Coalition For A Secure Driver's License - Goals

Goals

The Coalition for a Secure Driver’s License:

1. conducts essential research identifying best practices for Departments of Motor Vehicles (DMVs), fraud detection and prosecution and related identity management topics.
2. supports rigorous standards for identity authentication by DMVs to prevent identity fraud and higher standards for physical card security to prevent counterfeiting, tampering and alteration.
3. supports voluntary state compliance with federal standards for drivers’ licenses and state issued ID cards and supports rigorous enforcement of identity theft laws and prosecution of those engaging in identity document forgery and counterfeiting.
4. actively educates the public that secure interstate processes for identity authentication, combined with increased internal controls and privacy protections for data storage will:

• Help prevent identity theft
• Keep habitual drunk drivers from getting licenses through fraud
• Prevent dead beat parents from hiding under an assumed name
• Prevent welfare and Medicare theft by denying crooks multiple licenses in multiple states
• Expose sexual predators and other criminals attempting to acquire false identities through the use of fraudulent source documents
• Help enforce border security measures and federal immigration law
• Reduce underage purchase of alcohol and tobacco
• Reduce financial/credit card fraud
• Reduce Voter Fraud
• Help to stop Methamphetamine precursor sales for illegal purposes
• Keep children safe from identity fraud