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RSS passport in newsID cards face student scorn
News The launch of the site coincides with the publishing of findings of a survey by the Identity and Passport Service showing that 63 per cent of young people support the idea of a nationally recognised form of identity to prove their age. [09 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News However, James Hall, chief executive of the Identity and Passport Service, maintained that the cards would enhance airport security. The British Air Transport Association (Bata) said aviation workers were being used as guinea pigs for the scheme. [07 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has scaled back plans to upgrade its electronic passport system. Millions had been spent on the Electronic Passport Application (EPA2) project upgrade. IPS chief executive James Hall said in a statement: "We... [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 ID scheme will be rolled out over the next four years, starting with about 10 million... [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 contract to fill. [23 May 2008]
New president takes the reins at Socitm
News He is also a member of the Identity and Passport Service local government advisory board. Richard Steel has been named president of the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm), the professional association for public sector IT managers. [29 Apr 2008]
Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release
News I is for Identity and Passport Service The High Court has quashed a ruling that a review of the ID card scheme should be published. Judge Stanley Burnton overturned the decision by the Information Tribunal that the ID card gateway reviews should be... [14 Apr 2008]
ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill
News Spending on consultants within the Identity and Passport Service, responsible for realising the ID card scheme, increased from £237,000 to £30m during the same period. I is for Identity and Passport Service [11 Apr 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News I is for Identity and Passport Service 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... [10 Mar 2008]
ID card u-turn by government
News A government u-turn has ditched plans to force people to get a biometric ID card when they renew or apply for a passport. I is for Identity and Passport Service Anyone renewing or applying for a new passport from 2011 onwards will be required to... [06 Mar 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News I is for Identity and Passport Service The latest government ID card plans have revealed people will face fines of up to £1,000 for skipping biometric scans. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards Click on the links below to find out everything you ever... [26 Feb 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Automated biometric systems will eventually replace the often laborious system of repeated manual passport and security checks that plague fliers today, said Matthew Finn, director of government and security for airline industry IT body Sita. [21 Feb 2008]
ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers
News I is for Identity and Passport Service A spokesman for the Identity and Passport Service said it made sense to adopt an incremental approach to rolling out ID cards: "It is obviously right and logical that our first priority should be to consider... [20 Feb 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News The measures would apply to the 24 nations within the EU's Schengen zone for passport-free travel. Under plans to strengthen checks at European borders laid out by the European Commission, international travellers would also have their stay logged... [14 Feb 2008]
Heathrow T3 tackles lost luggage with RFID
News Stephen Challis, head of product development at BAA Heathrow, said: "In effect the bag is travelling with its own passport… improving the certainty around the operation and reducing the manual intervention that's required, which we believe will... [13 Feb 2008]
