NOTICES
DMV to Issue Cards Centrally for New
Anti-Fraud Technology
Oregon DMV this year is taking the
first step toward implementing “facial
recognition” anti-fraud technology
when issuing driver licenses, instruc
tion permits, and identification cards.
The first phase is the shift to cen
tralized issuance of cards starting in
May 2007.
Under centralized issuance, DMV
will no longer issue licenses, permits,
or ID cards over the counter. Instead,
customers who meet all Oregon re
quirements for driving privileges or an
ID card will receive an interim card
during their visit to DMV.
Then DMV will mail the customer
the final card, which will have the same
security technology as the card that
DMV has been issuing over the
counter. Customers should receive their
cards five to 10 business days after their
DMV visit.
Customers still must meet all Or
egon requirements for driver testing,
and proof of identification, age, and
Oregon residence before DMV will is
sue an interim card.
The interim card’s only purpose is
proof that the individual has qualified
at DMV to obtain, replace, or renew a
driver license, instruction permit, or ID
card. It’s intended to allpw customers
to meet their statutory obligation to
carry a driver license when they are
driving as they await their final card.
Valid for up to 60 days, the interim
card will look like a black-and-white
copy of the final card, but it will have
only one photo of the customer and no
graphics. It will contain the same text
information and barcode as the final
license.
Although photocopies of the in
terim card will cause the word "VOID”
to appear, the card is an intentionally
non-secure document printed on paper.
It will prevent the issuance of a secure
plastic driver license or ID card in
fraudulent attempts to obtain a card.
Courts and law enforcement offic
ers can verify the interim card's text or
barcode data electronically against the
driver record, but the record will not
differentiate between an interim card
and a regular card. Customers’ driving
privileges will be valid from the mo
ment that DMV issues the interim card.
The only difference is that customers
will have a paper card until they re
ceive their final card in the mail.
Once DMV has completed the tran
sition to centralized issuance, the
agency will use facial recognition soft
ware in two ways.
At the counter. DMV will conduct
a “one-to-one” comparison of the
applicant’s photo with his or her photo
on file, if DMV has one. DMV staff also
will be able to see the customer's photo
on file.
In an overnight “one-to-many”
batch process, the photos of all the day’s
applicants will be compared with all
other photos on file at DMV. including
all the other applicants that day. The
software will provide DMV staff with
potential matches the following morning.
If DMV discovers evidence of
fraud, the agency will not issue a final
card and instead will provide the in
formation to law enforcement for in
vestigation. In potential matches that
are not clear-cut, DMV may ask cus
tomers to return with additional proof
of identity before issuing a final card.
Centralized issuance, which al
ready is used in Washington. Califor
nia, and 1 1 other states, is necessary
to make the one-to-many facial recog
nition comparison effective. The over
night batch comparison makes it pos
sible to identify same-day attempts to
fraudulently obtain cards under mul
tiple names.
Under Senate Bill 640 from the
2005 Oregon Legislature, DMV must
have facial recognition in place by July
2008. Centralized issuance is the first
step toward implementing this new
technology.
DMV expects to start converting its
64 field offices to centralized issuance
beginning in May 2007 and to have fa
cial recognition in place by July 2008.
For details about centralized issu
ance and facial recognition, visit
www.OregonDMV.com .
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Indian Education
The Salem Keizer Indian Education
Program will hold its annual public
meeting on April 17, 2007. Attendees
will review the grant application, pro
gram services for this year, and proposed
changes for next year.
The meeting will be held from 6 p.m.
to 8 p.m. at Bush Elementary School. 410
14,h St. SE, in the multi-purpose room.
The Siletz Tribal Charitable Con
tribution Fund has given two grants to
the Salem-Keizer Indian Education Pro
gram during the 2006-2007 school year.
Monies helped pay for supplies for
the middle school and high school lead
ership programs and the Native gradu
ation celebration to be held in May.
