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Passport tech plan rankles.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 18-APR-05 		Format: Online - approximately 796 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
A controversial proposal by the U.S. Department of State to implant radio frequency identification transmitters in both American and foreign passports as part of its biometric passport initiative has drawn substantial opposition from members of the business travel community. Such organizations as the Association of Corporate Travel Executives and the Business Travel Coalition filed official complaints with the State Department on April 4, at the close of a period for public commentary, and yet the future of RFID-equipped passports remains uncertain.

The new passports, which the State Department intends to roll out to certain categories of government employees this August and to all U.S. passport agencies in the following nine to 12 months, will be embedded with "passive"...

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