1、Mobile Drivers License RulemakingGlobal Digital Collaboration ConferenceGeorge Petersen,Senior PM,REAL IDTransportation Security AdministrationJuly 1,2025Legislation passed by Congress to help protect citizens and infrastructure from fraud and threats committed by criminals,illegal aliens and terror
2、ists or other attack by improving level of identity assurance.Covers 56 drivers license jurisdictions(50 states,District of Columbia and 5 territories)with over 280 million licenses or ID cards in circulation.REAL ID Modernization Act of 2020 authorized digital IDs(mobile drivers licenses)after regu
3、lations were published.REAL ID2Sources of identification are the last opportunity to ensure that people are who they say they are and to check whether they are terrorists.”-9/11 Commission Report,p.390Consumer demand and market forces were driving significant state and industry investments.Digital I
4、D technology,processes and standards were immature and developing.Rapid pace of innovation and investment would likely render obsolete any regulations developed under traditional models of rulemaking.Without immediate regulatory certainty,many states risked issuing mDLs that TSA and USG cannot could
5、 not accept because of security,privacy,and interoperability deficiencies and lack of standardization.Digital ID Regulatory Challenges3 Leveraged extensive public engagement and forward-leaning technical acumen to implement novel multi-phase rulemaking strategy.First phase set minimum requirements f
6、or security,privacy and interoperability pending publication of emerging standards still in progress;“Holes”in technology and process standards addressed through industry best practices,security,privacy and interoperability objectives and flexibility for novel solutions Requires