NPMA National Property Management Association & UID

This year's conference and show of the National Property Management Association, National Education Seminar (NES) for Summer 2008 is being held as this is written in Reno-Sparks Nevada. Camcode is participating in the exhibit hall at booth #215 where we're proud to be showing UID Tags and other Asset Tag and Asset Label solutions.

At the conference sessions, UID labels were discussed on Tuesday morning at a session titled Streamlining Solutions for UID Compliance. Bar code and mobile computing expert Peter Collins discussed the technology and processes that are necessary to read all UID compliant formats, store the information and report on all government items under contract to the IUID registry

The topic was discussed again Tuesday afternoon at a session titled "AIA Panel Discussion: Industry Views on Current Issues" where the "DFARS Clause on GFE UID Reporting and pending new DFARS clauses on UID" were covered.

Finally Tuesday, at The New FAR Property Rule and Its Impact on Contractors—Part 45 (Part 1 of 2) Pamela McFarland, CPPM CF of Raytheon discussed "Item Unique Identification (IUID), radio frequency tags, bar-coding, and the general trend toward commercialization of components."

General Asset Management issues were discussed throughout the conference sessions and included an awards slate of seven different awards, including the top honor of "Jack Griffiths Property Person of the Year Award".

Item Unique Identification (IUID) Standards for Tangible Personal Property

The Department of Defense has issued a directive, signed on June 16, 2008, which establishes Item Unique Identification (IUID) Standards for Tangible Personal Property. (PDF) The directive is effective immediately and established policy guidelines for UII (Unique Item Identifiers) for Asset Tags on Government Furnished Property (GFP). Quoting from that DoD document:

2. APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE
This Instruction applies to:

2.1. OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint 
Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the 
Inspector General of the Department of Defense, 
the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, 
and all other organizational entities within the 
Department of Defense (hereafter referred to 
collectively as the “DoD Components”).

2.2. Personal property with UII that meet the 
requirements of References (b) through (f).

2.3. Financial, property accountability, acquisition, 
supply, maintenance, and logistics systems.

The document itself points to government sites with further information on UID Asset Tags in the links below:

E3.5. WHERE TO GO FOR MORE INFORMATION
IUID Website
WAWF Website
Federal eBiz Website