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Time to bin ID cards?
News Opponents questioned whether the complex £2bn system has any chance of being run effectively or competitively when the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has just five companies left to choose from and five parts of the contract to fill. [23 May 2008]
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 at MSN - Using MOM 2005 to Monitor One of the Largest Web Portals in the World (Level 300)
White Paper The presenter of this webcast shows how Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 is used to support the unique business requirements of MSN, Hotmail, and Passport through proactive monitoring and alerting. [01 May 2008]
McAfee.com Uses Support for XML Web Services in Microsoft .NET to Help Increase End-User Security and Improve Customer Communication
White Paper Users are authenticated through Microsoft .NET Passport, eliminating the need for them to visit the company's Web site and log on before they can download new virus definitions. McAfee.com used Microsoft .NET to deliver a new and improved version... [01 May 2008]
Trans World Entertainment Delivers a Unique Consumer Experience With Microsoft .NET; Early Results Indicate a Significant Improvement in Retail Sales
White Paper Integration with several .NET user experiences is increasing brand awareness and driving customers to FYE.com and the company's retail stores, while integration with .NET Passport is providing customers with a common identity across touch points. [01 May 2008]
New president takes the reins at Socitm
News He is also a member of the Identity and Passport Service local government advisory board. Richard Steel has been named president of the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm), the professional association for public sector IT managers. [29 Apr 2008]
Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release
News I is for Identity and Passport Service The High Court has quashed a ruling that a review of the ID card scheme should be published. Judge Stanley Burnton overturned the decision by the Information Tribunal that the ID card gateway reviews should be... [14 Apr 2008]
ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill
News Spending on consultants within the Identity and Passport Service, responsible for realising the ID card scheme, increased from £237,000 to £30m during the same period. I is for Identity and Passport Service [11 Apr 2008]
Financials: An Excerpt From "IT Success!"
White Paper While budget ownership by the client does give him the final say for IT purchases, it does not imply a passport to buy anything and everything without validation from a technology, architecture and resource perspective. [19 Mar 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News I is for Identity and Passport Service James Hall, director of the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), told silicon.com the revised scheme is likely to cut £1bn off its £5.4bn price tag, that power station workers are likely to join airport... [10 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.03.08
Round-Up It’s only gone and announced it is ditching plans that would have forced people to get a biometric ID card when they renew or apply for a passport. Are you worried that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will render your precious applications unusable? [07 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment The mass population won't now be required to register their biometrics on the national identity register when renewing or applying for a new passport until 2012 now (the original timetable was to do this by 2010). [07 Mar 2008]
ID card u-turn by government
News A government u-turn has ditched plans to force people to get a biometric ID card when they renew or apply for a passport. I is for Identity and Passport Service Anyone renewing or applying for a new passport from 2011 onwards will be required to... [06 Mar 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News I is for Identity and Passport Service The latest government ID card plans have revealed people will face fines of up to £1,000 for skipping biometric scans. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards Click on the links below to find out everything you ever... [26 Feb 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Automated biometric systems will eventually replace the often laborious system of repeated manual passport and security checks that plague fliers today, said Matthew Finn, director of government and security for airline industry IT body Sita. [21 Feb 2008]
ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers
News I is for Identity and Passport Service A spokesman for the Identity and Passport Service said it made sense to adopt an incremental approach to rolling out ID cards: "It is obviously right and logical that our first priority should be to consider... [20 Feb 2008]
