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
  

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 

• NCITS Technical Committee V2 on Information Technology Access Interfaces Established

• 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  

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)  

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.