Homeland Security Officials Refute RFID Reports

Homeland Security Officials Refute RFID Reports
By Jacqueline Emigh

U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials have hotly denied reports by some other publications that the agency's upcoming ID cards will use radio-frequency identification. Instead, the DHS will deploy another type of RF technology known as "ISO/IEC 14443," which is soon to be required for all federal employee ID cards—and which carries a far shorter coverage range.