Identity and Passport Service
And the £400m biometric passport contract goes to…?
News The Identity and Passport Service on Thursday announced the £400m contract for the passports, which will be available to UK citizens from October 2010. James Hall, chief... [12 Jun 2009]
Pilots to bail out on ID cards
News An Identity and Passport Service spokeswoman said: "Balpa have come to us with their concerns and we have spoken to them a number of times about how we... [08 May 2009]
ID cards: "massive drop" in public confidence, says Blunkett
News An Identity and Passport Service spokesperson said that the government still plans to introduce identity cards as planned. The Home Secretary announced... [05 May 2009]
Chip and PIN for ID cards: Not such a sharp idea?
News With doubts over the practical benefits the cards will offer to the public still dogging the project, the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) last week raised the... [15 Apr 2009]
The A to Z of ID cards
News The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) insists lessons will be learned from past IT projects but the project has already seen the shortlist of companies bidding to run... [15 Apr 2009]
£650m ID card biometrics: IBM and CSC win contracts
News No government department staff aside from the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) will be able to access either the biometric or biographical details, the source added.... [08 Apr 2009]
ID cards to remain unreadable until next year
News Readers capable of scanning the cards' chips will not be in place until they are introduced at UK border entry points next year, Bill Crothers, CIO and executive director commercial for the Identity... [07 Apr 2009]
Gov't watchdog reveals first ID card worries
News Other risks cited in the 2003 report included inadequate support from relevant organisations such as the police, DVLA and Identity and Passport Service;... [20 Mar 2009]
Pilots want to put the brakes on ID card plan
News An Identity and Passport Service spokesman said in a statement: "Balpa have come to us with their concerns and we have spoken to them a number of times... [16 Feb 2009]
"We must not allow ourselves to become a Big Brother society"
News The centre will be run by the UK Identity and Passport Service, with input from HMRC, MI5, MI6, the Serious Organised Crime Agency and the police. Booth... [10 Feb 2009]
Exclusive: ID cards are here - but police can't read them
News Currently no police stations, border entry points or job centres have readers for the card's biometric chip, the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) revealed in response... [04 Feb 2009]
"Please give me an ID card" say UK citizens
News The announcement follows Identity and Passport Service (IPS) research that found 55 per cent of the public "agreed with ID cards" in November 2008, down from 60 per cent... [22 Dec 2008]
ID cards: Rely on 'visual check' as biometrics unreadable
News But the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has revealed that for the foreseeable future employers will not have scanners that can verify a worker's ID against the... [25 Nov 2008]
ID cards 'could replace passports'
News UK citizens will be able to use their ID cards to travel to Europe, raising the possibility that they could eventually replace passports, according to the Identity and Passport... [21 Nov 2008]
ID cards project adds implementation chief
News According to the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), an extra board member has been appointed to the scheme as the government prepares for the first 50,000 ID cards to... [18 Nov 2008]
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