DOD RFID: Defense Won't Budge On January RFID Deadline

From Yahoo! Most Popular Tech News, Apr 11, 2004 ... The Department of Defense is holding fast to its January mandate that suppliers send cases and pallets of goods to the agency tagged with radio-frequency identification technology. Defense Department officials met this week in Washington D.C. with 700 suppliers to discuss plans for implementing RFID. The department will present a draft of an RFID supplier contract for public review in May or June and expects to finalize the mandate requirements by August or September for its 43 000 suppliers ...