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DMVTightens ID Requirements for Licenses and ID Cards
Oregon DMV is tightening the rules
governing the issuance of driver li
censes, instruction permits and identi
fication cards as of Feb. 4, 2008.
Under the new rules, when a cus
tomer comes to a DMV field office to
apply for a first-time, renewal or replace
ment card. DMV will electronically
verify the Social Security number pro
vided by the customer.
“Current driver license and ID card
holders don't need to do anything until
their card expires,’’ said Tom McClellan,
DMV administrator. “Starting Feb. 4,
the new rules will apply when each
customer applies for driving privileges
or an ID card for the first time, or when
each current card holder renews an
existing card or replaces a lost one.”
Applicants whose SSNs can be
verified then will need to present DMV
with at least one other ID document from
a new list of acceptable documents
adopted by the Oregon Transportation
Commission. Those documents may
include the customer’s expiring Or
egon driver license, a valid driver li
cense from the customer’s prior home
state, a U.S. or Canadian birth certifi
cate, or a U.S. passport that is not ex
pired more than five years.
In addition to these ID require
ments, applicants must provide DMV
with proof of date of birth and of resi
dence in Oregon, and they must pass
tests to qualify for driving privileges.
Applicants whose SSNs cannot be
verified at DMV will need to resolve
the problem with the Social Security
Administration before DMV can com
plete the customer’s application. There
are several reasons why an SSN can
not be verified, such as a name change
or a discrepancy in a name’s spelling
or a person’s date of birth between
DMV records and Social Security
records.
Under the new rules, Oregonians
who do not have an SSN still can ap
ply for driving privileges or an ID card.
These applicants must sign a statement
that they never have been assigned an
SSN and they must provide DMV with
at least one document from a list of
types of U.S.-issued identification.
These include a U.S. passport that is
unexpired or is expired no more than
five years, an immigrant visa issued by
the U.S. State Department or a valid
foreign passport with unexpired U.S.
Department of Homeland Security
documentation.
Oregon has revised its driver li
cense and ID card issuance rules as a
result of Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s Execu
tive Order No. 07-22 on Nov. 16. 2007.
The order directed DMV to tighten ID
requirements as quickly as possible in
order to reduce fraud by bringing
Oregon's requirements in line with na
tional standards that are followed by
most states. Nearly all other states
verify drivers’ SSNs, whereas Oregon
has been verifying only those of com
mercial drivers.
The new rules deal only with ID
requirements and do not address
broader debates about whether Oregon
should require proof of U.S. citizenship
or legal immigration status, whether a
license’s expiration date should be tied
to a visa expiration date, or many other
requirements proposed under the fed
eral Real ID Act. Oregon has not made
a decision about whether to comply
with the Real ID Act.
“This change does not make the
Oregon driver license or ID card proof
of citizenship or legal immigration sta
tus, proof of entitlement to government
benefits or proof of eligibility to vote,”
McClellan said. "Those things will continue
to have their own eligibility standards.”
Enter Oregon
Video Challenge
How do you enter? It’s easy. Make
your video telling us about your dreams
for the future and submit it to the Oregon
Department of Education through its
GetReadyOregon Web site.
In the video: What is your dream
job? What do you want to do after you
graduate? How will schcxil and the Oregon
Diploma requirements help make it
happen? Finalist videos will be posted
on the GetReadyOregon Web site and
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Who is eligible? Any Oregon pub
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What do you win? You can enter as
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When does it start? The challenge
will run until Feb. 15, 2008. For more
details or to see a sample video, visit
www.getreadyoregon.org/contest/.
Questions? Contact Gene J. Evans,
communications director. Oregon De
partment of Education, at gene.evans@
state.or.us or 503-947-5737.
Biomedical Research Internships Available
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and Office of Minority Health Research Coordination
Undergraduate Summer Research Training Program for Underrepresented Minorities
The National Institute of Diabetes
and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
(NIDDK) through the Office of Minority
Health Research Coordination invite
students to submit their application for
the Summer Research Training Program.
