Tweet The Social Security Administration embarked on an IT Management initiative in September 2012, to automate inventory and audit processes for IT assets. The SSA’s goals were to reduce inventory cycle times, improve inventory accuracy and enhance security. “We are pleased the Federal Government has selected us to provide a low-cost, cutting-edge and commercially proven [...]

Tweet Don Erickson, CEO of the Security Industry Association (SIA), sent a letter to legislators in the Texas House and Senate in opposition to proposed legislation that would amend the Education code to prohibit the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology as a means to identify, transmit information about, or track the location of [...]

Tweet The GUARDIAN RFID Corrections System in partnership with the Hillsborough Co. Sheriff’s Office in Tampa, Fla., unveiled the first-ever radio-frequency identification (RFID) Arrestee Management System to accelerate the speed and accuracy with which arrestees are captured, identified, and managed from the point of arrest to release. The Arrestee Management System was developed in preparation for the Republican National [...]

Tweet Research and Markets has announced the addition of Woodhead Publishing Ltd’s new book “RFID for Libraries: A Practical Guide” to their offering. Many modern technologies give the impression that they somehow work by magic, particularly when they operate automatically and their mechanisms are invisible. A technology called RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), which is relatively [...]

Tweet A counterfeiting of nests will be prevented if the Malaysian government goes ahead with its plan to use RFID technology to keep it protected. The nests are used to make the Chinese delicacy bird’s nest soup. The bird’s nest soup is believed to be very good for the skin, according to people in China [...]

Tweet (RFIDWorld.ca) Bombardier Transportation has teamed up with Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) to improve track worker safety while on the job. It will be using it’s advanced RFID and technology services to decrease the number of injuries and deaths associated with working on railway tracks. Bombarier’s TrackSafe solution creates improved location awareness well [...]

Tweet (RFID World Canada) Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) have chosen PiiComm to provide Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Barcode Asset Tracking solution. PiComm, a leader in RFID Asset Management and Field Workforce Mobility Systems, will provide and manage a solution that will track the location of physical assets across 170 Missions worldwide. [...]

Tweet (RFIDWorld.ca) The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation in Kerala, India has recently gotten sponsored from the government to fund an RFID initiative connecting the company to all nearby households in the city. To connect the corporation with each household in the area, an RFID tag will be attached near the front door of each household so that [...]

Tweet A large number of libraries in Queens, NY are converting to RFID tracking systems, which support RFID check-in and check-out. Fourteen libraries have converted their collection of books, journals, newspapers and other media to RFID enabled coding systems.   Two libraries, the Fresh Meadows and Far Rockaway will be the first to receive the [...]

Tweet (RFIDWorld.ca) Hitachi recently announced the order of a Passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Equipment Tracking Solution from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). This is the first RFID technology order made by the SCDF to use to support its current defence technologies. The RFID solution will be used to track equipment such as fire [...]