![]() OSD AT&L is incorporating the final comments, and will issue the revised regulation as GAO recommended. After several iterations of revisions to the regulation OSD AT&L received final comments from the Services, DLA, and TRANSCOM. Beginning in July 2007, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Directorate for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (AT&L) has been coordinating with the Services, DLA, and TRANSCOM on the language for the revision to this regulation. In addition, DoD 4140.1-R was rewritten to include policy for active RFID. ![]() The Office of the Secretary of Defense published guidance on 5/22/06 to the Services, DLA and TRANSCOM to reemphasize reuse of active RFID tags. DOD's final RFID policy was issued by the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), the defense logistics executive for RFID implementation, on July 30, 2004. This report discusses DOD's efficiency in managing the reuse of active RFID tags, specifically the effectiveness of DOD's RFID policy and the extent of tag reuse and monitoring. During the course of our work on the use and implementation of passive RFID technology in DOD, we observed that active RFID tags were not being routinely returned for reuse. DOD has been using active RFID technology since the early 1990s to help with in-transit visibility of shipments, and, as of January 2005, it officially began to implement the use of passive RFID. This report focuses on active RFID tags, which cost around $100 each and are reusable. This technology is part of a family of automatic information technologies used to enable hands-off identification of cargo and inventory. RFID technology consists of active or passive electronic tags that are attached to equipment and supplies that are shipped from one location to another. This technology is known as radio frequency identification (RFID). In order to improve visibility, DOD began using a technology to enable it to track shipments. ![]() ![]() Additionally, needed supplies may not reach the warfighter when needed, which may impair readiness. The lack of visibility over inventory and equipment shipments increases vulnerability to undetected loss or theft and substantially heightens the risk that millions of dollars will be spent unnecessarily. For many years, the Department of Defense (DOD) has been attempting to improve visibility over its inventory and equipment. ![]()
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