USACM Fears Increased Risks to Identity Theft From Implementation Rules for National ID Plan; Computing Group Favors More Effective Efforts to Increase Security, Reduce Fraud.

Byline: Association for Computing Machinery

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Association for Computing Machinery's U.S. Public Policy Committee (USACM) has released a statement pointing to flaws in the final standards issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) restricting how state driver's licenses and ID cards are provided. The standards, announced on January 11, were issued as part of the requirements of the 2005 REAL ID Act with the intention to make it more difficult to fraudulently obtain a driver's license. USACM said the standards for ...

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