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Feds Start Small on Smart IDs
jcatcw writes "Some government employees will be getting smart ID cards beginning this week. The unfunded mandate to have all employees and contractors use Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards is part of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12. The U.S. General Services Administration is providing enrollment centers that can verify the identities of employees, fingerprint and photograph the workers, and issue PIV cards to them. The deadline for getting cards to all employees and contractors is the end of September 2008."
The U.S. General Services Administration is providing enrollment centers that can verify the identities of employees, fingerprint and photograph the workers, and issue PIV cards to them.
And as they have proven without a doubt, once they roll this out to the general population, it will be completely impossible for anyone with bad intentions to obtain fraudulent ID, and terrorism will be defeated.
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Just laying the groundwork, making sure things all blur together so it's hard to oppose them. Presidential Directive 12: ID cards. Presidential Directive 13: Hugging Puppies Initiative. ... Presidential Directive 41: "I am Emperor of Earth." Presidential Directive 42: Increase fines for littering by 3%.
On a related note, George W. has ridden the mighty moon worm.
And note to self: "The Mighty Moon Worm" is a great name for both an amusement park ride and a marital aid.
http://www.diebold.com/.......... actually, on second thoughts, that's not such a good example.
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Some enterprising person came up with a series of far better ones:
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http://homepage.mac.com/rcareaga/diebold/adworks.
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