I think your jumping the gun on saying that. Changes take time and ripple out from many different events.

drivers licensees are by state and my only federal id is my ss card which doesnt have my picture or any current information. i dont think it would work as well here since you would need 50 different apps

Looks like Indeed.

In my experience bio-med jobs are more about who you know until you can show them what you know.

I’ve worked for several big corps have never seen anything like that.