August 12, 2008 — EPC Connection 2008
On October 14-16, 2008, EPCglobal North America will host its fifth annual conference and exhibition in Chicago. This unique conference gathers established commercial and Department of Defense leaders who have succeeded in utilizing RFID technologies with those novices questioning how they can best employ RFID technologies to enhance their business processes. MORE >
July 31, 2008 — New News Media Requests link
News media requests are now directed to http://www.defenselink.mil//faq/press-media.html. There is a Public Afffairs Press Operations media request form available on this site.
May 19, 2008 — Updated Suppliers' Guide
United States Department of Defense Suppliers’ Passive RFID Information Guide Version 10.0 — This updated document serves as a summary of the Department of Defense’s requirements and guidelines related to passive RFID implementation for our supplier community.
October 22, 2007 — Updated MIL-STD-129
United States Department of Defense MIL-STD-129(4) — This updated standard states the Department of Defense's minimum requirements for uniform military marking for shipment and storage.
April 3–4, 2007 — DoD RFID Summit
The Supply Chain Integration Office held its 4th RFID Summit at the Hilton Washington in Washington, DC. The Summit presented an opportunity to highlight RFID best practices across the Department and to discuss and review progress of RFID implementations across the board. This Summit was attended by more than 700 DoD representatives, industry RFID experts, DoD suppliers, and RFID vendors. The Summit provided a forum for discussion of RFID technologies used by the DoD and industry experts and presented a unique opportunity to showcase emerging RFID technologies. Additional discussions and presentations focused on overviews of the current state of Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) and RFID technologies including recent advances, lessons learned, and anticipated future activities. To download the Summit presentations, please click here.
September 26, 2006 – Passive RFID Tagging Update
The Department of Defense remains committed to the implementation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology as outlined in our July 30, 2004 policy memorandum. Since the publication of this initial policy memorandum, ongoing technology developments, updated IT investment strategies, and business process improvements within the DoD have clarified passive RFID requirements within the Department. The DoD July 30, 2004 RFID Policy stated that passive RFID tagging by DoD suppliers would apply to all locations worldwide. The term “all locations” in the July 30, 2004 policy refers to all major receiving locations across the world. The DoD is investing in appropriate passive RFID infrastructure in all locations that are deemed major receiving locations; the majority of those locations are already called out in the current DFARS clause. The DoD requirement will expand to tactical locations as those locations become RFID-enabled. The DoD will not require suppliers to apply passive RFID tags to the unit pack of UID items during the 2007 calendar year. The Department will continue to evaluate the appropriate time frame to begin tagging at the unit pack level for UID items and will promulgate this requirement in advance of future issuances.
October 19, 2006 – Passive Tag Deviation
The current interim DFARS 252.211-7006 stipulates that suppliers can only use Class 1 Generation 2 tags beginning October 1, 2006. The final rule for DFARS 252.211-7006 is still being formulated and as such, the following deviation extends the sunset date for Class 0 and Class 1 Generation 1 tags until February 28, 2007: 2006-1841-DPAP.pdf
July 25, 2006 – Clarification of Location of Aerial Ports
Please note that the Supplier Implementation Plan correctly lists the three current aerial ports requiring RFID Tagging in 2006:
Air Mobility Command Terminal, Charleston Air Force Base, Charleston, SC
Air Mobility Command Terminal, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, VA
Air Mobility Command Terminal, Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, CA
The OSD Supply Chain Integration Office is in the process of updating the Supplier Guide, which incorrectly lists Dover Air Force Base as one of the current aerial ports requiring RFID Tagging in 2006. The updated Supplier Guide will be uploaded as soon as possible.
June 23, 2006 – Clarification to Dec 19th 2005 Statement:
Use of CAGE Code by Third-Party Packaging Houses. Third-Party packaging houses who are physically packaging a suppliers' material are allowed to use their own CAGE code in the DoD construct. However, third-party packaging houses that are just selling pre-programmed tags for suppliers to apply to their material must encode the supplier's CAGE code on those tags.
May 22, 2006 – Update on DFAR May 2006
Click here to view an update concerning the May 2006 DFAR.
April 15, 2006 – DoD RFID Summit Scheduled for 2007
The next DoD RFID Summit will take place April 3-4, 2007 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. The Summit allows for collaboration between DoD and industry. For more information, visit: http://www.DoDRFIDsummit.com
December 30, 2005 – Class of Supply Look-Up Tool:
Class of Supply Look-Up Tool - A new tool is now available for Class of Supply look-up to support the commodities/classes segment of the Supplier Implementation Plan. A step-by-step process and look-up tables have been created to approximate what and when a commodity is affected by the DoD RFID policy [based on the Federal Supply Classification (FSC)]. The final determination of when a commodity is affected is made by the Contracting Officer.
Regardless of who generates the tag, the shipment must be accompanied by an Advance Shipment Notice that contains the hexadecimal representation of each RFID tag number.
December 19, 2005 – Use of CAGE Code by Third-Party Packaging Houses:
This statement clarifies procedures for the use of the CAGE code field in the DoD Tag Identity (both 64-bit and 96-bit). If a supplier chooses to have a third-party packaging house encode their tags, then it is acceptable for that third-party packaging house to encode its CAGE code instead of the supplier CAGE code on the tag. The third-party packaging house is responsible for ensuring the tag is readable and unique across any and all tags encoded by that third-party packaging house for any and all DoD suppliers.
December 1, 2005 – 2006 Commodities:
The following Classes of Supply will require RFID tags to be placed on all individual cases, all cases packaged within palletized unit loads, and all palletized unit loads:
• Class I – Subclass – Packaged Operational Rations
• Class II – Clothing, Individual Equipment, and Tools
• Class III(P) – Packaged Petroleum, Lubricants, Oils, Preservatives, Chemicals & Additives
• Class IV – Construction & Barrier Equipment
• Class VI – Personal Demand Items
• Class VIII –Medical Materials (excluding Pharmaceuticals)
• Class IX – Weapon Systems Repair Parts & Components
The updated Supplier Guide contains this information and will be updated as necessary as the technology and supporting business processes evolve.
November 25, 2005 – Shipping Addresses:
The Department of Defense has created a list of specific “ship to addresses” for suppliers to reference when reviewing the requirement to apply passive RFID tags. If a supplier is required by contract to apply tags, as outlined in the supplier implementation plan, and that supplier ships to the specific DoD Address Activity Code (DoDAAC) shipping addresses, then the supplier must place passive RFID tags on this shipments.
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