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Virtual Community Center
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news, discussion, and
information.
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members and not by the Siletz Tribe.
SVS, con’t from page 1
Our charter cap for enrolled stu
dents is 200 in the elementary school
and 100 in the high school. We have a
waiting list of several students wish
ing to enroll in the primary grades of
the elementary school.
Students in high school enrolled in
numerous online classes through Or
egon State University last semester.
Course selection included I) Introduc
tion to Art, 2) Independent Study, 3)
Creative Writing, 4) Native American
Literature, 5) Dating, Marriage, and
Family, 6) U.S. Government, 7) Ameri
can History, 8) Pre Algebra, 9) Alge
bra 2, 10) Geometry, 11) Native Ameri
can World View, 12) Environmental
Science, 13) Marine Science, 14) Na
tive American Marine Science, 15) Web
Design, Advanced Television Produc
tion, 16) Graphic Arts, 17) Digital Im
aging, 18) Conversational Spanish, 19)
Health, and 20) Spanish.
Sports
Student athletes received awards at
a winter sports banquet March 1.
Kylie Jacobs was named to the
Mountain West League girl’s all-star
first team; Maria Garza and Kayla
Borden were named honorable men
tion. The girls played in a league play
off game for a position in the state tour
nament, but lost to McKenzie.
The boys placed Levi Bolt on the
league’s all-star second team; Robert
Taylor and Matt Sharpe made honor
able mention. Loy Marthalier secured
a spot in the state wrestling tournament,
but lost in the semi-finals.
Baseball season is just starting for
the boys and fast-pitch softball for the
girls. A 20-game schedule started
March 16 for both squads.
SOS
Community members from Toledo
have started a movement called SOS
(Save Our Schools) that would create
a separate school district from the Lin
coln County School District.
A proposal was submitted to the
legislature for the separation. This leg
islation will affect both Siletz Valley
Schools and Eddyville Charter School
in that the schools will remain with
LCSD, but the communities of Siletz
and Eddyville would be included in the
new district’s attendance areas.
This effect does not seem like
much on the surface, but the results
would be disastrous to us. It changes
the residency status of all community
students who attend our schools from
resident to non-resident. Resident sta
tus determines how funds are used to
operate programs. The following im
pacts will result:
1. Our charter is with LCSD and our
students currently are considered
district students. They would be
considered non-resident under the
new legislation and LCSD would not
have to serve them. It would place
our charter with LCSD in jeopardy.
2. LCSD would no longer provide bus
transportation services to our area.
If our students are no longer resi
dents of LCSD. transportation will
be our responsibility and will im
pact our already limited budget.
Our students currently ride the
buses without cost.
3. The charter sponsor (LCSD) cur
rently is responsible for providing
special education services to our
students. If students attending our
school are considered non-resident,
we don’t know which district will
have the responsibility for provid
ing these services.
4. Charter school law indicates that if
a public charter school offers any
online courses as part of the cur
riculum, then 50 percent or more
of the students who attend the pub
lic charter school must reside in the
school district in which the charter
school is located. This impact could
potentially close our high school.
5. The legislation also will affect
grants that fund our Title 7 program
along with the tribe’s Education
Committee funding.
6. Other Title funding and special pro
grams offered to us by LCSD also
would be affected by this legislation.
The SOS group wants to exert their
local control over our community
schools. In all of their correspondence,
meetings, and newspaper articles, they
have continually bashed LCSD. but not
once have they articulated their vision,
mission, contemplated reorganization
plan, or how they plan to more effec
tively and efficiently provide an edu
cational program within anticipated
revenues and how- students will ben
efit from the proposed action
There is a declining enrollment
population of students who are attend
ing Toledo schools and if the commu
nities of Siletz and Eddyville are in
cluded in their attendance area under
the legislative proposal, it would be
very simple to require all students to
attend Toledo schools to increase their
funding levels.
April 2007
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