to accept
those licenses for "official purposes." (See Public Law 109–13 Div. B
Title II Sec. 202(d)(11)(A), March 2011) Included under "official
purposes" are boarding commercial aircraft, entering federal buildings,
and entering nuclear power plants. (See Public Law 109–13 Div. B
Title II Sec. 201(3); see also GAO Report at p.4, Sept. 2012)
According to GAO, most states have taken
steps to combat driver's license fraud, although the steps may not necessarily
be REAL ID compliant. Those states that have employed anti-fraud measures have
reported success. For example, "the number of states verifying [Social
Security Numbers] with [the Social Security Administration] has increased
substantially" since an earlier study by GAO in 2003. (GAO Report at p.
8-12, Sept. 2012) Accordingly, since states began checking the authenticity of
Social Security numbers, the amount of this type of fraud "has declined
significantly" and "is no longer the main type of fraud [officials]
see." (GAO Report at p. 16, Sept. 2012) Additionally, most states are
training employees to detect fraudulent documents. (GAO Report at p. 8-12,
Sept. 2012) Officials in the majority of states included in GAO's study
"said they have seen a decline in attempts to obtain licenses using
counterfeit documents," which they attribute to staff being "better
trained on how to check for security features." (GAO Report at p. 15-16,
Sept. 2012)
Despite the success some states have
experienced in integrating anti-fraud measures, a GAO investigation revealed
that several vulnerabilities still remain. To conduct its investigation, GAO
selected several states where GAO employees posed as driver's license
applicants and submitted fraudulent documents. (GAO Report at p. 23-24, Sept.
2012) The first vulnerability they found is the ability of applicants to obtain
multiple licenses under different identities due to a lack of biometric
technology and photo sharing between states. (Id.) Not all states have
incorporated biometric technology, and according to officials in one state GAO
studied, cross-state facial recognition software is only used "in limited
circumstances, such as when there is reason to suspect license fraud,"
instead of as part of standard fraud detection practices. (GAO Report at p.
11-12, Sept. 2012)
The second remaining vulnerability they
found is that state employees are unable to detect counterfeit birth
certificate as proof of identification to obtain licenses. Because birth
certificates' security features vary by county, counterfeits are difficult to
spot visually. (GAO Report at p. 23-24, Sept. 2012) According to the GAO
employees conducting the investigation, none of the staff processing their
applications even "questioned the validity of the counterfeit birth
certificates presented" or consulted any systems that could help verify
the document. (Id.)
The final vulnerability GAO discovered is
the use of fraudulent licenses across state lines. (GAO Report at p. 23-24,
Sept. 2012) According to interviews conducted in select states by GAO,
"officials in all the states…acknowledged they lack the ability to
consistently determine if the identity presented by a license applicant is
already associated with a license-holder in another state." (GAO Report at
p.16, Sept. 2012) At the time of GAO's report, no systems to verify licenses
presented from other states were operational, although many states expressed an
interest in the concept. (GAO Report at p.18, Sept. 2012)
According to the GAO, DHS has failed to provide
adequate leadership in helping states address these vulnerabilities and achieve
REAL ID compatibility. According to testimony by DHS Assistant Secretary for
Policy David Heyman in a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Mar. 21, 2012,
DHS '[planned] to issue additional guidance in the near future to clarify the
minimum standards that states and territories must meet to achieve full
compliance with the Act and provide examples of how states can meet them."
(Testimony of David
Heyman, Mar. 21, 2012, see also FAIR Legislative Update, Mar. 26, 2012) But
according to GAO, DHS officials have since decided to reevaluate that decision
in favor of only responding to direct questions from state officials. Yet
"officials in most states [GAO] interviewed expressed a need for
additional guidance" from DHS, having been left with a "lack of
clarity." (GAO Report at p. 29-30, Sept. 2012) According to the report,
some states that sent questions to DHS never received a response, leaving them
in a position where they were forced to "make assumptions" on how to
fulfill REAL ID requirements. (Id.)
Despite specific criteria set forth by
Congress, DHS intends to allow states to develop their own compliance programs,
so long as such programs are generally "comparable to the requirements"
of REAL ID regulation. (Testimony of David
Heyman, Mar. 21, 2012) According to GAO, "DHS plans to consider
alternatives states propose in their compliance plans. DHS officials said they
believe this approach gives states opportunities to develop innovative
solutions and flexibility to consider their own circumstance." (GAO Report
at p. 31, Sept. 2012)
Since the law's passage in 2005, DHS has
delayed implementation of REAL ID three times. The most recent instance
occurred in March of last year, when Secretary Napolitano announced DHS'
decision to push the compliance date back to January 2013. (Fox News, March
5, 2011; FAIR Legislative Update, Mar. 7, 2011)
REAL ID requirements will officially take
effect on Jan. 15, 2013. While REAL ID was originally supposed to be
implemented in 2008, the deadline was extended on three separate occasions by
DHS. (FOX News, Mar.
5, 2011) After Jan. 15, individuals born after Dec. 1, 1964 have a grace period
through Dec. 1, 2014 to be issued a REAL ID compliant license for official
purposes. (See 6 C.F.R. § 37.5)
Individuals born before Dec. 1, 1964 must be issued a REAL ID compliant license
by Dec. 1, 2017. (Id.)
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