Real lD vs. PASS ID turns on technology debate — Washington Technology
States have complained about provisions of the Real ID law that require them to upgrade their driver’s license programs with new technology at their own expense. Real ID requires states to store data electronically and make it accessible to other states.Advocates of the alternative plan, Providing for Additional Security in States’ Identification Act (PASS ID), testified today before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that their plan would be cheaper and more workable for the states, but would still improve security. Critics say the proposal doesn’t go far enough to improve the security of identification documents, as recommended by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
