A nationwide outage is impacting U.S. passport verification, according to Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias.

The U.S. Passport Verification Service allows DMVs to verify data against the Department of Homeland Security's system.

(WLS) -- A nationwide outage affecting U.S. passport verification ... Illinois residents can use their passport as a form of identification when seeking a driver's license or state ID.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said state DMV facilities were affected by a nationwide outage impacting U.S. passport verification Wednesday.

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A “system failure” caused a nationwide outage on Wednesday that impacted U.S. passport verification ... immigration documents. In Illinois, the Secretary of State’s office activated a ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias (D) also posted about the outage on social media. “Due to a nationwide outage, U.S. passport verification is currently unavailable. We are actively ...

It’s going to be a direct tax on workers and employers in Illinois,” Finley told the Center Square. Finley said the measure would take money from employee paychecks to form a new state agency.

Two hours in the state capital was enough for ... which compares workers’ employment eligibility federal form I-9 with other federal databases. Illinois law now requires employers to inform ...