A great deal of attention is being paid to the driver license in countries around the world.   In India, a project is underway that could eventually result in more than 100 million contact chip-enabled drivers licenses throughout the country.   In South Africa, a 2-D barcode-equipped license is being issued to the 6.5 million […]

The International Organization for Standards (ISO) has a working group that focuses on the issue of driver license standardization.   The committee is officially titled the ISO Joint Technical Committee for Information Technology (JTC1), Subcommittee for Identification Cards and Related Devices (SC17), Working Group 10 (WG10). The first product of WG10- a document that will […]

In the United States, the driver license has always been the responsibility of the issuing state. The federal government has had little to do with the process-and the state governments seem to like it that way. According to Mr. Root, “driver license processes and specifications are major state’s rights issues. State governments typically want the […]

At the standards body level, countries from around the world are participating in the efforts to standardize the drivers license. Working Group 10 within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is focused on the development of these standards.   Countries including Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Japan, Namibia, South Africa, the U.K. and the United States […]

Standards are incredibly important, yet incredibly frustrating.   While their work is absolutely critical, the complexity of their effort makes it seem as though they purposefully work to make it difficult for outsiders to comprehend. Consider the following lines extracted from an actual presentation made before a security industry trade group: ·  M1 is the […]

The supply chain technology solutions provider, RedPrairie, has opened its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai, China. With an initial staff of twenty, the office will grow to sixty employees by the end of 2004, and will be responsible for sales, customer support and product development for the Far East. The firm’s new Asia-Pacific headquarters opened earlier […]

Mad cow scare could spur tracking system “If there’s a bright side to the U.S. mad cow scare, it’s that it could speed the nation’s move to a centralized system that electronically tracks animals as they move from fields to feedlots to food stores.” RFID News agrees. While livestock disease has no “bright side,” a […]

Forbes.com: U.S. livestock tracking system may begin mid-2004 “U.S. farmers and ranchers will take the first step toward a nationwide animal tracking system in mid-2004, a program intended to swiftly pinpoint the history of livestock suspected of mad cow disease or other dangerous diseases, program developers said on Monday.” This program, featured in RFID News […]

Ross Stapleton-Gray highlighted reports of massive logistical problems leading up to and during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) at Federal Computer Week and Government Computer News. Further, he pointed out the General Accounting Office report itself, which details the failure of military RFID systems. “DOD did not have adequate visibility over all equipment and supplies transported […]

San Jose, CA (December 3, 2003)—Indala Corporation has named Ann E. Johnson as marketing manager, reporting to president, Marc Freundlich. In addition to promoting Indala’s extensive product line of low-cost, high-quality proximity cards, tags and readers, she will also serve as the Company’s public relations contact. Formerly marketing communications manager with SS8 Networks, an IP […]