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With driver license reform likely to cost billions, Real ID will require state and federal partnership to deliver on promise

Thursday, May 31, 2007 in Library


While some of the more costly elements that could have been forced on states to comply with the Real ID Act haven’t materialized – at least in the proposed rules that have come out of Washington. Still, there is anxiety over the act itself, its cost, and whether states can meet the compliance deadline that’s now less than one year away. One person who helped draft the recommendations for establishment of the Real ID Act believes states should stop worrying about complying and work at developing a partnership with the federal government that would make Real ID execution simpler.

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