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2013 Press Releases Tech Governance the Focus of New INCITS Standards Effort - February 8, 2013 New INCITS Group to Focus on Standards for "Internet of Things" - February 8, 2013 INCITS Names Phil Wennblom from Intel New Executive Board Chairman - February 8, 2013 2009 Press Releases United States and Canada collaborate on the North American Profile of International Standard on Geographic Information Metadata (INCITS 453-2009) - July 7, 2009 INCITS Elects New Executive Board Chairman and Vice Chairman - January 23, 2009 2007 Press Releases INCITS Welcomes Adobe as INCITS Executive Board Member - September 10, 2007 INCITS Establishes New Study Group on Security Best Practices - July 31, 2007 INCITS Executive Board Considers U.S. Position for OOXML Letter Ballot - July 23, 2007 Announcement of the 2007 INCITS TC Officers Symposium - July 10, 2007 INCITS Supports New ISO Ink and Color Toner Cartridge Yield Standards to Help Consumers Make Informed Purchase Decisions - February 6, 2007 2006 Press Releases INCITS Biometrics Technical Committee Takes Steps to Enhance the Usability of Its Family of Open Systems Standards for Biometric Data Interchange and Interoperability - August 24, 2006 Ed Barrett of Sony Re-elected as INCITS SDB Chair - June 27, 2006 Don Wright of Lexmark Elected as INCITS Vice Chair - June 27, 2006 INCITS Approves Fibre Channel – Simplified Configurations and Management Project - February 14, 2006 INCITS Approves Fibre Channel – Switch Fabric – Generation 5 Project - February 14, 2006 INCITS Approves SCSI/ATA Translation Project - February 13, 2006 2005 Press Releases INCITS Announces New Biometrics Standards - December 12, 2005 INCITS Approves New SCSI Primary Commands Standard - December 7, 2005 INCITS Forms New Task Group for Role-Based Access Control Standards - November 2, 2005 INCITS Adds New Associate Director of Marketing - August 31, 2005 INCITS Forms New Technical Committee on Cyber Security - May 20, 2005 INCITS Forms New Study Group on Accessibility - February 8, 2005 NFL Great Emmitt Smith Teams with INCITS to Develop Item Authentication Standards - January 10, 2005
2004 Press Releases U.S. Department of Homeland Security Adopts INCITS Biometric Standard INCITS 385-2004 - December 23, 2004 INCITS Biometrics Chairman Speaks at Homeland Security Meeting - December 13, 2004 INCITS and SNIA Announce the Approval of a New American National Standard for Storage Management - October 26, 2004 INCITS Announces the Approval of Five Biometric Data Interchange Format Standards - July 29, 2004 INCITS Approves Five Standards Proposals from the V2 Technical Committee Supporting Univeral Remote Consoles - April 22, 2004 INCITS Announces the New Standard for Role Based Access Control (RBAC) - March 23, 2004 INCITS and STA Announce Serial Attached SCSI Standard - January 28, 2004
2003 Press Releases - Click Here for Clippings INCITS and The SNIA Team to Standardize Storage Management Interface - November 12, 2003 INCITS' 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel Standard Earns Prompt ANSI Approval - November 5, 2003 INCITS Announces the ANSI Approval of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Standard - November 6, 2003 INCITS Announces Five New American National Standards Two Storage, Three Real-Time Locating Systems Standards Now Available - August 11, 2003 Patrick Morris Takes On Leadership of INCITS - August 6, 2003 INCITS Approves Three New Real Time Locating Systems Standards ANSI Takes Rapid Action, Accepts INCITS 371 series as American National Standards - August 6, 2003 INCITS’ New Fibre Channel Standard Earns Quick ANSI Approval - July 29, 2003 INCITS Approves Revised ISO/IEC COBOL Standard as an American National Standard - April 21, 2003 Final Round of Parallel SCSI Standards Emerge from INCITS Board Meeting Board Also Approves Technical Reports in GIS and Fibre Channel - April 16, 2003 INCITS Biometrics Workload Drives Formation of Four New Groups Demand for Biometrics Standards Soars Due to Heightened Security, ID Theft Concerns - April 3, 2003 International Technology Standards Group Elects HP's Karen Higginbottom as Chair - March 18, 2003 INCITS Enters 2003 as New Organization Slate of International Work Restructures Relationship among Key IT Standards Development Organizations; Industry Leaders Cite ROI Implications - February 10, 2003
