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ID card contract shortlist gets shorter
News The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has further whittled down the shortlisted companies to deliver parts of the ID card system and passport application scheme. The IPS said that... [16 Sep 2008]
Riviera Hotel & Casino Hits the Jackpot With Check Point IPS-1 Intrusion Prevention System
White Paper After a detailed review process of network security products available on the market, Riviera chose IPS-1 from Check Point for its advanced management and defense capabilities. IPS-1 keeps up with the... [04 Aug 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News The IPS is also responsible for delivering the ID cards scheme, which will be rolled out over the next four years, starting with about 10 million "critical" workers in 2009, young people in 2010 and the rest of the UK... [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 IPS is putting an enlarged fingerprint bureau in... [20 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... [23 May 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... [10 Mar 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News In August, the Identity and Passport Service's (IPS) Framework Procurement was published in the Official Journal of the European Union, inviting potential suppliers to pitch for the lucrative ID card... [19 Dec 2007]
ID cards-based criminal record checks 'are A-OK'
News Booth told silicon.com: "IPS is trying to sell a so-called benefit without any reference to actual cost or reality. The volunteers piloted two potential online services developed by the Identity and Passport Service... [01 Oct 2007]
Tech suppliers get ID card lowdown
News The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) staged a bidders' conference last week for companies to learn how the procurement process for the National Identity Scheme (NIS) will work and what kinds of projects they could be... [17 Sep 2007]
ID cards: The bidding war begins
News The IPS predicts total spending on these procurement contracts will be around £2bn - a significant chunk of the ID card scheme's £5.5bn total budget. The Identity and Passport Service's... [09 Aug 2007]
£31m pumped into ID card project
News The £30.9m NIS-incurred expenditure was short of the initial budget of £55m, according to the Home Office Identity and Passport Service (IPS) Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2007. [30 Jul 2007]
ID cards: "A disaster waiting to happen"
News James Hall, Identity and Passport Service (IPS) CEO, said in an online webchat on the Downing Street website that most uses of the ID card will probably not involve accessing the National Identity... [09 Mar 2007]
Nothing to fear over ID cards privacy, says passport chief
News But James Hall, CEO of the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), said in an online webchat on the Downing Street website that most uses of the ID card will probably not involve accessing the NIR and would... [06 Mar 2007]
Passport system hit by lack of testing
News According to a report by the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), the EPA2 was introduced on a live trial basis into its Newport office on 16 May 2006 but "shortly after it was switched on the performance of the EPA2... [17 Jan 2007]
Re:Viewing 2006: The year in the public sector
News The government wasted no time in starting work on the controversial ID card scheme after the bill became law in March, setting up the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), which is in charge of managing... [21 Dec 2006]
