No Real standard for mobile driver’s licenses in temporary DHS reversal

Federal officials apparently have recently realized that regulations prohibit states from issuing digital IDs, including mobile driver's licenses, that comply with Washington's Real ID standard.

Department of Homeland Security officials reportedly are working on updated regulations that would allow states to adopt a subset of Real ID rules until a full fix can be implemented. This in turn would allow federal agencies like the TSA to accept them.

The situation was discovered two decades into the DHS' halting campaign …

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