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National Defense May 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Tracking Military Supplies No Longer Requires RFID The Defense Department has relaxed a mandate that all food, equipment and other provisions to the U.S. military have radio-frequency identification tags on their products.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2008 David Blanchard	Lack of Standards Is Slowing Adoption of RFID for Cargo Security The U.S. government has been slow to issue any kind of mandate regarding the implementation of RFID on cargo containers.
National Defense November 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Researchers Seek the `Perfect Shipping Container' An advanced materials container program is looking at sophisticated composites to create a sensor-studded container that would be 30% to 50% lighter than current equivalents. That would translate into savings for the shippers, as well as added security.
National Defense September 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Dept. Begins New Effort to Better Track Military Supplies The Defense Department expects to unveil this month its latest plan to improve the management and distribution of combat supplies, repair parts and materials that make up the Pentagon's $162 billion logistics chain.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz	Transportation Tracking: RFID Gains Credibility Manufacturers are starting to realize the strategic benefits of radio frequency identification.
CIO February 15, 2004 Galen Gruman	One in a Thousand - Location-Based Systems Radio tags can be a cost effective way of taking inventory.
National Defense May 2005 Harold Kennedy	Federal RFID Spending Projected to Grow 120 Percent To date, use of RFID in the public sector has been largely restricted to the Department of Defense, which is successfully using the technology to improve its supply-chain management process.
National Defense May 2005 Harold Kennedy	Electronic Tags Companies that supply military equipment to the Defense Department should begin voluntarily to put electronic tags on shipments, advised the assistant deputy undersecretary of defense for supply-chain integration.
Entrepreneur May 2007 Amanda C. Kooser	Tag, You're It You can be RFID-compliant, even on a tight budget.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	Researchers try to build a better RFID reader Pentagon leaders are requiring radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags for most materials delivered to the U.S. Department of Defense after Jan. 1, 2005.
National Defense June 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Weighing the Costs of Security A smorgasbord of legislation and policy directives aimed at patching up security at U.S. ports in recent years has resulted in expenditures of billions of dollars worth of protective systems and technologies.
InternetNews June 14, 2005 Colin C. Haley	No Substitute For RFID 'Launch and Learn' When it comes to radio frequency identification systems, there's no substitute for trial and error.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005 Ben Ames	Pentagon continues its push on suppliers to use RFID All Defense Department suppliers are required to attach radio-frequency-identification (RFID) tags to all their products and technology by 2007.
National Defense January 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Contractors Struggling To Comply With Pentagon Smart-Tag Mandate As the deadline nears for contractors to install smart tags on shipments of critical military supplies, an industry survey reveals that many companies have yet to come to grips with the new regulations.
National Defense November 2009 Wright & Magnuson	Government Ignores Cargo Scanning Law, Port Operator Says The Department of Homeland Security is ignoring a law that calls on it to monitor, by 2012, every container that enters a U.S. port, an executive at one of the world's leading port-operating companies charged.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Got RFID? Radio Frequency Identification is all the rage, yet many investors still don't understand its implications.
CIO February 15, 2003 John Edwards	Tag, You're It RFID technology provides fast, reliable asset identification and management.
National Defense January 2006 Stew Magnuson	Plan to Protect U.S. Ports Homes In on Contraband The challenge facing the DHS, importers and the shipping industry is to prevent weapons of mass destruction, would-be illegal immigrants and contraband from entering U.S. ports -- including overland traffic from Canada and Mexico -- without disrupting the flow of goods.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008	Kazakhstan Customs Control Agency Employs Hi-G-Tek Wireless RFID System Hi-G-Tek will provide radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology for a cargo-monitoring system for the Customs Control Agency (CCA) of Kazakhstan.
InternetNews December 17, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Next-Gen RFID Standard Ratified EPCglobal released a standard for the next generation of radio frequency identification and the electronic product code. The protocol is the technical framework on which all future products can be built.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006	RFID spending will surpass $3 billion in 2010 The adoption of radio-frequency-identification technology continues to gather momentum, and hardware and software spending will accelerate in late 2006 and 2007 as true benefits are documented.
InternetNews January 20, 2006 Ed Sutherland	RFID May See 'Explosive' Growth Although tiny in size, radio frequency identification tags expect huge growth over the next five years.
National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Tagging War Shipments: Far More Complicated Task Than Expected By January 2005, all shipments of military equipment and supplies destined for Iraq or other battle zones must be labeled with an electronic tag that helps track the content of each box or package.
National Defense February 2007 Stew Magnuson	DHS Technology Chief to Focus on Explosives Threat The Pentagon will have some help in its ongoing effort to defeat improvised explosive devices if Jay Cohen, director of science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security, gets his way.
InternetNews November 19, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	FDA Prescribes RFID for Drug Safety The U.S. Food and Drug Administration set guidelines for the use of radio frequency identification technology to reduce drug counterfeiting this week, codifying a huge movement within the industry.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2009 David Blanchard	The Five Stages of RFID As manufacturers come to accept the inevitability of RFID, they are also discovering some tangible benefits.
