£650m ID cards contracts awarded to CSC and IBM

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IBM will run biometrics database while CSC will deliver new passport and ID card application systems

The Home Office is moving forward with ID cards Home secretary Jacqui Smith has announced that IBM and CSC have won £650m-worth of contracts to deliver IT systems to support the controversial ide...

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