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News resources on Photo ID Systems. Industry and market trends in ID Cards, ID Badges and Photo ID Systems. What you need to know about Photo Identification! Saturday, August 11, 2007
ID cards 'could be a Big Brother tax trap'
Identity cards could provide a back door for the taxman to snoop on people's affairs using a database of National Insurance numbers.
The card system will use an existing NI database to log details, potentially making it easier for tax inspectors to keep tabs. Officials had hoped to base ID cards on a National Identity Register but will instead use the Customer Information System run by the Department of Work and Pensions. This holds the records of everyone with a NI number, sparking concerns that HM Revenue & Customs could track a person's personal life through their ID card, which must be produced whenever a proof of identity is required. Full Article fromTelegraph.co.uk.
Friday, August 10, 2007
Companies ready to bid for ID cards
Contracts worth a total of £2 bn to run the national identity card scheme were offered yesterday by the Home Office.
The move marked an important milestone for the controversial project, which will see the first ID cards issued to British citizens by the end of 2009.The cards will initially contain photographs and fingerprints, although the Home Office is leaving open the option of eventually including other biometric data, such as iris scans. Five companies will be chosen to supply computer equipment and manage the national roll-out of the cards. They will be offered contracts ranging in value from £50m to £500m. The successful bidders will be required to demonstrate that they can work together to implement the scheme.IBM, Microsoft and Accenture are among the companies that have expressed an interest in running the £5.7bn identity system. Full Article fromNews.independent.co.uk.
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Bidding launched for £500 million ID cards contracts
The bidding process for lucrative contracts worth up to £500 million each to run the controversial identity card scheme was launched by the Government today.
Five firms will be chosen to supply computer equipment and manage the application and issuing of ID cards.Government officials said today marked an "important milestone" in delivering the £2 billion scheme, which will see ID cards issued to UK residents in 2009.The smallest contract will be for £50 million, while two are expected to be worth up to £500 million, representing some of the most expensive contracts ever awarded by any UK Government. Full Article from24dash.com.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Canada orders more optical-based resident ID cards
The contract extension was accompanied by a purchase order for $2 million in cards to be delivered over the next 12 months.
The Canadian Permanent Resident Card was the first optical memory card to comply with standards published by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). "We are proud to continue supporting this high profile secure ID card program," said Richard Haddock, president and CEO, of LaserCard. "We have supplied more than 30 million secure optical cards to the governments of the United States and Canada. The two countries? installed base of cards and their more than 1,100 interoperable optical memory card border inspection systems represent the largest advanced technology, secure ID card program in North America." Full Article fromSecuritydocumentworld.com.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Police Release Party Voters ID Cards
A Sierra Leone Peoples' Party (SLPP) supporter and resident of Shell New Road east of Freetown, Alimamy Yillah was Friday released from police detention after he was arrested Tuesday on allegation of carrying 19 party cards believed to have been purchased.
He was released after police established that the cards were given to him for safekeeping.In a snap interview with Concord Times shortly after his release from the Criminal Investigation Department Headquarters on Wallace Johnson Street, Alimamy Yillah said the voter ID cards belong to his group. He explained that on the day of the incident, he'd left for the house of his parliamentary candidate, Med K to request for some party T-shirts and tarpaulin to help his group of supporters carryout it campaigns. Full Article from Allafrica.com.
Monday, August 06, 2007
Firms call for clarity on ID cards
Experts have urged the new minister in charge of the government?s identity card project, Meg Hillier, to provide more information on the features and cost of the scheme to help businesses better plan their own identity management investments.
The Home Office minister?s promotion hands her something of a poisoned chalice, with the ID card procurement process having been repeatedly delayed and criticism mounting over the £50m the government has so far spent on consultants for the project. Now the business community has added to her in-tray with calls for greater disclosure on the project?s timeline, costs and capabilities. Full Article fromChannelweb.co.uk.
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Immigrants to get identity cards at B-G
Edri told the new director of the Interior Ministry's Population Registry, Ya'acov Genot, on Sunday that this was the first reform he wanted to enact. Edri said Genot told him the matter would be dealt with immediately. "We will do this for all the immigrants," Edri said. "There will be an Interior Ministry official at the
airport who will give them the card on the spot. It's the right thing to do to prevent the immigrants from facing unnecessary hassles." Until now, immigrants have had to go through a lengthy process and wait in long lines at the Interior Ministry to receive an ID card, which enables them to start receiving benefits from the state. Full Article fromJpost.com.
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