2002 Press Releases INCITS Names 2002 Award Winners from Industry and Government International Standards Group Honors 15 People For Leadership In Developing Market-Driven Technology Standards - November 12, 2002 New International Standard from INCITS to Specify Cryptographic Modules First-Ever Joint US-Canadian Standards Effort in IT Security Techniques - October 30, 2002 INCITS Launches Technical Committee on IT for Learning, Education and Training All Organizations Participating in November 25 Meeting Gain Voting Rights - October 28, 2002 SQL/XML Group Picks INCITS to Develop Standards Oracle to Host November 6 Meeting; Open to All Interested Parties - October 18, 2002 INCITS' Biometrics Technical Committee Approves Iris Recognition and Finger Image Projects Standards on "Iris Image Interchange Format" and "Finger Image Based Interchange Format" Have Serious Implications for Homeland Security - October 7, 2002 INCITS' L1 Takes Lead on GIS Framework Standards Homeland Security and Emergency Response Systems Will Be Key Beneficiaries; Voting Membership Open to All Interested Parties - August 3, 2002 Prescription Drug Industry Drives Upgrade in ID Card Standard INCITS' Technical Committee B10 Undertakes Revision of INCITS 284 American National Standard - July 29, 2002 INCITS' T13 Launches Work on BIOS Interface to Access Mass Storage Devices BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services 3 (EDD-3) Standard Will Address Key New Technologies such as Infiniband, PCI Express, and HyperTransport; Voting Membership Open to All Interested Parties - July 17, 2002 INCITS' Biometrics Group Approves Five Standards Proposals Supporting Homeland Security Efforts - Areas of Impact: Transportation Workers; Border Crossing; Public and Private Sector Face and Finger Recognition - June 27, 2002 US Leadership Key in Development of New International Video Coding Standard - INCITS' Contributed Technical Input from Vendors and Consumers in the US - May 27, 2002 INCITS Technical Committee T10 Accepts Proposal to Begin Work on Serial Attached SCSI Standard - May 6, 2002 Intel and Purdue Join INCITS Executive Board - March 21, 2002 INCITS Fast-tracks Biometrics Specification to Status as American National Standard - INCITS Plans Second Quick Action on BioAPI Specification: Will Recommend Fast-Tracking Internationally - February 18, 2002 IT Standards Group Highlights International Agenda with Name Change - January 15, 2002
2001 Press Releases NCITS Approves Fibre Channel Switch Fabric Standard - December 3, 2001 NCITS Approves New CD-Based Geographic Information Standard Considered Integral to Homeland Security, Standard Will Be Used By Military Facilities And Commercial Airports - November 19, 2001 NCITS Tackles Standards to Support Counter-Terrorism and Prevent Identity Theft Interested Parties Welcome at January 16-17 Meeting - November 26, 2001 NCITS Approves Groundbreaking Software Usability Standard Fast-Track Process Took Project from Proposal to Standard in Only 4.5 Months - November 19, 2001 NCITS Names 2001 Award Winners from Industry, User Groups, and Government National Standards Group Honors 15 People For Leadership In Developing Market-Driven Technology Standards - November 12, 2001 NCITS and BioAPI Consortium Announce Fast Track Candidate - Public Review to Run October 19 - December 3, 2001 - September 21, 2001 E-Commerce Experts Needed to Close "Holes" in Technical Standards - Developers, Analysts, Planners Urged to Attend July 26-27 Meeting - June 12, 2001 New Standards Group Aims To Solve Software Safety And Related E-Business Problems - Developers, Users Urged to Attend May 24-25 Meeting in Washington, DC - May 3, 2001 Alternative to Content Protection Proposal Rejected by Standards Committee - Generic Functionality Scheme Falls Short of Two-thirds Vote - April 2, 2001 Technology Standards Group Re-Elects HPs Karen Higginbottom as Chair - March 22, 2001 NCITS Approves Establishment of NCITS V3 - NCITs eCommerce - January 31, 2001 2000 Press Releases NCITS Technical Committee V2 on Information Technology Access Interfaces Established 1999 Press Releases Draft IT Dictionary Now Available on the Web NCITS Fast Track Zips Along NCITS Announces Project to Process SQLJ Specification via Fast-Track NCITS Launches Online Store to Sell Low Cost Standards on the Net Proposal on Real-Time Extensions for the Java^TM Fails to Receive NCITS Approval NCITS Approves the Establishment of a New Technical Committee, R1 - Real-Time Computing Systems 1998 Press Releases 1997 Press Releases There were 157 press releases issued in 1997. To view the index click on the link above. For specific information related to each title, click on the document number link. The issue date of each press release is noted above each title. X3 Changes its identity to NCITS NCITS Announces Intent to Adopt 230 ISO/IEC JTC 1 Standards NCITS announces the establishment a new TC to serve as the US TAG to ISO/IEC/JTC 1/SC22 Java Study Group (JSG) 1996 Press Releases There were 107 press releases issued in 1996. To view the index click on the link above. For specific information related to each title, click on the document number link. The issue date of each press release is noted above each title. 1995 Press Releases There were 124 press releases issued in 1995. To view the index click on the link above. For specific information related to each title, click on the document number link. The issue date of each press release is noted above each title.