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Border Agency plans network of biometric booths

...the Identity and Passport Service. The last government's plans for the National Identity Scheme would have required British citizens applying for or renewing a... Read more

21 January, 2011 by Kable

DWP scraps central data-sharing system

...been terminated, attributing it to the government's decision to close the National Identity Scheme (NIS). Named CISx, the system was based on the Department... Read more

24 August, 2010 by Kable

Identity and Passport Service IT costs triple

...of spending is set to fall, however, due the scrapping of the National Identity scheme. Herbert said the figures are drawn from Home Office resource... Read more

3 August, 2010 by Kable

Shades of ID cards haunt new authentication scheme

Coalition announces project to check identity online... Read more

23 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

ID card scrappage bill to gain royal assent

...The bill abolishing the National Identity Scheme is expected to gain royal assent on Tuesday. The Home... Read more

21 December, 2010 by Kable

Government plans new biometric passport rollout

...Commons debate on legislation to abolish aspects of the previous government's National Identity Scheme, May said: "We are halting work on fingerprint passports — the... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Kable

ID cards holding back 21st century economy

...David Blunkett, then recently appointed as Home Secretary, announced legislation for a National Identity Scheme (NIS) aimed at creating a new "clean database" of the... Read more

24 February, 2010 by Andrew Watson

Tories' £12bn savings plans include IT cuts

...election will be the NHS National Project for IT (NPfIT) and the National Identity Scheme (NIS), a Conservative spokesperson told ZDNet UK on Friday. Many... Read more

9 April, 2010 by Tom Espiner

ID database will retain fingerprint images

...details about the workings of the biometric database that will support the National Identity Scheme. In response to questions from GC News, the Identity and... Read more

19 May, 2009 by Kable

Home Office reveals early ID vendors

...listed 3M and nCipher as providers to the early stage of the National Identity Scheme. Home secretary Jacqui Smith said that, as well as Thales... Read more

25 March, 2009 by Kable

ID-card contracts allow suppliers to be searched

...government will be able search the premises of companies working on the National Identity Scheme under the terms of their contracts. A leaked Home Office... Read more

10 December, 2008 by Kable

IBM misses out on largest ID-cards contract

...Service has cut down the shortlist for the biggest contract within the National Identity Scheme. IBM has been dropped from the competition for the application... Read more

9 December, 2008 by Kable
Home Office cuts estimated cost of ID-cards scheme

Home Office cuts estimated cost of ID-cards scheme

The home secretary has said the three main contracts establishing the National Identity Scheme will cost between £800m and £1.05bn combined, down from... Read more

25 November, 2008 by Kable

Gov't: ID cards still have majority support

A majority of the public remains in support of the National Identity Scheme, according to the latest figures from the Identity and Passport... Read more

24 October, 2008 by Kable

Students condemn ID cards

...the MyLifeMyID.org site, launched on Wednesday, to discuss the £4.4bn National Identity Scheme (NIS). So far the vast majority of the comments have... Read more

10 July, 2008 by Nick Heath

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