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Girl Guides get e-Bulked up
News Girlguiding UK has become the first user of a new electronic criminal record checking service from the Criminal Records Bureau. Now, those organisations - who make more... [20 Apr 2009]
ID cards project adds implementation chief
News Vince Gaskell, currently head of the Criminal Records Bureau will move to the IPS to take up a new role as executive director for new service implementation. The government agency in... [18 Nov 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News He added that security and Criminal Records Bureau checks carried out with ID cards would be far quicker and easier for the employer and employees. James Hall, director of the Identity... [10 Mar 2008]
ID cards-based criminal record checks 'are A-OK'
News The volunteers piloted two potential online services developed by the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) and the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) which could be used to authenticate the... [01 Oct 2007]
National ID Scheme an "essential defence"
News Byrne outlined several trials, including a joint Identity and Passport Service/Criminal Records Bureau pilot to demonstrate how background checks can be carried out more quickly and... [19 Jun 2007]
ID cards to be used for criminal record checks
News The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) has outlined initial plans for integrating ID cards into the criminal record vetting process as part of a "period of major change" in... [23 May 2006]
2,700 people wrongly tagged as criminals
News The government has admitted that 2,700 people have been wrongly labelled criminals following errors at the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB). He said in a statement: "While dangerous... [22 May 2006]
Government services miss online deadline
News Criminal Records Bureau and Prison Visits at the Home Office. A list of the government services that are still not available electronically has been revealed. The government's aim had... [12 Apr 2006]
Schools to scrutinise background checkers
News The move comes as the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) is clamping down on the number of professional organisations allowed to carry out security checks, as it says there are too many.... [07 Apr 2006]
Capita chairman made £1m loan to Labour Party
News Aldridge's donation has come under scrutiny in the media because Capita runs many high-profile government IT projects, including the London Congestion Charging scheme, TV licensing and the Criminal... [21 Mar 2006]
The 11 companies that run 80 per cent of government IT
News Top public sector deals that Capita is involved with include the London Congestion Charging scheme, TV licensing and the Criminal Records Bureau, which is expected to issue 2.7 million... [27 Oct 2005]
Rising costs to limit number of criminal record checks
News The number of charity organisations and other agencies using the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) database to vet recruits working with children and vulnerable adults is to be restricted... [21 Jul 2005]
Meet the politicians in charge of government IT
Comment Burnham will also take responsibility for the Criminal Records Bureau, the scene of technical problems in the past. Fiona Mactaggart has been appointed a parliamentary under secretary... [13 May 2005]
Ministers start work on tech policies
News Burnham will also take responsibility for the Criminal Records Bureau, the scene of technical problems in the past. Also at the Home Office, parliamentary under secretary Paul Goggins... [11 May 2005]
Government IT gets 'unfair' kicking
News The most risky way of introducing a new IT project is through "big bang" implementation - tax credits and the Criminal Records Bureau being examples of this. The former head of the... [07 Feb 2005]
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