Identity and Passport Service
ID card spending doubles to £56m
News The new Identity and Passport Service will spend £56m on setting up the controversial ID cards project this year. In the fourth quarter of this year, 600,000 first-time... [21 Apr 2006]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has scaled back plans to upgrade its electronic passport system. I is for Identity... [02 Jul 2008]
ID and Passport Agency call centre deal up for grabs
News A contract for outsourced call centre services and customer support at the newly formed Identity and Passport Service (IPS) is up for grabs. The IPS... [04 Jul 2006]
And the £400m biometric passport contract goes to…?
News The Identity and Passport Service on Thursday announced the £400m contract for the passports, which will be available to UK citizens from October 2010. James Hall, chief... [12 Jun 2009]
ID card procurement timetable revealed
News The contracts to build and run the UK's national ID card system will not go out to tender before April of next year, the head of the Identity and Passport... [17 Nov 2006]
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... [16 Sep 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... [10 Mar 2008]
ID cards 'could replace passports'
News UK citizens will be able to use their ID cards to travel to Europe, raising the possibility that they could eventually replace passports, according to the Identity and Passport... [21 Nov 2008]
IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News The company and the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) announced the contract term on Friday. National Identity Scheme contractors... [13 Jul 2009]
ID cards-based criminal record checks 'are A-OK'
News The volunteers piloted two potential online services developed by the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) and the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) which... [01 Oct 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... [17 Jan 2007]
Tech upgrade for biometric passports and ID cards
News The UK Passport Service (UKPS) is working on a technology upgrade to help it cope with new demands resulting from biometric passports and identity cards. When the UKPS... [19 Jul 2005]
Passport problems could hit Microsoft in the wallet
News On Thursday, the software giant was scrambling to determine the impact of a flaw in the password reset feature of its Passport identity service. Last August, Microsoft signed a consent... [09 May 2003]
Gov trumpets ePassports successes
News Speaking at a Westminster eForum, Stephen Harrison, director of Policy at the Identity and Passport service, said: "Biometric ID is not just about control it's about... [13 Jul 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Bordering on stupidity
Comment I is for Identity and Passport Service Take that old paper passport and add some electronics to turn it into a super-secure means of ID... [21 Aug 2008]
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