Radiant RFID tracks govt assets

Radiant RFID revealed a partnership with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) for asset tracking using RFID, PRWeb reports.

Under this new partnership, the DPS will now utilise Radiant RFID's adaptive suite of asset-tracking tools to manage and track the locations of its highly diverse and mobile inventory of assets such as computer equipment and protective gear.

“We have been working with Radiant RFID for several years, using their services to track evacuees during hurricane evacuations, while also ensuring our emergency management equipment and related mobile devices are kept in a constant state of readiness,” said Texas DPS CIO, Mark Doggett. “It made sense for us to significantly expand our existing relationship with Radiant RFID and apply their innovative technology to solve the challenge of tracking large numbers of devices and equipment across the State of Texas.”

New online asset transfer functionality eliminates paper forms and manual entries previously required to transfer equipment and assets, as people and their items moved from department to department, RFID news says.

An e-mail is sent to the receiving department's property custodian, which then accepts or rejects an asset transfer request.

Utilising RFID technology from Motorola/Symbol, Radiant's Virtual Asset Tracker enables monitoring of all types of assets used by the department. Radiant RFID's system also keeps a detailed history of where the asset has been, and where it is currently located. The department tracks assets worth more than $1 billion.