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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. This is the first glimpse at what the British ID card will look like. The design for the British cards was unveiled by... [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. India's successful tech executives are beginning to... [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 (CWIC) scheme last year. Phishing has become a constant nuisance for... [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 Card (CWIC) scheme last year. The government has spent millions of... [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, and a £685m deal for HP-EDS at insurance giant Aviva. As IT outsourcing... [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 also include CSC, which has a contract to upgrade UK passport... [13 Jul 2009]
'Post Office workers can't spot ID card fraudsters'
News I would assume that the Post Office would have been one of the more secure locations, as they are handling money and passport applications," he said. People living in Manchester, who will be able to apply for ID cards... [08 Jul 2009]
ID cards: 'A project nobody wants and the nation can't afford'
News While the government may have decided to drop the compulsory element of the scheme, it's still hoping to encourage UK citizens to sign up voluntarily by promoting potential uses of the card, such as for travel within Europe in place of a... [01 Jul 2009]
Tories tell vendors: 'Don't sign ID card contracts'
News Grayling's letter referred to two ID scheme-related contracts: one given to CSC to upgrade passport application systems, and another given to IBM to supply the biometric database. The Conservatives have urged a group of... [18 Jun 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 executive of the Identity and... [12 Jun 2009]
Vodafone gives roaming charges a summer holiday
News The company has an opt-in tariff called Passport, through which customers can make calls at domestic rates while abroad. Passport involves a 75p levy on each call made and received, and it is that charge... [14 May 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 can work with industry to resolve these. The majority of pilots in... [08 May 2009]
ID cards: "massive drop" in public confidence, says Blunkett
News A single document combining a compulsory biometric passport with a driving licence would be more popular, according to Blunkett. An Identity and Passport Service spokesperson said that the government... [05 May 2009]
Innovation Network Lecture Series: EPC RFID Tags in Security Applications: Passport Cards, Drivers Licenses, and Beyond
White Paper Electronic Product Code (EPC) tags are industry-standard Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices poised to supplant optical barcodes in many applications. They are prevalent in case and pallet tracking, and percolating into... [30 Apr 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 possibility of adding chip and PIN functionality, with... [15 Apr 2009]