This program is specific to those
who are underrepresented minorities:
American Indian, Alaska Native, Afri
can American, Hispanic American,
Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific
Islanders. Successful applicants will
join one of NIDDK's research labora
tories in Bethesda, Md., or Phoenix,
Ariz., for 10 weeks beginning in June
through the first week of August.
At the end of the summer, students
participate in the NIH Summer Research
Program Poster Day. This provides an
opportunity for students to present their
work before the NIH scientific community.
Students also are expected to par
ticipate in meetings and seminars in
their individual laboratories. In addi
tion, with permission from their precep
tors, students also can attend formal
lectures and symposia, which are listed
in the weekly NIH Calendar of Events.
The NIH Calendar of Events is only
available for students working at the
NIH campus in Bethesda.
Research performed by the labora
tories and branches of the NIDDK cov
ers an extraordinarily diverse area but is
unified by a commitment to excellence
in both basic and clinical investigation.
The basic science laboratories include
outstanding groups in many facets of
modern molecular biology; structural
biology, including X-ray crystallogra
phy and NMR; cell biology; and phar
macology. Systems under study include
viruses, prokaryotes and eukaryotes,
including yeast and mammalian cells.
Developmental biology is repre
sented by studies ranging from those
on cellular slime molds to those on
mouse oocyte development. Several
laboratories use the most up-to-date
techniques in receptor pharmacology,
natural products chemistry, and or
ganic chemistry to study a wide vari
ety of compounds, particularly neuro
active agents. Not only biochemical but
also mathematical and physical chemi
cal methods are applied to a variety of
fundamental problems.
The clinical branches of NIDDK
combine basic science and clinical in
vestigation with patient care. Several
branches study endocrine diseases and
general aspects of signal transduction,
including growth factor and hormone
action.
Molecular biologic and molecular
genetic techniques have been used to
elucidate specific gene mutations rep
resenting the underlying defect in a
variety of diseases, including thyroid
hormone resistance, certain forms oi
diabetes, and other disorders of signal
transduction. Several NIDDK scientists
have created transgenic and knockout
mice models of human diseases.
The Institute’s Epidemiology and
Clinical Research Branch (PECRB) in
Phoenix conducts studies on the Pima
Indians, a population with an extraor
dinarily high incidence of diabetes and
obesity. The scientific mission of the
PECRB is to determine the etiology of
type 2 diabetes mellitus as it occurs
among Pima Indians of Arizona.
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Program Highlights
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Independent research in an NIH lab
Weekly research and career devel
opment seminars
Summer seminar series where senior
NIH investigators discuss the latest
developments in biomedical research
Poster presentation
Will be required to attend courses in
Ethics in Research and Lab Safety
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print neatly in blue/black ink only.
Be sure to keep your contact infor
mation updated at all times. Mini
mum GPA accepted is 3.0.
C.V. - Include a copy of your cur
riculum vitae.
Letters of Recommendation - Two
letters of recommendation from
faculty members/advisors who can
address your intellectual and per
sonal suitability for the program.
Personal Statement - Describe your
research interest, career goals and
reasons for applying to this pro
gram. Do not exceed two pages.
Official Transcript - The official
college transcript mailed directly
from your school.
Application Submission - Applica
tions can be submitted electroni
cally or via fax to:
Housing and Per Diem
Students will share an apartment a
short distance from the Bethesda NIH
campus or the Phoenix Branch. Four
students to a two-bedroom apartment
and two students to a one-bedroom
apartment. The per diem is $2,500 or
more for the 10-week period, plus
housing. Those who live outside the
Washington-metropolitan area or out
side the state of Arizona will receive
$500 toward travel expenses.
The Application Procedure
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Application Form - Complete the
entire application. Please type or
Ms. Winnie Martinez.
Program Analyst
Office of Minority Health Research
Coordination
National Institute of Diabetes and Di
gestive and Kidney Diseases. NIH
II Democracy Plaza
6707 Democracy Blvd., Room 648
Bethesda. MD 20892
Tel: 301-435-2988
Fax: 301-594-9358
E-mail: Martinez.W@mail.nih.gov
Application Deadline: March 1
February 2008
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