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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (13)	8/6/2005 12:48:59 PM
From: Cooters	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 222

Considering I have been following RFID since Alien convinced WalMart to join EPCGlobal(then the AutoID Center), I'm almost embarassed I didn't know about the pending DOD standard clause for RFID tags.<g> Those are two important industry events William, I was concentrating on Intermec specific events, specific to licensing. A license to print money, IMO. Keep 'em coming. Cooters

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (13)	9/13/2005 7:54:30 PM
From: Cooters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 222

and adoption of a standard US Department of Defense contract clause requiring all DOD suppliers tag products: Is this it? blackenterprise.com DOD Mandates RFID Tags for Products Sent to Distribution Depots 2005-09-13 Newsbytes The Defense Department finalized the requirement that all products shipped to the Defense Distribution Depot in Susquehanna, Pa., or San Joaquin, Calif., must have passive radio frequency identification tags. In a final rule published today in the Federal Register, DOD officials said contractors must affix the devices on tags or pallets to improve "visibility of DOD assets in the supply chain, increase accuracy of shipments and receipts and reduce the number of logistic 'touch points' in order to decrease the amount of time it takes to deliver material to the warfighter." DOD issued a policy in July 2004 requiring that all products going to both depots use RFID tags by Jan. 1, 2005. The two Defense Logistics Agency depots met the deadline to use the tracking technology, but the Federal Register notice amends the DOD Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement codifying the requirement. The department published a proposed rule in April and received comments from 33 persons and organizations, totaling 93 comments. In the new rule, DOD helped clarify the definitions of an exterior container and products on a pallet, and the requirement to ensure the data encoded on each RFID tag is unique. DOD issued this rule on the heels of a critical Government Accountability Office report on the department's implementation of passive RFID. GAO found DOD has not incorporated sound management principles into the strategic approach to using RFID tags, and is therefore putting its program at risk. "Existing passive RFID implementation policy and operational guidance for both DOD and its military components lack or only partially incorporate several key management principles, such as those used by leading organizations and embodied in the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, that are needed to effectively guide, monitor and assess implementation," auditors said. <snip>