September 08, 2006
US-Canada PASS Card: Increased Demand for RFID Tags
If the controversial North American PASS card, part of the US DHS (Dept of Homeland Security) WHTI (Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, goes through, the demand for RFID tags could increase considerably. While the PASS card is expected to go through, the WHTI has been set aside temporarily.
The e-Passport program is still continuing, with some new passports already being distributed. The CAGW (CItizens Against Government Waste) issued a report recently which blasts the PASS card, partly on grounds that the card is subject to unauthorized signal interception from a distance, and partly on the basis that the entire cost of the Real ID Act will be more like US$17.3 B instead of the $100 M the government has reported.
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