Friday, March 31, 2006

New ID cards agency set up after Queen approves bill / silicon.com, 31 Mar 2006

http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39157735,00.htm
Andy McCue
"The government has wasted no time in starting work on the controversial ID card scheme after the bill became law and has set up a new agency that will be tasked with introducing ID cards. The ID cards bill is now on the statute book after receiving Royal Assent from the. The new Identity and Passport Service (IPS), which will be in charge of managing the ID cards scheme, will become operational from 1 April 2006."