RFID nominated for 2008 ComputerWeekly.com IT Blog Award

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP is pleased to announce the RFID Law Blog was nominated in the 2008 ComputerWeekly.com IT Blog Awards in the IT Law and Governance category. To win, RFID Law Blog must compete against other blogs in a public vote on the site. To cast your vote for RFID Law Blog, click this link: http://www.computerweekly.com/blogawards.htm

Voting end July 31st. Winners in each category will be announced in August. Thank you for your support and stay tuned to the RFID Law Blog for further information.

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2006: A year of risk and opportunity for RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)

Although RFID and related technologies have been around for decades, new innovations, lower costs, and decisions by key federal government agencies have made RFID an emerging growth technology for both the private and public sectors. The rapid growth and increasing visibility of RFID has also attracted the attention of state and federal policy makers - not unlike the increased focus on Internet governance in the mid-1990's.

At least 12 state legislatures have bills pending restricting and/or regulating the use of RFID technology. The legislative has often been triggered by well-meaning government RFID programs, launched without considering the politics of privacy and data security.

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Welcome

Hello and thank you for visiting the RFID Law Blog. We're still under construction.

The blog will launch on May 8, 2006 with comments from the RFID Journal Live! Conference. Please join us on May 8th for the official launch - and an iPod nano drawing.

Please direct questions to agorokhovsky@mckennalong.com

Thanks,

Douglas B. Farry

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