Congress is still watching...
Next week, the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee is having another event in their RFID Roundtable series. See details below:
Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:30 - 11:00 am -- coffee and refreshments served.
U.S. Capitol Building, Room HC-5
Hosted by the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee
Human identification documents are going digital -- and many are going wireless using radio frequency technologies. From border crossing documents to federal government ID cards, the U.S. government is bringing human identification into the digital age. This RFID Roundtable discussion will detail the various digital document identification projects underway and will explore the policy balancing inherent in issuing these radio frequency-enabled credentials. Topics will include:
* What is the federal government's role in issuing Real ID? Are passports a good case study in issuing RFID documents?
* What basic security and privacy mechanisms are needed and do they differ by type of credential?
* What are the benefits of enhancing credentials/IDs with radio frequency capability?
* Is there a legal framework in place to penalize abuse -- both by government and by hackers?
* What and how much information should be embedded? Accessible from central databases?
* Who can swipe RFID data from the documents? Law enforcement? Public venues? Government services? Retail marketers?
* What are the differences between the ePassport and US-Visit and Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative PASS card?
Panelists include: Dan Caprio, Progress & Freedom Foundation, Kathleen Carroll, HID Corporation, Jim Harper, Cato Institute, Jennifer Kerber, Information Technology Association of America, and Dan Bailey , RSA Security
This is part of the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee's RFID Roundtable project. More information is available at
Thanks to VeriSign and CompTIA for supporting the RFID Roundtable Project.
http://www.netcaucus.org/events/2006/rfid/ .