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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Bordering on stupidity
Comment U is for Utility bill A is for Act What could be easier? Take that old paper passport and add some electronics to turn it into a super-secure means of ID and certification. After all, we only have to decide on the global standards for content... [21 Aug 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News U is for Utility bill A is for Act People aged 16 to 25 have been using the site MyLifeMyID.org, launched today, to discuss the £4.4bn National Identity Scheme (NIS). So far the vast majority of the comments have been against the project. [09 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News U is for Utility bill A is for Act Millions had been spent on the Electronic Passport Application (EPA2) project upgrade. The total write-down of EPA2 assets since the project began in 2005 is £10.8m, comprising £5.5m in 2006-07 and £5.3m in 2007-08. [02 Jul 2008]
Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release
News U is for Utility bill A is for Act Judge Stanley Burnton overturned the decision by the Information Tribunal that the ID card gateway reviews should be published. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards Click on the links below to find out everything you... [14 Apr 2008]
ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill
News U is for Utility bill A is for Act Home Office spending on consultants shot up from £7.6m in 1997/98 to £147m in 2006/07, a period described by shadow home secretary David Davis as the "worst period in its 200-year history". [11 Apr 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News U is for Utility bill A is for Act 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... [10 Mar 2008]
ID card u-turn by government
News U is for Utility bill A is for Act Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards B is for Biometrics C is for Compulsory D is for Data privacy worries E is for EDS F is for Forgery G is for Government IT H is for Home Office [06 Mar 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News U is for Utility bill A is for Act Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. B is for Biometrics C is for Compulsory [26 Feb 2008]
ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers
News U is for Utility bill A is for Act Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. B is for Biometrics C is for Compulsory [20 Feb 2008]
ID cards? One in four says no!
News U is for Utility bill A is for Act According to the ICM poll, 25 per cent of those surveyed thought it was a "very bad" idea - up from 17 per cent in September last year. Opponents of the ID card scheme said the survey of just over 1,000 people... [06 Feb 2008]
ID cards: What's the latest?
News U is for Utility bill A is for Act Confused about where it's going? Or where the whole project started? The project has never been far from the pages of silicon.com - so here's the pick of our coverage on the government's biometric identity scheme. [29 Jan 2008]
Accenture and BAE Systems abandon ID cards
News U is for Utility bill A is for Act Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. B is for Biometrics C is for Compulsory [25 Jan 2008]
Students revolt against being ID card guinea pigs
News U is for Utility bill A is for Act Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. B is for Biometrics C is for Compulsory [24 Jan 2008]
ID cards to cost more than £5.6bn
News U is for Utility bill A is for Act A £5.43bn price tag covers the total resource costs of providing both ePassports and ID cards to British and Irish citizens resident in the UK for October 2007 to October 2017, with £245m being spent on the set-up... [09 Nov 2007]
ID cards will be secure, insists Home Office
News U is for Utility bill A is for Act In terms of the penalties for abuse of access, the Identity Cards Act contains a number of criminal offences to tackle attempts to compromise the NIR internally, and any attempt to tamper (physically or... [25 Oct 2007]
