Defense RFID policy.Your May 2007 article (Tracking Military Supplies No Longer Requires RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. , page 22) contains incorrect information. This erroneous information is damaging and counterproductive coun·ter·pro·duc·tive adj. Tending to hinder rather than serve one's purpose: "Violation of the court order would be counterproductive" Philip H. Lee. to the Defense Department's efforts to communicate the requirements for the application of RFID. The title presents an incorrect statement. The use of RFID for tracking military supplies throughout the department remains an ongoing requirement. In fact, the Defense Department is committed to using both passive RFID and active RFID. Your article confuses the two requirements. The details of the policy for passive and active RFID can be found on the website www.dodrfid.org. The statement "the Defense Department has relaxed an earlier mandate" is incorrect. The requirement to apply RFID remains fully in effect. The department has made the requirement mandatory. The military services and the Defense Logistics Agency Noun 1. Defense Logistics Agency - a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense; provides worldwide support for military missions Defense Department, Department of Defense, DoD, United States Department of Defense, Defense - the federal department are now writing RFID requirements into their contracts. Each Defense Department supplier must comply with the RFID requirements in his or her respective contract. Dan Mongeon, of Agility, is referring to active RFID tags An RFID tag that has its own power source. Contrast with passive RFID tag. See RFID and RFID tag. which, unlike passive, are rarely required to be applied by suppliers themselves. The Defense Department has consistently maintained that it will use a variety of automatic identification technologies. On July 30, 2004, Michael W. Wynne, then acting undersecretary of defense, stated in his cover letter announcing the final Defense Department RFID policy, "RFID remains part of the larger suite of AIT technologies, and the department will leverage all of these technologies, where appropriate in the supply chain, to improve our ability to support the warfighter. However, an RFID capable supply chain is a critical element of defense transformation and will provide a key enabler for the asset visibility support down to the last tactical mile that is needed by our warfighters." The reference to the Government Accountability Office The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the United States Congress, and thus an agency in the Legislative Branch of the United States Government. report on RFID is misleading. In the example you cite, GAO was referencing active RFID verses the passive RFID you mentioned throughout the article. The requirement for monitoring the use, reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. and loss of tags is entirely tied to active RFID. Passive RFID tags An RFID tag that does not have its own power source. Contrast with active RFID tag. See RFID and RFID tag. are disposable at the end of a shipment cycle. Alan F. Estevez Principal Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness The availability of materiel required by a military organization to support its wartime activities or contingencies, disaster relief (flood, earthquake, etc.), or other emergencies. |
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