Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

Alliance conference is best opportunity to keep up with government smart card usage

Monday, January 24, 2005

With the U.S. government turning into the biggest customer for smart card technology–thanks to a huge push from President Bush–the Smart Card Alliance’s fourth annual smart cards in government conference in Washington, D.C. is coming at an ideal time.

Officially titled Smart Cards in eGovernment 2005, the session kicks off March 8 with a pre-conference workshop on secure credentialing, followed by the three-day conference itself.

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