Gov. Agencies Expanding Use Of RFID

The U.S. Department of Defense, as well as federal and state civilian agencies are increasingly deploying or planning to implement Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies. One in five respondents who are using, or plan to use, RFID said they were now engaged in “full-scale integration” of RFID systems, and two-thirds said they were either in pilots, early-stage implementations or conducting initial evaluations for deployments. Fifty six percent of respondents were from federal civilian agencies, 26 percent from the DoD, 9 percent from state and local governments and another 8 percent from other organizations (government suppliers, contractors, consultants and OEMs) working for government agencies.