Blunkett: UK losing faith in ID cards
News MP David Blunkett, architect of the National Identity Scheme, has said there has been a "massive drop" in public confidence in ID cards. We would immediately take the steam out of this, because we would demonstrate that we aren't talking about some...
[May 1, 2009, 17:08]
HP: EDS job cuts won't affect service delivery
News Along with CSC, Fujitsu, IBM and Thales, EDS is also one of five strategic suppliers for the Identity and Passport Service's (IPS) National Identity Scheme, signing a framework agreement with the IPS back in June.
[October 10, 2008, 9:59]
What he said ...
Talkback We would immediately take the steam out of this, because we would demonstrate that we aren't talking about some new, frightening, untried scheme that would lead to all of our information being captured, all of our information being retained, and...
[May 6, 2009, 16:24]
Gov't U-turns on compulsory ID cards for pilots
News Booth added that the government's backtracking shows the National Identity Scheme, which includes the issuing of ID cards, is in disarray. The government has taken the decision to make identity cards voluntary for airside workers, planned initially...
[June 30, 2009, 17:44]
Airport workers demand ID card consultation
News BAA confirmed it was talking to the Home Office about airport workers being among those required to have ID cards under the £5.4bn National Identity Register scheme from about 2009. A spokesman for the Identity and Passport Service said it made...
[February 21, 2008, 7:38]
Government continues to stonewall over ID card costs
News The office of the deputy prime minister has told MPs it is still talking to local authorities to develop a business case for authentication and verification management, which "could include the use of the identity card".
[February 20, 2006, 11:30]
IPS wants service pilots for ID cards
News Using the card as an enabler for joined up services is an element of the Delivery Plan for the National Identity Scheme, published in March. James Hall, chief executive of the Identity and Passport Service, told GC News the agency is talking to...
[April 9, 2008, 16:57]
ID-card contracts allow suppliers to be searched
News The 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 document states that, if suppliers do not comply with the strict security requirements of...
[December 10, 2008, 7:14]
ID Card on track says government
Blog The Home Secretary also revealed that the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) is to begin talking with businesses and other public organisations about how customers can join the scheme and give their biometrics using locations that are convenient...
[November 6, 2008, 13:03]
