[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60104-60105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24330]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS-2019-0056]
Automated Solutions for the Submission of REAL ID Source
Documents
AGENCY: Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security is issuing this request
for information to receive input on technologies that could assist
states and their residents in the digital submission, receipt, and
authentication of documents and information applicants must provide
when applying for a REAL ID compliant driver's license or
identification card.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
December 9, 2019. Comments received after that date will be considered
to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number DHS-
2019-0056 through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public Participation and Request for
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further
instructions on submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Yonkers, Director, Identity and
Credentialing/REAL ID Program, U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
Office of Policy, Strategy, and Plans, Washington, DC 20528, 202-447-
3274.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is
issuing this request for information to receive input on technologies
that could assist states and their residents in the digital submission,
receipt, and authentication of documents and information applicants
must provide when applying for a REAL ID compliant driver's license or
identification card.
I. Public Participation and Request for Comments
Interested persons are invited to comment on this notice by
submitting written comments, data, or views using the method identified
in the ADDRESSES section. DHS encourages you to submit comments through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. If you
cannot submit your material by using https://www.regulations.gov,
contact the person in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this notice for alternate instructions. All comments received will be
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov.
II. Background and Purpose
The REAL ID Act, passed by Congress in 2005, prohibits federal
agencies from accepting for official purposes, a state issued driver's
license or identification card, unless the state is meeting minimum
security requirements in the Act and implementing regulations. The REAL
ID Act requires applicants for a REAL ID-compliant license or card to
present certain identity, and citizenship or lawful status,
documentation and for states to verify and retain copies of that
information.
The REAL ID Act does not specify the mode for presenting the
various identity and lawful status and citizenship documentation.
However, the regulations include requirements for document
authentication and in-person application. DHS is interested in all
substantive business and technical proposals that could streamline REAL
ID application requirements in a manner that continues to ensure the
secure and reliable transmission and receipt of applicant information.
DHS is therefore seeking public comment on how the development and
deployment of additional capabilities or technologies can assist in
streamlining the process for individuals to submit the required
documentation and information when applying for a REAL ID-compliant
driver's license or identification card. We are interested in concepts
that reduce application burden, processing time, and administrative
workload, and that effectively ensure security, protect privacy, and
manage risk of fraud. We are also interested in concepts that identify
the extent to which the additional capabilities or technologies will
increase the adoption rate of individuals obtaining REAL ID-compliant
identification. In addition, we are interested in any cost data on the
purchase, installation, or implementation of these concepts.
DHS requests comments from the public and interested stakeholders--
including entities engaged in the development, testing, and integration
of these concepts--for near, medium, and long-term solutions.
DHS will afford significantly greater weight to feedback that
identifies specific capabilities and technologies, includes actionable
data, or provides viable alternatives that meet statutory objectives
and regulatory requirements. Feedback that simply states that a
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stakeholder feels strongly that DHS make a change, but that does not
contain specific information on how the proposed change would
streamline the process or reduce burdens, is much less useful to DHS.
DHS is looking for new information or new economic (i.e., cost) data to
support any proposed changes.
DHS will review all submissions to determine the viability of
specific proposals to meet the objective of streamlining the
application process in accordance with the REAL ID Act and implementing
regulations. DHS may contact individual submitters for more
information. DHS reserves the right to use and share the information
submitted with other federal agencies for purposes related to
administering the REAL ID Act and implementing regulations.
III. Lists of Questions for Commenters
We provide the below list of non-exhaustive questions to assist in
the formulation of comments. However, we do not intend for the list to
restrict the issues that commenters may address.
1. What capabilities or technologies are available to allow
applicants for REAL ID-compliant credentials to submit digitally, or
have digitally submitted on their behalf by a trusted third party, the
required documents and information to state driver's licensing
agencies?
2. How would states use such capabilities or technologies to
authenticate the validity of submitted documents and information?
3. How would states use such capabilities or technologies to verify
an applicant's identity from the documents and information submitted?
4. What would be the cost to a stakeholder to purchase, install, or
implement these capabilities or technologies?
5. What is the technical readiness level of the potential
capabilities or technologies, where have they already been deployed,
for what purposes, and what are the performance results?
6. How would states use such capabilities or technologies to ensure
that the information is submitted by the genuine applicant?
7. How would the capabilities or technologies protect against fraud
or identity theft?
8. How would such capabilities or technologies protect the privacy
of any submitted personally identifiable information?
9. What, if any, new risks may result from the use of these new
capabilities or technologies and how can they be effectively be
managed?
10. What security standards should the described capabilities or
technologies meet?
11. How would the capabilities or technologies be integrated into
existing state application processes and systems?
12. How quickly could the capabilities or technologies be developed
and deployed by the states?
13. How will the new capabilities or technologies increase the
adoption rate of individuals obtaining REAL ID-compliant
identification?
The Department issues this notice solely for information and
program planning purposes. Responses to this notice do not bind DHS to
any further actions related to the response.
Dated: November 1, 2019.
Chad Wolf,
Senior Official Performing the Duties of Under Secretary, Office of
Strategy, Policy, and Plans, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2019-24330 Filed 11-6-19; 8:45 am]
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