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Home Office announces first UK citizens to receive ID cards

Staff at Manchester and London City airports to pilot controversial scheme 06 Nov 2008

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Thales wins first part of ID cards contract

Scheme will begin for foreign nationals in 2009 04 Aug 2008

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Identity card scheme will not mandate fingerprint readers

A proliferation of different fingerprint reading machines will be used in government programmes 24 Jun 2008

Top Tory MP Davis resigns to fight "database state"

Triggers by-election to stop "exposing our personal data to careless civil servants and criminal hackers" 12 Jun 2008

ID cards: all five remaining suppliers through to next round

CSC, EDS, Fujitsu, IBM, and Thales will all sign framework contracts 23 May 2008

Home Office slashes ID card rollout costs

Slower introduction leads to cheaper rollout 07 May 2008

MPs raise fears over data protection for national ID register

Committee highlights question marks over repeated breaches of data laws 14 Mar 2008

Private sector to collect biometrics for ID card plan

Government does not want to provide biometric enrolment services itself 06 Mar 2008

ID scheme delayed, says leak

Home Office documents obtained by the Tories say cards for citizens put back two years 23 Jan 2008

ID cards costs go down - but just a bit

Home Office's latest update on controversial programme reflects unexpected savings 09 Nov 2007

Extra staff to push up ID costs, says Home Office

Head of Passport Service says previous estimates were unrealistic 17 May 2007

Smart cards open doors for university students

Wolverhampton issues 23,000 students with smart cards 08 May 2007

Innovation broadens Accenture’s horizons

Accenture UK managing director says technology use is starting to mature 19 Apr 2007

Tories fuel further debate on ID cards

Industry insiders say the row is a storm in a teacup 22 Feb 2007

MPs argue over ID card pricing

Seventy per cent of biometric scheme costs to be spent anyway upgrading passports, says Home Office 22 Feb 2007

Conservatives reject ID card scheme

David Cameron's Tories will cancel ID card deals 08 Feb 2007

Identity cards pave way for Whitehall IT sharing

Government technology should be re-used as much as possible, says John Suffolk 11 Jan 2007

The key technology items on the agenda for 2007

Computing previews the big issues for this year 04 Jan 2007

Iris use dropped in ID card plans

Cost and technical uncertainties cited for decision 04 Jan 2007

Technology at the heart of change - Computing's review of 2006

We look back at the high and lows of an eventful 2006 for the technology industry 21 Dec 2006

Technology at the heart of change - Computing's review of 2006

We look back at the high and lows of an eventful 2006 for the technology industry 21 Dec 2006

Whitehall readies ID card action plan

Industry concerns focus on government management skills 23 Nov 2006

Best of the web - 17 Nov 06

Today's round-up of the rest of the web leads with fears of a shortage of skilled IT staff 17 Nov 2006

ID test plans fuel controversy

Experts warn Whitehall of risks from limited tests of identity card IT 26 Oct 2006

Cost of ID card technology pencilled in at £800m

Tech to take up about 15 per cent of £5.4bn estimated cost 12 Oct 2006

Identity card scheme to cost £5.4bn

The Home Office's first six-monthly costing report says 15 per cent of the money will be spent on technology 09 Oct 2006

Cameron promises to scrap identity cards

Conservative Party leader tells conference delegates that ID cards are a waste of money 03 Oct 2006

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