[All_jlab_accounts] JLab Begins Implementation of REAL ID Act

[Kandice Carter]

Sent on behalf of Facilities Management and Logistics 




To All Jefferson Lab Staff/Users: 




A newly implemented law, the REAL ID Act (Public Law 109-13) by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, now determines which state driver’s licenses can be presented and accepted as a valid ID document for access to Jefferson Lab. 




The REAL ID Act: 

    * Establishes minimum standards for the production and issuance of state-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards. 
    * Prohibits Federal agencies from accepting for official uses driver’s licenses and identity cards from states unless the Department of Homeland Security determines that the state meets the standards. Official uses are defined as accessing Federal facilities, entering nuclear power plants, and boarding federally-regulated commercial aircraft. 



The Law impacts which state-issued driver’s licenses can be accepted as a valid ID document. Currently, there are 8 states/U.S. territories that have failed to comply with the minimum standards of the REAL ID Act. These are: 




American Samoa, Arizona, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire and New York. 




As of March 13, 2015, Jefferson Lab will begin implementation of the REAL ID Act for verification of all driver’s licenses presented to fulfill Lab access ID requirements. This includes individuals escorted on the accelerator site. Once fully implemented, Jefferson Lab cannot accept, as a valid form of ID, a driver’s license from any of the above eight states/territories found by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security not in compliance with the REAL ID Act. All other current Lab ID and access requirements, per our Security Plan, remain the same. Information on the Real ID Requirement will be included in all correspondence to visitors. 






Other forms of acceptable valid ID documents in lieu of a driver’s license from these states/territories can be found at the following link: http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/acceptable-ids 




Please refer questions to Kris A. Burrows at JLab Security & Services, 757-269-7548 


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