Identity and Passport Service
Cheat Sheet: Outsourcing
Cheat Sheet In addition, outsourcing megadeals - contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds to deliver a range of services over multiple years - have also enjoyed something of a comeback recently, as shown by the likes of BT's £500m contract... [11 Sep 2009]
Photos: UK's ID card revealed
Photo The cards will also be able to be used instead of a passport to travel between countries in Europe. An Identity Commissioner will be appointed to oversee operation of the service... [30 Jul 2009]
India's social ills soothed by outsourcing leaders?
Comment Urban, educated Indians have a multitude of identification cards provided by the government such as passport, driver's licence, income tax payee card and voter's card. The authority is tasked with... [27 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.07.09
Round-Up According to the Identity and Passport Service's annual accounts, published earlier this week, £12.4m was spent on the Critical Workers Identity Card... [24 Jul 2009]
Revealed: £12.4m cost of pilots' ID cards project
News According to the Identity and Passport Service's (IPS) annual accounts, published earlier this week, £12.4m was spent on the Critical Workers Identity... [23 Jul 2009]
Virtualisation and cloud: The new weapons in the outsourcing arms race
News Recent megadeals have included BT's £500m contract with the NHS, IBM and CSC's £300m deals with the government's Identity and Passport Service,... [14 Jul 2009]
IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News The company and the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) announced the contract term on Friday. National Identity Scheme contractors... [13 Jul 2009]
'Post Office workers can't spot ID card fraudsters'
News People living in Manchester, who will be able to apply for ID cards from the end of 2009, would enrol in facilities in Identity and Passport Service offices. I would... [08 Jul 2009]
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]
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