New Veteran ID Cards Delayed Until Tracking Devices Fully Functional

Oct 05, 2022

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WASHINGTON — Veteran ID cards to be issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs will be pushed back to 2017, according to House Veterans Affairs Committee sources, in order to fully test the GPS tracking functionality of the card mandated by Congress.

The implanted radio frequency identification chips, or "RFID trackers," are required by the “Veterans I…

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