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2010 Annual Privacy Coalition Meeting

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July 26, 2005

National Immigration Law Center -- ID Card Strategy Meeting

The National Immigration Law Center has prepared a strategy meeting for state and national groups to come together to discuss next steps on a National Driver's License Strategy.

The strategy meeting is open to state and national advocates who have been working on driver's license policy, national ID, REAL ID Act and/or are committed to working on these issues in the future. The purpose of the meeting is to develop a national strategy for the implementation of the REAL ID Act, strengthen and broaden the coalition of immigration, privacy and civil rights advocates working on the issue, increase information sharing among advocates, develop a coordinated method of tracking and monitoring state implementation, and analyze options for creative implementation of the Act.


Who:
Co-conveners: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium (NAPALC)
National Immigration Law Center (NILC)
National Council of La Raza (NCLR)

When:
July 27, 2005, 08:00 AM until 04:30 PM

8-8:30 AM
Registration

8:30 AM
Program Begins

Where:
National Association of Home Builders
1201 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005

Registration Fee:
$25 (to help defray the cost of meals and materials)

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Posted by EPIC at July 26, 2005 2:34 PM