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Researcher: RFID market to hit $9.7 billion by 2013
Computerworld
ABI Research, based in Oyster Bay, NY, predicts that the RFID market will experience a 15% compound annual growth rate for the five-year period. ...
USAF Medical Service to review, expand RFID use
RFID News
The United States Air Force Surgeon General’s office has announced the selection of Shipcom Wireless Inc. to review the current use of RFID technologies ...
Implantable RFID Business 'Not Self-Sustainable'
RFID Update
By John Burnell Human-implantable RFID microchips face an uncertain future in the wake of developments that the technology's developer, VeriChip , announced ...
VeriChip posts smaller loss, plans unit sale
Bizjournals.com
The Delray Beach-based radio frequency identification systems firm said it lost $2.8 million, or 30 cents a share, on revenue of $8.6 million. ...
FTC to scrutinize contactless payment techology
NetworkWorld.com
Contactless payment devices, which use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to let users make low dollar-value purchases by holding an ...
Information tags along everywhere you go
Baltimore Sun
Analysts estimate that RFID tag sales will reach more than $2.36 billion this year - mostly in automotive, security and financial applications. ...
Equipment Inspectors Find Safety in RFID
RFID Journal
By Claire Swedberg May 9, 2008—A growing number of construction product management companies are employing an RFID system known as Field ID, provided by N4 ...
Japanese RFID tech batters down doors in West
TechRadar.com
We recently lifted the lid on just how useful - not to mention pervasive - RFID technology is in Japan, so it's with a glad heart that we bring you news of ...
Korea’s largest retailers adopt RFID
RFID News
South Korea’s two largest retailers, Emart and Hanaro Mart, plan to introduce RFID tracking into their inventory systems. The companies each have reached ...
UK Government Supports Using RFID to Fight Bike Thefts
RFID Journal
That's why the government's Home Office helped finance the development of an RFID-based bike-monitoring system linked to the country's ubiquitous network of ...
ABI Research Report On RFID Reader Market
TMCnet
By Nathesh, TMCnet Contributing Editor ABI Research (News - Alert) has released a new study about the radio frequency ID (RFID) reader market, which is fast ...
If you’re going to be in Washington, DC on Tuesday, June 17th, you’ll want to check out “Congress vs. the States,” a business regulatory discussion being held at the McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP office at 1900 K Street NW. The event will be chaired by Lawrence Ebner, a partner at McKenna and presenters will include:
Registration is free, but make sure to RSVP here by June 9th, as space is limited. You can view the complete agenda here.
]]>Routeware Launches RFID Verification Solution for the Waste Industry
CNNMoney.com
High-quality automated data is at the heart of Routeware's RFID verification solution. Through the use of TI's RFID LF technology, the solution provides ...
RFID: Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor
Euroalert.net
The new technological developments in RFID systems, have a clear impact on the requirements for an effective legal framework for data protection. ...
Airbus continues full RFID roll-out
RFID News
Earlier this month, IBM and OATSystems announced they would be providing software to Airbus for what they called the largest RFID project in the history of ...
Infosecurity: RFID hacks defeat new UK passport security
Study: Consumers Misunderstand RFID and Its Security
USDA provides RFID ear tags for cattle
MiFare RFID crack more extensive than previously thought
Computerworld
By Geeta Dayal April 15, 2008 (Computerworld) The ubiquitous MiFare Classic RFID chip -- used daily by millions worldwide in access control keys, ...
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Legislation was introduced this week to require that all US passports be made with only US-manufactured technology, including the RFID-chip. The text of the bill reads as follows...
]]>110th CONGRESS
2d SessionH. R. 5752
To provide for the security of United States passports, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 9, 2008
Mr. SALI (for himself, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. WHITFIELD of Kentucky, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. RENZI, Mr. POE, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. TERRY, and Ms. FALLIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To provide for the security of United States passports, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
(B) personalization of permanent United States passports occurs only under the direct supervision of United States Government employees.
The Secretary of State shall--
(1) when establishing the requirements for physical and security components of United States passports and passport cards, include only such electronic components as are currently manufactured in the United States, or can be manufactured in the United States; and
(2) ensure that--
(A) all assembly of United States passports occurs only within the borders of the United States; and
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the United States Government must set the highest standards needed to protect the privacy and security of United States passports; and
(2) the Department of State must safeguard the security of the United States passport.
Congress finds the following:
(1) A United States passport is the primary document used to denote identity and citizenship for United States citizens for international travel.
(2) United States citizens have an expectation that United States passports will be manufactured and assembled in a secure manner.
(3) All United States passports currently incorporate several components manufactured outside the United States.
(4) All United States passports manufactured and assembled for United States citizens are currently sent to Thailand for the inlaying of the Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) antennae.
(5) According to the Government Printing Office (GPO), the `GPO contracts with two suppliers (Gemalto and Infineon), who produce the chip in the e-passport and who subcontract with another vendor to do the inlaying. That subcontractor is an overseas company, who does inlaying and is the only company in the world who met standards required under the RFP.'.
(6) National security is best served when the manufacture and assembly of United States passports occurs within the borders of the United States.
California Not Ready for Drug Pedigrees -- Is RFID?
RFID Update
The law does not require the use of RFID to carry drug pedigrees, but the technology is widely seen as a potentially effective component for pharmaceutical ...
Give Your Views to the EU—Now!
RFID Journal
If you conduct business in Europe and think RFID might help you improve efficiencies, or if you sell RFID systems in Europe, you need to act—and soon. ...
RFID Systems Move Beyond Stockroom As Technology Finds Lots Of New ...
CNNMoney.com
RFID use beyond inventory control to advanced asset tracking reflects the technology's maturity, says Chad Eschinger, a Gartner analyst who follows RFID ...
Going Beyond Banning Skimming
RFID Journal
I agree with the intent of the law, which is to prevent abuses of RFID technology. There are some aspects of the law that are good. ...
Considering that Representative Morris's effort to regulate RFID began with a much more onerous proposal to mandate certain security features and to ban certain RFID applications, this outcome should be considered a success for those interested in the future of RFID. The most important thing, I think, was changing the terms of the debate away from 'how do we regulate the product' to 'how do we regulate the behavior of those seeking to abuse the product'. That's a significant shift in the public policy world. Dan Mullen at AIM is right that, technically, the law is making illegal something that is already illegal - data theft. But this is by far the more desirable outcome than the other option, which looked likely only a year or so ago.
Visit our “State Legislation” section of the blog for more information about this subject.
]]>Whatever the state of California is doing will be significantly affected by similar ePedigree efforts being driven at a national level by the FDA. The FDA is not interested in California and 49 other states having their own, separate ePedigree requirements - so, anything that the FDA does in this arena will likely trump the various state efforts. The biggest challenge for FDA, as well as the state regulatory agencies, is how to enforce it. The FDA does not buy or sell drugs, it simply regulates their safety - so how will it enforce a requirement that everyone in the drug pedigree food chain use RFID or any other technology?
The California State Board of Pharmacy has the authority to extend the deadline for up to two years.
You can read our other posts about the California e-Pedigree developments in California and at the federal level here:
Bio, Pharma Companies Seek Extension to ePedigree Deadline in California
FDA Continues to Push for RFID
Court Blocks RFID-Friendly FDA Rules
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