CAGW VP Policy David Williams To Speak on Panel.WASHINGTON -- On Friday, July 24, 2009 CAGW CAGW Citizens Against Government Waste Vice-President for Policy, David Williams will be participating in a Capitol Hill briefing sponsored by the Cato Institute "Cato" redirects here. For Cato, see Cato. The Institute's stated mission is "to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets, and peace" by striving "to achieve : Assessing the Options: REAL ID, PASS ID, or No National ID at All featuring Christopher Calabrese Counsel, Technology & Liberty Program, American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. David E. Williams Vice President, Policy, Citizens Against Government Waste and Jim Harper Director of Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute The introduction of a bill called the PASS ID Act in the Senate has renewed the debate about whether the United States should have a national ID. PASS ID purports to improve on the moribund REAL ID Act, but the central question is whether there should be a national ID at all. A national ID would cost billions of dollars, place sensitive identity documents into insecure databases, and give the federal government more control over Americans' private lives. Join us for a discussion of the weaknesses that PASS ID and REAL ID share with any national ID system, and why diverse, competitive identity and credentialing systems are superior. Friday, July 24, 2009 12:30 p.m. B-354 Rayburn House Office Building The Rayburn House Office Building (RHOB) is a congressional office building for the U.S. House of Representatives in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., between South Capitol Street and First Street. (Lunch Included) To schedule an interview, please call Leslie Paige at 202.467.5300. Citizens Against Government Waste is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement mis·man·age tr.v. mis·man·aged, mis·man·ag·ing, mis·man·ag·es To manage badly or carelessly. mis·man  age·ment n. in government.
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