Identity and Passport Service
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Bordering on stupidity
Comment I is for Identity and Passport Service Take that old paper passport and add some electronics to turn it into a super-secure means of ID and certification. N is for National Identity Register In the case of ePassports there needs to be at least an... [21 Aug 2008]
£18m National Identity Register deal awarded
News But a spokesman for the Identity and Passport Service said the department had confidence in the system that would be fully functional by the second half of 2009. The defence contractor will design, build, test and operate an early version of the... [04 Aug 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News But an Identity and Passport Service spokesman said: "Our high tech security features mean that these passports are unusable. Phil Booth, national co-ordinator for anti-ID card and privacy pressure group NO2ID, said: "The really tricky part about... [29 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News The launch of the site coincides with the publishing of findings of a survey by the Identity and Passport Service showing that 63 per cent of young people support the idea of a nationally recognised form of identity to prove their age. [09 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News However, James Hall, chief executive of the Identity and Passport Service, maintained that the cards would enhance airport security. F is for Federated identity The British Air Transport Association (Bata) said aviation workers were being used as... [07 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has scaled back plans to upgrade its electronic passport system. IPS chief executive James Hall said in a statement: "We are better placed than ever to build on our successes in the passport service to... [02 Jul 2008]
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News BAG urged the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) to adopt iris scans as a "fall back", for when there are problems taking or matching a fingerprint. The ID scheme will be rolled out over the next four years, starting with about 10 million... [20 Jun 2008]
Richard Steel
CIO Profile He's involved in a number of other groups, including the Public Sector Infrastructure Group, Government Connect Stakeholder Board and the Identity and Passport services local government advisory board. [11 Jun 2008]
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]
New president takes the reins at Socitm
News He is also a member of the Identity and Passport Service local government advisory board. The Naked CIO: Identity crisis Richard Steel has been named president of the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm), the professional... [29 Apr 2008]
Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release
News I is for Identity and Passport Service N is for National Identity Register 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... [14 Apr 2008]
ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill
News I is for Identity and Passport Service 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. [11 Apr 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News 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 workers and Olympic security staff as the... [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. The government said it was still planning to force foreign nationals living in Britain to register... [07 Mar 2008]
ID card u-turn by government
News I is for Identity and Passport Service Anyone renewing or applying for a new passport from 2011 onwards will be required to add their biometric details to the National Identity Register, but they won't now be forced to pay for a physical ID card... [06 Mar 2008]
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