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The state attorney general says Montana will not seek an extension regarding the implementation of a national ID program.

All but six states have complied with federal requirements to seek an extension of the deadline they face for implementing more secure driver licenses for U.S. citizens or legal residents only under the REAL ID Act.

Who Loves Real ID? AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo Do.: "The federal Real ID Act doesn’t have many friends these days. Eighteen states have passed legislation rejecting the law, Congress has refused to put any money into implementing it, and just this week New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer announced he, not the Feds, would determine New York’s drivers license policy, with officials in his administration indicating the state might opt out of the Real ID program altogether.

HELENA - It corrects a mistake made by the U.S. Congress. That word Tuesday from supporters of a bill being discussed by Montana Senators to deny implementation of the Real I.D. Act.

Banks and other businesses are to be sold access to personal information stored on the Government's ID cards database.

Ministers want to raise hundreds of millions towards the £540million a year cost of running the controversial scheme.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Eighty-two percent of Americans support the use of biometric identification on passports, according to a recent survey conducted by TRUSTe, the leading online privacy certification and seal program, and market information group TNS. Three-quarters of Americans support the addition of biometric information to driver's licenses and nearly as many (72.6 percent) support adding it to Social Security cards.