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Central Information Management System for the Registered Traveler Program
by Colleen Chamberlain, Director of Transportation Security Policy, American Association of Airport Executives http://www.rtconsortium.org/pressRelease.cfm?relId=15 Transportation Security Clearinghouse Announces Launch of World's Most Advanced Interoperable Information Management System of Its Kind: System Will Enable Operation of
Get ready for the hotel of the future
by Dave Ellis, CNNMoney.com http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/14/news/companies/hotels_future/index.htm From self check-in to iPod docks to rooms that literally take your temperature, your next hotel stay could be light years ahead of expectations. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - It could
Eye Scan Technology Comes to Schools
by ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=1539275 A New Jersey School District Is Piloting the System Parents who want to pick up their kids at school in one New Jersey district now can submit to iris scans, as
Your iris is the key
by HotelChatter.com http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2004/10/12/191812/90 Had it up to here with those flaky plastic keys? Maybe you should try using your eyes to open your hotel room door instead of those expired old keys. Back in July,
LG biometric technology to meet Middle East security challenge
by AME Info http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/46865.html The latest software breakthrough from global and regional digital leader LG Electronics will help both business and government in the Middle East to meet the growing security challenge, according to top
As TSA Registered Traveler Program takes off, DHS Secretary Ridge
by AP Photo/Kevin Wolf http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040903/480/wx10309031705 Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge looks into an iris camera as he becomes a 'registered traveler' at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., Friday, Sept. 3, 2004. The airport joined
Registered traveler program displayed at Reagan National
by Wilson P. Dizard III, Government Computer News http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/27155-1.html Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge and transportation security administrator David Stone this morning highlighted the last of five pilot sites for the Registered Traveler program, under
Trading Privacy for Convenience
by Sara Kehaulani Goo, Staff Write, Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30178-2004Aug24.html Steve Daniels leaned forward for a machine to take a photo of his eye, then placed his right index finger on a small digital scanner. Instantly,
Frequent fliers sign up at airport
by Tom Ramstack, Washington Times http://washingtontimes.com/business/20040823-091654-6720r.htm When the program is operating, a special lane at security checkpoints will be reserved for them where they can be identified by looking into a "registered traveler kiosk" for
Feds, Logan debut flier fast lane
by Thomas Caywood, Boston Herald http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=39194 Federal agents to snoop out your background: millions in tax dollars a year. Biometric machines that identify you at the airport by scanning an eyeball: a couple thousand bucks