Foreign Office
RSS Foreign OfficeID cards: 10,000 Brits want to sign up
News The first ID cards were issued to foreign nationals living in the UK from last November. According to the Home Office, to date 10,000 people have asked for further information on applying for a card... [19 Oct 2009]
First ID card watchdog named
News Those distributed to foreign nationals will be covered by the Information Commissioner's Office and the chief inspector for the UK Border Agency. Sir Joseph Pilling will take up the watchdog role from... [14 Sep 2009]
Biometrics system for foreign students raises MPs' eyebrows
News UK universities can guarantee that foreign students applying for visas will attend under the sponsorship management system, which is part of the NBIS. However, as approximately eight per cent of university funding comes... [05 Aug 2009]
Photos: UK's ID card revealed
Photo The white British card looks rather different to the pink and blue ID cards for foreign nationals, seen here, that were unveiled last November. The card holds similar biographic and biometric details, with the... [30 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.07.09
Round-Up Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary David Miliband told the BBC: "For goodness' sake, let's grow up. Yes, personality counts but unless you've got a lot of stickers on your side telling the world how official and accredited you... [10 Jul 2009]
Home Office CIO on taming tech and why ID cards are good news
Comment Despite a recent spate of criticisms, from Tories pledging to cancel the scheme if they win the next election to concern over the failure to provide readers for the microchip on ID cards issued to foreign nationals,... [10 Jul 2009]
ID cards: 'A project nobody wants and the nation can't afford'
News The ID card scheme will remain compulsory for foreign nationals from outside the European Economic Area however and the Home Secretary has asked the UK Border Agency to review the rollout so far and identify how it could... [01 Jul 2009]
Photos: The UK's top CIOs
Photo Tony Mather, CIO of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, was also representing the public sector at the event - and making his second appearance on the CIO50 list.Photo credit: Chris Beaumont/CBS... [19 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo Top of the list is the £5bn ID cards project, the scheme to provide a biometric identity card for UK citizens and foreign nationals in the UK. Photo credit: Office of Andy Burnham Photo credit:... [10 Jun 2009]
Tony Mather
CIO Profile Tony Mather is CIO of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, signing up for civil service in March 2007 after being hired in from the private sector as part of the government's drive to recruit talent from... [03 Jun 2009]
Legal Eye: Ecommerce held back by outdated laws
Comment Consumers' lack of familiarity with the protection and redress available against a foreign seller is also a major concern, the report revealed. General anxiety about payment security and fraud relating to online... [15 Apr 2009]
Researchers uncover "vast" computer spy network
News Embassies, foreign ministries, government offices and the Dalai Lama's Tibetan exile centers in India, Brussels, London and New York were among those infiltrated, said the researchers, who have detected computer... [30 Mar 2009]
Gov't watchdog reveals first ID card worries
News While ID cards became compulsory for some categories of foreign nationals last year, they are currently optional for the general public. The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has published the findings... [20 Mar 2009]
Home Office to widen ID card grasp?
News The Home Office has made a formal request to Parliament to increase the scope of ID cards for foreign nationals. The Home Office on Thursday said it considered these groups of... [13 Feb 2009]
How tech is making FCO 'more foreign, less office'
Comment The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) started life in the aftermath of the American War of Independence - with the first UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs being appointed in... [04 Feb 2009]
