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| Subject: SchlumbergerSema has worked for the UK Passport Service-trial-entitlement card. | |
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Author: Proton vendor Intellect submission to U.K. Gov 5/2/2003 |
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Date Posted: Monday, February 10, 05:48:25am In reply to: National I.D. card for instance from Belgium to Finland-LOL 's message, "I told you like a dogs dinner--I can't keep up with it--every single country" on Monday, February 10, 04:31:59am http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/News/1138501 ------------------------------------------------------------ Go slow on ID cards, Blair told By Steve Ranger [05-02-2003] ----------------------------------------------------------- Industry warns the government not to take the 'big bang' approach The government must go slowly with any entitlement card project and avoid a "big bang" approach, IT suppliers have warned. ----------------------------------------------------------- A government consultation on the proposed cards ended last week, and civil servants will now examine the submissions from interested groups. ----------------------------------------------------------- A report will then go to ministers, who will decide whether an entitlement card scheme is practicable. The Home Office would not give a time scale for this process. ----------------------------------------------------------- But Nick Kalisperas, e-government programme manager at IT supplier body Intellect, insisted that his company's submission would focus on how the government can get the project right, rather than on particular technologies. ----------------------------------------------------------- "We would like to see the card evolving rather than a big bang approach," he said. "The government must make sure its specifications are spot on before it moves onto procurement. ------------------------------------------------------------ "What we are saying is that this could be a massive procurement, one of the largest and most high profile projects around. ------------------------------------------------------------ "If it is not done properly it could damage the image of the industry and hurt public confidence in an extremely significant project." ------------------------------------------------------------ Geoff Llewellyn, strategy and government relations director at SchlumbergerSema, said that any project should start with local systems which address specific needs, built on technology that could be upgraded into a national system. ------------------------------------------------------------ "That way we would be developing solutions that could be amalgamated into a big scheme without the risks of a big bang system," he explained. ------------------------------------------------------------ SchlumbergerSema has worked for the UK Passport Service on a trial of iris recognition security which could form part of the entitlement card. ------------------------------------------------------------ A survey sponsored by the company found that nearly 80 per cent of respondents were in favour of an entitlement card. ------------------------------------------------------------ Two thirds indicated that they were happy for driving licence number, passport number, National Insurance number, NHS number and emergency medical information, such as blood type or allergies, to be included on the card. ------------------------------------------------------------ Half of those surveyed said that they would prefer authentication using iris scanning, with only 30 per cent preferring fingerprints. ------------------------------------------------------------ ID card proposals fail to convinceBy Karl Flinders [06-02-2003] ------------------------------------------------------------Confused and complicated, says Local Government Association The Local Government Association (LGA) has said that the government has not made the case for multi-application entitlement cards. ------------------------------------------------------------ In response to the Home Office consultation on the proposals, it stated that the government had not made a strong enough case for the introduction of a multi-application universal entitlement card. ------------------------------------------------------------ It suggested that the government's proposals are too complicated, and that there is confusion between 'entitlement' and 'identity'. ------------------------------------------------------------ "The elements of a scheme outlined in the consultation paper are, in our view, too complex," said the LGA. ------------------------------------------------------------ "The emphasis on entitlement rather than identity in the paper blurs the issues of identity of individuals and entitlement to services." ------------------------------------------------------------ According to the LGA, the population register proposals and personal identifier numbers should be considered separately from entitlement or identity smartcards, and it should be voluntary. ------------------------------------------------------------ A Home Office spokeswoman said that it valued the LGA response and that it will study the suggestions thoroughly. It stressed that the LGA agrees with the government in some areas. ------------------------------------------------------------ "While the LGA does not think a strong case has been made for the introduction of a multi-application entitlement card, it would support the proposal to set up a central population register with a unique personal identifier," said the spokeswoman. ------------------------------------------------------------ [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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