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ID cards to cost more than £5.6bn
News The previous cost report - released in May 2007 - projected costs from April 2007 to April 2017 of the ID cards and ePassports scheme to be more than £5.5bn. A £5.43bn price tag covers the total resource costs of providing both ePassports and ID... [09 Nov 2007]
UK passports face massive price hike
News But a report by parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warns the cost could increase even more with the introduction of the second generation ePassports in 2009.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics [10 Oct 2007]
Gov trumpets ePassports successes
News The government has pointed to the successes of its ePassports scheme, claiming 4,000 ineligible visa applications have been blocked due to biometric checks. Speaking at a Westminster eForum, Stephen Harrison, director of Policy at the Identity and... [13 Jul 2007]
ID cards to cost more than £5.5bn
News The cost of providing ePassports and ID cards to UK citizens for the period between April 2007 and April 2017 is estimated to be £5.55bn, according to the government's Identity Cards Scheme Cost Report May 2007. [10 May 2007]
ePassports come in on budget - though with 'chip gap'
News The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has completed the launch of ePassports on time and on budget but question marks still surround several aspects of the project, including how defective chips on the electronic documents will be dealt with. [06 Feb 2007]
ID card mega-database ditched
News For the Public Key Infrastructure information related to the secure use and issue of ID cards, the plan is to build on existing systems used to issue ePassports which currently rely on facial biometrics. [19 Dec 2006]
ID card procurement timetable revealed
News The Home Office, however, was forced to defend the security of the new ePassports and ID cards today after a security expert and Guardian newspaper journalist hacked one of the encrypted chips on the new high-tech passports in just 48 hours. [17 Nov 2006]
RFID-chipped passport deadline passes
News The deadline for countries required by the US to issue passports with RFID tags has passed and all but three of the nations involved are now issuing the so-called ePassports, according to the US Department of Homeland Security (DoHS). [27 Oct 2006]
Biometric passports take off
News More that 2.5 million ePassports have been issued since the new biometric documents went into production in March. He said the changeover to ePassports had taken place over a number of months, while the agency also dealt with record levels of... [05 Oct 2006]
Biometric passport cracked and cloned
News However, standardisation across ePassports means the exploit would work on any other passport which uses RFID chip technology to store details of the individual - such as those now being issued in the UK or US - and was carried out using freely... [04 Aug 2006]
High-tech security forces up passport price - again
News ePassports aren't the only place that biometrics are being used. One million biometric ePassports have been issued since March when the new style travel documents were launched. Failure to have an ePassports programme in place before October would... [24 Jul 2006]
First biometric chipped ePassports issued in UK
News The first biometric ePassports have been issued in the UK. The ePassports, which are already available from the British Consulate Generals in Cairo and Washington, and the rollout to all passport-issuing posts overseas will be completed by July 2006. [06 Mar 2006]
ePassports start their travels
News The first ePassports, which feature personal information stored on a computer chip, have been issued. According to the Home Office, ePassports are now being issued by the Foreign Office in Washington, and stocks are being built up for other offices... [21 Feb 2006]
ID cards will be "snooper's paradise" say critics
News The paper-thin RFID-style chip is already set to be embedded in the new ePassports, in compliance with International Civil Aviation Organisation guidelines for international travel documents, and can be read by a scanner without the need for the... [30 Jan 2006]
Passport price forced up by biometric chip costs
News Anti-fraud features include the gradual introduction of new biometric 'ePassports' from February 2006, which will contain a scan of the holder's facial features embedded in a chip. The UK Passport Service said it will manage the volume of biometric... [17 Nov 2005]
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