AAMVA's Information Technology (IT) Committee formed a cross-program study to examine smart card technology and determine its viability for use in motor vehicle administration. Several jurisdictions have also initiated their own studies of smart cards for motor vehicle administration purposes, while others are exploring it. The Smart Card Working Group seeks to define standards for smart card usage for those jurisdictions that choose to implement smart cards into their operations.
AAMVA's Smart Card Working Group has produced a document, "Smart Card Usage in Motor Vehicle Applications". It should assist jurisdictions in exploring smart card technology and serve as a tool in making decisions about this technology for existing and future DMV applications. The document highlights the working group's fact findings, lessons learned, exploration of industry usage, and includes the following:
- how jurisdictions can use the technology;
- required hardware, software, and communications infrastructure;
- advantages/disadvantages of the technology;
- how industry can assist with implementing this technology;
- types of standards required;
- implementation costs;
- how and by whom the technology will be used; and
- guiding principles for the use of this technology.
Contact: Geoff Slagle, Consultant, Identification Technology and Standards, (703) 342-7459.