In March 2007 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security proposed a new Real ID plan aiming to increase security and prevent fraud. Now Homeland Security plans to take the next step in getting its controversial Real ID plan off the ground, despite opposition. The press conference discussing Real ID is scheduled this afternoon.

Russia may totally switch over to documents of a new generation called "biometric passports" by 2010 that contains an electronic chip carrying all information about a person.