Claim: The U.S. government planning to track homeless persons by
implanting them with RFID chips. Example:[Collected on the
Internet, 2004] HHS announces program to implant RFID tags in
homeless WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services said Thursday that it was about to begin testing
a new technology designed to help more closely monitor and
assist the nation's homeless Under the pilot program, which grew
out of a series of policy academies held in the last two years,
homeless people in participating cities will be implanted with
mandatory Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags that social
workers and police can use track their movements. The RFID
technology was developed by HHS' Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) in partnership with five states, including
California and New York. "This is a rare opportunity to use
advanced technology to meet society's dual objectives of better
serving our homeless population while making our cities safer,"
HRSA Administrator B