http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39125057,00.htm
Martin Brampton
"Whether or not you believe in the benefits of ID cards, the campaign for them in the UK may well be a cover-up for deeper seated agendas such as a national database - and a redefinition of all public sector services.
UK Home Secretary David Blunkett figures in this year's silicon.com Agenda Setters poll because of his advocacy for schemes such as ID cards for all. A question worth asking is whether the ID card is driving the need for a database of all citizens, or vice versa.
Usually, the assumption is that ID cards are justified and that to make them practical, a huge database has to be built. IT people then run around thinking about the practical issues. Ian Watmore, recently appointed head of the new e-government unit, thinks there should be an end to information silo culture in government."
