The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced that it will be alerting US travellers to the incoming full enactment of Real ID regulations, meaning mean only enhanced secure documents can be used to board flights.The TSA will begin posting signs at airports this week notifying travelers that beginning January 2018 travellers seeking to use state-issued driver's license or identification card for boarding commercial aircraft may only use such documents if they are issued by a REAL ID compliant state or a non-compliant state with an extension.The notification follows Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson's announcement earlier this year of the final phase of implementation of the REAL ID Act. Effective January 22, 2018, TSA will only accept state-issued driver's licenses or identification cards if they are issued by a REAL ID compliant state or a non-compliant state with an extension.States that haven't produced Real ID licences are already fretting over the issue – on 2 December, Military commanders in Fort Jackson told Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster that the state's non-compliance with federal Real ID driver's licenses will cause them headaches."It needs to be addressed," said Col. Daniel Lasica, commander of the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw. "It affects everything from food delivery to major contractors."In a letter Nov. 16, U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-Charleston, asked U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to push back a deadline for South Carolina to comply with the Real ID Act of 2005.

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