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Dienstag, 26.05.2026
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  • UK: ID pilot inconclusive

    Black, disabled and older people had lower success rates for verification and enrolment under the biometric trial

    More work is needed to test the biometric technology proposed for the identity card scheme after lower success rates were found in enrolling and verifying black, disabled and older people, according to the results of the government's trial.

    The eight month pilot, run by the UK Passport Agency in 2004 and Atos Origin was not a technology trial, but was designed to test the processes and record "customer experience and attitude".

  • UK: ID plan raises fear of database confusion

    Commons investigation told that national registers must be co-ordinated

    MPs investigating proposals for national identity cards have been told the government needs to co-ordinate the many major database projects it has underway.

  • UK: ID programme hits back

    The Home Office has responded to the London School of Economics' (LSE) criticisms of its ID card scheme and alternative model of the plan

    The response, published on 22 July 2005, attacks most of the details in the LSE documents.

    It says the LSE's costing of the scheme includes a number of inaccurate assumptions that have inflated the estimates. This involves dismissing most elements of the LSE's breakdown of its figures.

  • UK: ID projects to flourish

    Citizens and governments are on the brink of a 'new electronic era' for ID technologies, says new research.

    Governments are likely to face "cost overrun and system failure" in setting up new identification systems but ID projects will still proliferate, providing business for IT suppliers over the next 10 years, according to a report issued on 27 September 2005.

  • UK: ID scheme will be a costly, dangerous failure, says LSE report

    A report published today by the London School of Economics' Department of Information Systems concludes that the proposals set out in UK Government's ID Cards Bill are "too complex, technically unsafe, overly prescriptive and lack a foundation of public trust and confidence." The report accepts that a secure ID system could create "significant, though limited" benefits, that many of the objectives of the scheme could be achieved better by other means, and says the cost is likely to spiral to several times the current headline figure.

  • UK: ID: the £15bn charge

    The first detailed breakdown of the identity card programme's costs are now available

    The ID card scheme could cost up to £15bn, almost three times more than the government's estimates, according to the most detailed analysis issued so far.

    A full cost breakdown, released today by Kable, estimates that the cards could cost up to £248 each with the entire programme reaching £15.6bn.

  • UK: IDeA Knowledge nominated for Communication Award

    IDeA Knowledge has been recognised as one of the leading e-government websites in England following its nomination for a ‘Good Communication’ award.

    The website is one of five sites shortlisted for the best ‘Central Government Website’ award (non-local authority) as part of the Good Communication Awards 2005, organised by media and events company PSE Ltd. The awards recognise excellence in public sector communications and joined-up government.

  • UK: IDeA launches new eGovernment services

    The IdeA and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) have jointly announced the creation of two new units to support local authorities with the implementation of e-government.

    The announcement coincided with and supported the publication by Phil Hope MP, Minister for Local eGovernment, of the results of the latest Implementing Electronic Government (IEG) assessments.

  • UK: IDeA takes transformation lead

    The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) is to recruit a national advisor to support the Transformational Government agenda

    The appointed person will be part funded by the IDeA and the Cabinet Office for a two year period.

  • UK: Identity and Passport Service announces major anti-fraud projects

    The new Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has published plans for a major programme of anti-fraud projects that will transform people's ability to confirm identity and protect their personal details from criminals.

    The IPS Corporate and Business Plans 2006 - 16 set out the key measures the Agency is to introduce over the next ten years, as it works to set up the National Identity Scheme at the same time as enhancing the security of the British Passport and the passport issuing process. Also published today is the IPS Framework Agreement, which sets out the accountabilities, responsibilities and corporate governance between the IPS and its parent department, the Home Office, over the next five years.

  • UK: Identity cards and National Identity Register to be scrapped

    The government plans for identity cards for British citizens to be scrapped within 100 days it was announced today.

    The National Identity Register, the database which contains the biographic and biometric fingerprint data of card holders, would also be destroyed by the first piece of legislation introduced to Parliament by the coalition government.

  • UK: Identity cards face first parliamentary debate

    MPs to discuss principles behind ID legislation

    The first major parliamentary debate on the government's ID cards legislation will take place in the House of Commons on Tuesday.

    The second reading of the bill, proposed by home secretary Charles Clarke last month, is the earliest opportunity for MPs to discuss the principles behind the legislation.

  • UK: Identity cards pave way for Whitehall IT sharing

    Government technology should be re-used as much as possible, says John Suffolk

    Plans for the identity card scheme to be built using existing government databases will be a trailblazer for shared services, according to Whitehall chief information officer John Suffolk.

    Speaking at the publication of his office’s Transformational Government (TG) annual report this week, Suffolk said there is a growing realisation of the value of cross-departmental sharing of IT.

  • UK: Identity Documents Bill receives Royal Assent

    The UK’s ID cards have been scrapped by the government after the Identity Documents Bill received Royal Assent.

    This means that all ID cards will now be cancelled within one month and the National Identity Register, the database which contains information of card holders, will be destroyed within two months.

    Home Office Minister Damian Green said: “The Identity Card Scheme represented the worst of government. It was intrusive, bullying, ineffective and expensive. That is why the first Home Office Bill of this Coalition Government has scrapped ID cards and the National Identity Register.”

  • UK: Identity numbers & registration system planned for all Scottish schoolchildren

    All Scottish schoolchildren are to have an individual identity number as part of a new child protection strategy, says the Scottish Executive.

    The unique pupil ID numbers, known as Scottish Candidate Number (SCN), will allow pupil records containing key information to be quickly shared between schools and councils.

  • UK: IEG case study: Nuneaton & Bedworth's eGovernment plans examined

    Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council has recently set out details of its progress in improving services using new technology, and additional money provided by central government in the past few years. The Council's Implementing Electronic Government submission to the Government shows where improvements have been made, and where further improvements will take place in the future.

  • UK: IEG eGovernment analysis: Crawley BC's contact centre, e-forms, website

    The Implementing Electronic Government (IEG3) submission to ODPM by Crawley Borough Council has happening in the light of the e-Government initiative, which has been a huge opportunity to drive change within the organisation.

    "Our approach", says Mark Robinson, Head of Communications "has been that the right technology will provide opportunities and the right culture among our staff will make the most of them."

  • UK: IEGs fail to ignite

    Many UK fire authorities are not meeting Government requirements to show how they will use IT to improve services

  • UK: Ignoring 'good bureaucrats' damages frontline delivery of public services

    A new Work Foundation report finds that alongside costs cuts, the Government should think about the 'employment deal' for frontline civil servants working in Revenue Departments.

    There is such a thing as 'the good bureaucrat' according to 'Living on the frontline - A future for the civil service', a new pamphlet by The Work Foundation and Inland Revenue Group of the Public and Commercial Services union.

  • UK: Impact of the NeSDS project on the Local Authority Community

    Cynthia Griffin of Havering LBC discusses the impact of the NeSDS (National e-Service Delivery Standards) project on the Local Authority Community. Cynthia Griffin is Executive Director, Customer Access & Culture at Havering LBC.
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