The Senate Republican High Tech Task Force announced its policy platform this week, pledging to work to "keep America at the forefront of technological advancement, and to encourage our country's most creative entrepreneurs."

Among the elements of its policy platform was this point about RFID:

• Protect exciting new technologies from premature regulation or legislation in search of a problem. RFID holds tremendous promise for our economy, including military logistics and commercial inventory efficiencies, and should not be saddled prematurely with regulation.

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) applauded the Senate Republican leadership's Task Force for pledging not to unnecessarily interfere with the development of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.