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Home Office announces first UK citizens to receive ID cards

Bryan Glick — 2008-11-06T15:38:00.000Z

Bryan Glick, Computing, Thursday 6 November 2008 at 15:38:00

Staff at Manchester and London City airports to pilot controversial scheme

Workers at Manchester and London City airports will be the first UK citizens to be issued with a national identity card next year, while the first UK ID cards will...

Thales wins first part of ID cards contract

Tom Young — 2008-08-04T11:06:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Monday 4 August 2008 at 11:06:00

Scheme will begin for foreign nationals in 2009

Thales SA has won an £18m contract to deliver part of the controversial £5.4bn national identity scheme. Thales will work with the identity and passport service to design, build test...

Identity card scheme will not mandate fingerprint readers

Tom Young — 2008-06-24T14:50:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Tuesday 24 June 2008 at 14:50:00

A proliferation of different fingerprint reading machines will be used in government programmes

The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) will not mandate the use of any particular type of hardware for collecting biometrics under the National Identity Scheme....

Top Tory MP Davis resigns to fight "database state"

Computing — 2008-06-12T15:44:00.000Z

Computing, Computing, Thursday 12 June 2008 at 15:44:00

Triggers by-election to stop "exposing our personal data to careless civil servants and criminal hackers"

Shadow home secretary David Davis plans to fight a parliamentary by-election in which he will campaign against the creation of "a database state." The Tory MP is a vocal opponent...

ID cards: all five remaining suppliers through to next round

Tom Young — 2008-05-23T11:48:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Friday 23 May 2008 at 11:48:00

CSC, EDS, Fujitsu, IBM, and Thales will all sign framework contracts

All five IT suppliers in the bidding for the National Identity Cards project have been selected to deliver the IT systems....

Home Office slashes ID card rollout costs

Computing — 2008-05-07T16:41:00.000Z

Computing, Computing, Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 16:41:00

Slower introduction leads to cheaper rollout

The Home Office has claimed it has slashed the rolling 10-year cost of ID card introduction by nearly £1bn. In a report to parliament, the Home Office said it will...

MPs raise fears over data protection for national ID register

Parliamentary reporter — 2008-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

Parliamentary reporter, Computing, Friday 14 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Committee highlights question marks over repeated breaches of data laws

Repeated breaches of data protection laws by government departments raise huge question marks over plans for the national identity register required for ID cards and biometric passport, an influential parliamentary...

Private sector to collect biometrics for ID card plan

Parliamentary reporter — 2008-03-06T00:00:00.000Z

Parliamentary reporter, Computing, Thursday 6 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Government does not want to provide biometric enrolment services itself

The private sector will be asked to collect and supply biometric data in a bid to drive down the cost of issuing identity cards....

ID scheme delayed, says leak

Parliamentary reporter — 2008-01-23T00:00:00.000Z

Parliamentary reporter, Computing, Wednesday 23 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Home Office documents obtained by the Tories say cards for citizens put back two years

The roll out of national biometric identity cards may be delayed for at least a further two years, according to leaked Home Office documents....

ID cards costs go down - but just a bit

Bryan Glick — 2007-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

Bryan Glick, Computing, Friday 9 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Home Office's latest update on controversial programme reflects unexpected savings

The Home Office has announced a marginal cut in its estimate of the cost of the government's controversial biometric passport and ID card programme....

Extra staff to push up ID costs, says Home Office

Sarah Arnott — 2007-05-17T00:00:00.000Z

Sarah Arnott, Computing, Thursday 17 May 2007 at 00:00:00

Head of Passport Service says previous estimates were unrealistic

Most of the £400m rise in the bill for identity cards will be spent ensuring the scheme has enough staff to be a success, according to Identity and Passport Service...

Smart cards open doors for university students

Dave Friedlos — 2007-05-08T00:00:00.000Z

Dave Friedlos, Computing, Tuesday 8 May 2007 at 00:00:00

Wolverhampton issues 23,000 students with smart cards

The University of Wolverhampton hopes to cut enrolment waiting times and increase security by replacing traditional student cards with smart card technology....

Innovation broadens Accenture’s horizons

Emma Nash — 2007-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Emma Nash, Computing, Thursday 19 April 2007 at 00:00:00

Accenture UK managing director says technology use is starting to mature

David Thomlinson took up his position as managing director of Accenture UK and Ireland on 1 September last year. Just weeks into his new job he had to announce that...

Tories fuel further debate on ID cards

sarah arnott — 2007-02-22T00:00:00.000Z

sarah arnott, Computing, Thursday 22 February 2007 at 00:00:00

Industry insiders say the row is a storm in a teacup

Last week’s call from shadow home secretary David Davis for MPs to oversee the contractual arrangements for the government’s ID cards scheme is the latest in the wrangle between the...

MPs argue over ID card pricing

Parliamentary Correspondent — 2007-02-22T00:00:00.000Z

Parliamentary Correspondent, Computing, Thursday 22 February 2007 at 00:00:00

Seventy per cent of biometric scheme costs to be spent anyway upgrading passports, says Home Office

The government is being accused of inflating the price of biometric passports to disguise the cost of its identity card scheme....