June 30, 2006
Senate puts aside DHS's travel initiative
The Senate Appropriations Committee has delayed the controversial Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, the initiative brought by the Homeland Security Department (HSD).
According to the HSD proposal, people crossing the US borders must carry either a passport or a new form of identification (supposedly the RFID tag attach).
Things stand as of now, there is no unanimous view emerging on the kind of RFID technology to be adopted to track the people crossing US borders from Canada, Mexico and other states. The State department supports a contact less smart card with a short range RFID chip and privacy protections, while DHS suggests an ultra high-frequency form of RFID technology.
Therefore, the DHS's travel initiative has been put aside for 17 months to June 1, 2009. The DHS and State department must come up with a solution for RFID rolling.
Via: [RFid Blog]
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