PC Magazine October 28, 2003	The Lookout: A Fix for RFID Researchers at RSA Security's lab have come up with a technique they say will eliminate many of the privacy concerns surrounding the use of RFID (radio frequency identification) tags.
The Motley Fool December 9, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The A to Z of RFID While consumers will grow to appreciate the RFID advantage, investors should aim closer to the vest to cash in on the RFID revolution.
InternetNews July 7, 2006 Erin Joyce	The RFID Growth Conundrum Why isn't the FDA pushing harder for RFID to combat counterfeit drugs? The answer is not so simple.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2007 Jack Uldrich	Hitachi's RFID Takes a Powder Dust-sized RFID tag technology raises interesting possibilities. Is now the time for investors to buy in? Probably, but questions remain.
National Defense March 2009 Matthew Rusling	After Six Years, Still No Tamper-Proof Shipping Containers After a six-year search for a tamper-proof shipping container, no product has been fielded and one major vendor has dropped out of the race, citing a lack of progress by the Department of Homeland Security.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004	Logistics for the Transformational Force The need for information dominance, as well as for smaller, lighter weapon systems on the battlefield, is pressing logistics to the forefront as military officials search for the most promising technologies that will speed crucial supplies to fast-moving forces.
Food Engineering March 6, 2006	RFID Solutions Center doors open Alien Technology Corporation has opened a new facility focused on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, discovery, innovation and implementation.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2005 John McHale	DHS turns to high tech to control borders Border agents cannot possibly check every car or every traveler. So U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials are relying on new technologies -- such as those noted here -- to tighten the country's borders.
Information Today February 6, 2014	RFID by Barcoding Manages Data Collection Barcoding, Inc. introduced RFID by Barcoding, a dedicated practice for advancing Radio Frequency IDentification, which collects data using low-power radio waves sent between tags and readers.
PC World July 2003 Andrew Brandt	Privacy Watch: Tracked by the Shirt on Your Back? Radio frequency technology has the potential to identify us all.
National Defense December 2004 Joe Pappalardo	If Ports Are Attacked, U.S. Lacks Plans to Deal With Aftermath The lack of a plan indicates the complexities of handling threats against maritime targets, and the government's emphasis on taking care of airline security and monitoring containers over planning a response in the event of a sea-based attack.
Entrepreneur October 2004 Amanda C. Kooser	Private Matters Keep an eye on new RFID privacy legislation. By staying on top of the issue now, you'll have a leg up when you implement the technology.
CIO August 18, 2008 Thomas Wailgum	These Boots Were Made for Tracking: Nine West Tries On RFID Strategy Footwear giant Nine West joins a long list of retailers in search of the RFID Holy Grail: item-level RFID tracking. Will the move be a good fit? Even the mighty Wal-Mart has struggled to cash in on this technology.
Food Engineering May 1, 2005	Increasing the safety of the global food supply The US Bioterrorism Act may be the most familiar legislation to address the safety and security of the global food supply, but it is certainly not alone. There's also the CBP, C-TPAT, FAST, AMR, OSC, SST, WCO, and other European Union and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation activities.
InternetNews December 7, 2005 Tim Gray	Ridge: Terrorist Threats Spur Tech Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and Governor of Pennsylvania Tom Ridge said today ongoing terrorist threats would continue to drive science and technology innovation in the United States and in the process make a better and stronger country.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2008	RFID's Popularity Still On the Rise Asset tracking is the most frequent use of the technology.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2005 M.D. Mitchell	Avery Dennison's Radio Label The RFID industry is likely to substantially change supply chains for decades. For investors, this explosive technology should be sending out waves of opportunities. But who are the players in this promising field and which ones are sending the strongest signals?
National Defense October 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon Officials Refining Requirements For Smart Tags on Military Shipments The Defense Department is banking on the success of a new smart-tag technology to improve the management and tracking of shipments moving in and out of major depots.
InternetNews September 13, 2005 Jim Wagner	AT&T to Test Managed RFID Service Ma Bell is getting into the supply chain business, building and managing RFID for use in global operations.
The Motley Fool October 11, 2004 Tom Taulli	Just One Word: RFID Printronix is in a relatively boring business that recently got a lot more exciting. Because of the surge in interest for RFID, Printronix is dealing with customers it would not usually have access to.
National Defense November 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Homeland Security Policies Overlook Essential Issues, Says Shipping Executive Security industry soothsayers have been sounding alarms about the prospect of a nuclear or biological weapon reaching U.S. shores in a shipping container.
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Khermouch & Green	Bar Codes Better Watch Their Backs New retail technologies have a way of lingering in dreamland until discount colossus Wal-Mart decides it's time for everyone to wake up. The alarm clock in Bentonville, Ark., just went off again, this time for a successor to bar codes called Radio Frequency Identification.
InternetNews June 14, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	IBM Addresses RFID Privacy Radio frequency identification technology promises to speed supply chain operations by automating the tracking of goods. But its potential to track people has privacy advocates crying foul.
CFO September 1, 2004 John Goff	Dude, Where's My Printer? RFID technology may someday revolutionize how companies track their products. But problems still lie ahead in adopting workable systems.