The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) is a joint U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plan to implement the statutory mandates of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA). This presentation will cover the technical implementation of the WHTI, and explain why the open ISO 18000-6C RFID standard was selected as the technology choice for WHTI travel documents.
Speaker:
Paul Hunter, Deputy Director of Land Border Integration, Office of Information Technology, Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security