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National Defense February 2013 Stew Magnuson	DHS Pushes Back REAL ID Deadline Again to Accomodate Cash-Strapped States The Department of Homeland Security moved the goal posts back in December again when it granted a third extension for 37 states to comply with the REAL ID Act of 2005.
InternetNews May 11, 2005 Michael Singer	'Real ID' Under Fire States and privacy groups mull a legal fight against a bill requiring national IDs citing the high cost and risk of identity theft.
Reason October 2008 David Weigel	Who Killed Real ID? An unlikely coalition wins a post-9/11 victory for civil liberties, signaling that the United States is rediscovering its civil libertarian roots after the momentous disruption of 9/11..
InternetNews March 16, 2007 Roy Mark	Data-Mine Time in The Senate Want to know what the government is collecting on you and what it's doing with the information? Good luck.
Reason September 2005 Jacob Sullum	Rant: ID Card Trick Can we count on the DMV to foil terrorists? If the government can't reliably distinguish those who should get ID from those who shouldn't, how can we believe it will be worth the trouble?
Reason May 2007 David Weigel	Hold Your Cards If the federal government gets its way, every state will have to comply with the Real ID Act as of May 11, 2008. Each American will have an ID card encoded with vital information using an undefined machine-readable technology, with the same specs from San Diego, California, to Bangor, Maine.
U.S. Banker January 2004 Karen Krebsbach	Biometrics Takes Hold Overseas, But Not in U.S. U.S. banks, tied to legacy systems, are reluctant to start over with what many consider untested technology. Then there's the real bugaboo: privacy.
National Defense December 2007 Stew Magnuson	Port Worker ID Card Criticized as Wasteful and Ineffective The Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard in October began enrolling port workers in a long delayed identity card program even though the technology to read the cards may be years away.
IEEE Spectrum January 2006 Erico Guizzo	Loser: Britain's Identity Crisis Proposed biometric ID cards won't prevent fraud or terrorism
PC World November 2005 Alan Stafford	Privacy in Peril With identity thieves targeting big consumer databases, your data isn't just up for sale -- it could be up for grabs.
National Defense March 2006	`Real ID' Controversy Heats Up Lines are being drawn in the battle over what new standards will be put in place when the Real ID Act of 2005 goes into effect two years from now.
InternetNews February 28, 2005 Roy Mark	Feds Approve New Smart Card Standards Federal employees and government contractors will eventually be given cards with digital photos and fingerprints.
InternetNews October 26, 2005 Tim Gray	E-Passports Will be a Reality in 2006 Americans holding U.S. passports issued after October 2006 will carry embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) chips inside the documents, according to the U.S. State Department.
InternetNews February 4, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Napolitano Urged to Act on Border Laptop Seizures Homeland security advisers press for greater oversight by privacy officials.
National Defense November 2012 Valerie Insinna	License Plate Reader Technology Sparks Lawsuit The American Civil Liberties Union sued two departments, including Homeland Security, 38 states and the District of Columbia in September over documents related to the federal government's use of automatic license plate readers.
InternetNews April 23, 2007 Roy Mark	A New Fight Against ID Theft Improved cyber security, increased law enforcement and public education top the recommendations of President Bush's Identity Theft Task Force plan issued today.
CIO January 1, 2003 Alison Bass	Identity Crisis If identity theft isn't already on your radar screen, this headline will put it there: 13,000 Credit Reports Stolen by Hackers. To avoid a similar disaster on their turf, CIOs should insist their company's customer data be kept in separate databases protected by a number of different security measures.
InternetNews May 21, 2004 Roy Mark	Democrats Call for Privacy Czar A new bill would mandate federal privacy officer to balance civil liberties with homeland security concerns.
Searcher November 2005 Carol Ebbinghouse	Another Phine Kettle of Phish: Identity Theft Prevention Ten things to do today to protect yourself against identity theft.
Reason November 2002 Brian Doherty	Regimentation Revolt The famously regimented Japanese are showing some individualist spirit in a fight against a new national ID system.
PC World October 7, 2002 Michelle Madigan	Privacy Concerns Pushed to Front Lines Feds must explore, explain any effect on privacy by new policies or practices, under pending legislation.
InternetNews May 11, 2006 Roy Mark	Bush Goes After ID Theft on National Level President Bush signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon creating a national Identity Theft Task Force... FTC circumspect on national data breach disclosure law... Chertoff says interoperability problems are jurisdictional, not technological...
National Defense August 2010 Eric Beidel	Technology Immediately Identifies the 'Bad Guys' Defense ID is a simple scanner than can keep beer away from minors and terrorists off planes.
InternetNews November 30, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	ACLU Issues Warning on RFID Passports The American Civil Liberties Union claims the U.S. government is rushing the rollout of insecure, RFID-enabled passports in hopes of creating a de facto global identification standard.
InternetNews March 18, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	No Security in SSNs? Have you bought a house? Paid a traffic ticket? Been married or divorced in the last 10 years? Those documents may have been posted online as a matter of public course, opening the door to identity theft.
