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RSS national ID cardID card database: 500 names added in first month
News The National Identity Register - the database behind the ID card scheme - contains more than 500 names after a month of operation. The National Identity Register... [26 Nov 2009]
First ID card watchdog named
News The ID card that will be issued to UK citizens (photo credit: Home Office) Sir Joseph Pilling will take up the watchdog role from next month, where he will be responsible for independently monitoring how... [14 Sep 2009]
Photos: UK's ID card revealed
Photo This is the first glimpse at what the British ID card will look like. There is also doubt among MPs and academics over how many people will be willing to pay £60 to have an ID... [30 Jul 2009]
India's social ills soothed by outsourcing leaders?
Comment No single ID card is widespread, though. Urban, educated Indians have a multitude of identification cards provided by the government such as passport, driver's licence, income tax payee... [27 Jul 2009]
Revealed: £12.4m cost of pilots' ID cards project
News Edgar Whitley, reader in information systems at the London School of Economics and co-author of two LSE reports on the ID card project, said it is hard to justify the spending on the CWIC project.... [23 Jul 2009]
IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News The Conservative Party told ID card contractors in June that its "firm policy" is to abandon the National Identity Scheme. This contract will provide a secure database for storing facial... [13 Jul 2009]
Labour politician joins calls to scrap ID cards
News On Wednesday MPs will vote on secondary legislation under the Identity Cards Act 2006 that will introduce the fee of £30 for enrolling details on the National Identity Register and a further £30 for submitting an... [07 Jul 2009]
ID cards: 'A project nobody wants and the nation can't afford'
News The government has been slammed over its decision to press ahead with the national ID card scheme following Home Secretary Alan Johnson's announcement that carrying an... [01 Jul 2009]
ID cards U-turn: No compulsory cards for pilots
News We have never seen the national ID card as an improvement to security, and we are glad that the new Home Secretary has listened to Balpa," said McAuslan. The Conservatives have pledged... [01 Jul 2009]
Tories tell vendors: 'Don't sign ID card contracts'
News Speaking to ZDNet UK, Green cautioned the current Labour government against pushing on with its ID card plan. Damian Green, the shadow immigration minister, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on... [18 Jun 2009]
And the £400m biometric passport contract goes to…?
News The biometric passports are part of a wider government strategy which also encompasses an ID card scheme. The Liberal Democrats recently said the present government is not capable of managing a project... [12 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo Top of the list is the £5bn ID cards project, the scheme to provide a biometric identity card for UK citizens and foreign nationals in the UK. Question marks around the project include security concerns... [10 Jun 2009]
ID cards head for the high street
News With an identity card, people will be able to prove their identity quickly and conveniently while helping to protect themselves against identity fraud. The Post Office, pharmacists and photography shops are in talks to... [06 May 2009]
Manchester public will get first UK ID cards
News Manchester will be the first place in the UK where the public can apply for an ID card. But Lord Peter Smith, chairman of the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities, said he believes the city's... [06 May 2009]
ID cards: "massive drop" in public confidence, says Blunkett
News The Home Secretary announced last year that as the National Identity Service rolls out in 2011/2012, we will be offering British citizens the choice of having an identity card, a passport, or both. MP... [05 May 2009]
