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RSS immigrationLaw Firm Cuts IT Costs by 90 Percent, Dismisses Server Worries with Online Services
White Paper Nolan Law Office specializes in immigration law. James C. Owner James Nolan uses technology to deliver excellent customer service and achieve paperless efficiencies, but his technology costs were too high, and it was too... [16 Nov 2009]
Data Mining and Homeland Security: An Overview
White Paper In the context of homeland security, data mining can be a potential means to identify terrorist activities, such as money transfers and communications, and to identify and track individual terrorists themselves, such as through travel... [29 Aug 2009]
IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News We will scrutinise these contracts closely but the Conservatives are committed to dropping the ID cards scheme and the national register," shadow immigration minister Damian Green told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on... [13 Jul 2009]
Tories tell vendors: 'Don't sign ID card contracts'
News Damian Green, the shadow immigration minister, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Wednesday that the Tories want to remind the five companies that have been selected to bid for contracts to provide ID cards that... [18 Jun 2009]
ID cards to remain unreadable until next year
News With no readers in place, police and immigration officers are currently still relying on traditional methods of checking ID cardholders' identity, by running a fresh set of prints against existing identity databases. [07 Apr 2009]
Identity crisis for £1.2bn e-Borders system?
News The UK Border Agency has a network of immigration liaison officers working closely with airlines and intelligence organisations overseas — they are based at airports and ensure that those travelling on high risk routes... [30 Mar 2009]
NEXUS: Life in the Fast Lane - RFID Powers Border Crossing Program
White Paper After considering a number of possibilities, U.S.immigration officials, which now are part of the new Homeland Security department, selected a system that relies on a backbone of Intermec Intellitag Radio Frequency... [16 Mar 2009]
Home Office to widen ID card grasp?
News Under the proposed regulations, which are part of government plans, applicants under six categories for UK immigration will need to provide fingerprints and a photograph to be stored electronically on the card, the Home... [13 Feb 2009]
"We must not allow ourselves to become a Big Brother society"
News UK border and immigration minister Phil Woolas said in a statement: "Our hi-tech electronic borders system will allow us to count all passengers in and out of the UK and targets those who aren't willing to play by our... [10 Feb 2009]
Exclusive: ID cards are here - but police can't read them
News With no readers in place, police and immigration officers are currently still relying on traditional methods of checking ID cardholders' identity, running a fresh set of prints against existing identity databases. [04 Feb 2009]
UK Border Agency to "shake up" immigration with new IT
News The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has signed a £3m, three-year deal with IBM to help with the design and integration of a new IT system to support work around immigration. IBM will act as strategic systems integration partner... [16 Dec 2008]
Mobile biometric scanners for all UK police
News The Police National Computer, immigration databases and intelligence databases could also have real-time links to the mobile scanners in future, giving police offices almost instant access to a person's ID and personal... [22 Oct 2008]
One million ID cards every year from 2009
News We all want to see our borders more secure and human trafficking, benefit fraud and immigration crime tackled. Smith was speaking at an event in London today where she revealed the design of the card for the first time. [25 Sep 2008]
Inbox: iPhone, the Facebook generation and the IT skills shortage
Comment Proposed changes to the UK's immigration system could lead to more IT jobs being offshored, industry experts have warned. A comment piece on silicon.com this week outlined a few gripes, which sparked a frenzy of comments... [17 Sep 2008]
Migration rules to fuel IT offshoring?
News Proposed changes to the UK's immigration system could lead to more IT jobs being offshored, industry experts have warned. Despite a well-documented domestic IT skills shortage - and projections of increasing demand for... [11 Sep 2008]