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Jim Wagner	New Service to Put ID Protection in Your Hands Amid a flurry of data theft issues, Intersections readies an in-depth service to police who's trying to use all your data. This can help you spot identity theft.
Managed Care January 2002 Michael S. Victoroff	May I Please See Some Identification? Out of the darkness of terrorism, America's focus on homeland security casts new light on national ID cards. Conceivably, this could reanimate the stagnant debate over Universal Medical Record Identifiers...
Reason March 2009 Brian Doherty	Follow Up: ID and Surveillance The techniques and practices for a universally tracked and databased America using RFID technology are out there and could be just five years away.
InternetNews September 19, 2006 Roy Mark	Group Demands Restitution For ID Theft A federal task force on identity theft urged Congress today to require ID thieves pay victims for the time they spend restoring their credit.
InternetNews December 22, 2006 Ray Everett-Church	Privacy Rules: Business vs. Consumers American businesses lobbying for lax security regulations should look at Europe's example to see the economic value of tighter rules.
InternetNews October 19, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Still Stumping For Data Retention Regs Department of Homeland Security, FBI tell police chiefs ISPs should keep more customer data for longer periods.
InternetNews September 25, 2009	DHS Privacy Report Downplays Laptop Searches The Department of Homeland Security brushes off criticism from civil liberties groups in 99-page report to Congress.
Bank Technology News January 2006 Glen Fest	Data Breach Notification: States Differ On When To Sound The Alarm Legislative action on how and when banks should sound the alarm when there's been a data breach has lagged on the federal level, leading to a broad mix of state measures.
U.S. Banker March 2007 Paresh Amin	Balancing Industry Mandates and Federal Regulations Financial companies need to consider compliance, business objectives and data security in a holistic manner. All three can be boiled down to one main requirement: determining what is happening to critical data.
PC Magazine July 11, 2007 Cyrus Farivar	Closing the Loopholes on Data Theft Millions have had personal data, including credit card numbers, stolen this year. Congress is seeking to pass a stricter, nationwide law.
Bank Systems & Technology March 5, 2010 Penny Crosman	Most Banks Lack Key Data Privacy, Security Controls A Ponemon Institute study finds that while most financial services firms take some steps toward data security, many come up short in critical areas.
National Defense February 2009 Stew Magnuson	DHS Leaders Inherit Litany of Procurement Woes There is a new administration and a new Congress. But will it be a new day for the way the Department of Homeland Security acquires technology?
InternetNews October 26, 2006 Roy Mark	Most Countries Meet E-Passport Deadline Only three Visa Waiver Program countries failed to meet today's deadline for issuing electronic passports.
InternetNews December 3, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	EPassports Could Have Blocking Mechanism Late last week, the ACLU accused the U.S. government of rushing the rollout of insecure, RFID-enabled passports in hopes of creating a de facto global identification standard that could be used for surveillance.
PC Magazine July 13, 2004 Alan Cohen	No Where To Hide The average American is listed in at least 50 databases, and that's not counting government files. Do you know what's in your cyber dossier?
CIO January 15, 2004	Where the Candidates Stand - position of 2004 US presidential candidates regarding information technology The president of the United States should understand IT and why it's important to running the country. Let's see if these men and women do. The positions of 2004 US presidential candidates regarding information technology
InternetNews May 28, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Momentum Builds for Updating Privacy Act Government, advocacy groups call for Congress and agencies to modernize the way citizens' personal information is handled.
Managed Care April 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein	President's Privacy-Rule Review Creates Controversy, Confusion The final medical privacy regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) stand out in terms of controversy and confusion. The end game is still cast in doubt...
Searcher June 2003 Miriam Drake	You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet: Patriot II on the Way This article focuses on the government's data mining, information gathering, database building programs, and Radio Frequency Identification Chips.
InternetNews March 8, 2007 Roy Mark	Gates' Washington Trip a Privacy Affair Congress should pass 'milestone' national uniform privacy standard says Microsoft chairman.
National Defense October 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Security Beat Chemical Plant Protection Legislation on the Way... DHS, State Department Wage Visa War... Document Requirements Waived for Hurricane Victims... U.S. Court Blocks Enforcement of Personnel Rules... etc.
Managed Care December 2001 John Carroll	The Coming HIPAA Crisis HIPAA's timetable has been known for years, but many organizations that the law covers are dawdling pitifully in preparing for compliance...
BusinessWeek December 9, 2010 Sara Forden	Facebook Builds a Washington Lobbying Team The social networking site is expanding its six-person lobbying office to deal with Washington's growing interest in privacy and other Internet issues
National Defense April 2007 Stew Magnuson	Defense, Law-Enforcement Agencies Seek Advanced Surveillance Tools Suicide bombers, improvised explosive devices and the threats of chemical or biological weapons are creating increased demand for cutting edge technologies that can detect or survey potential hazards from stand-off distances.