Criminals snared by new biometric cross-checks / Computing, 10 July 2008
http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2221180/criminals-snared-biometric-4112481
Tom Young
"The UK visas agency has identified a number of suspected criminals overseas by cross matching its new biometric database of visa applicants with older police databases. Among those identified in the cross matching scheme – which has been running for two months – are two applicants in Vietnam whose fingerprints matched those found on a crime scene over 20 years ago, while a UK rape suspect was recently arrested in Australia. "As well as those wanted for questioning, there are people who are immigration compliant who may have a criminal record who obviously we want to keep out," said Mark Sedwill, international director of the UK Border Agency".

Identity and Passsport Service Annual Report and Accounts/ Home Office, 1 July 2008
https://www.ips.gov.uk/identity/downloads/IPS-annual-report-and-accounts-31-05-08.pdf

New rules for short-term visitors / Home Office, 25 June 2008
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news/new-rules-short-term
Government response to the consultation on visitors - http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/consultations/closedconsultations/visitorsconsultationpaper/wms.pdf?view=Binary
Analysis of visitor consultation responses - PDF - http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/consultations/closedconsultations/visitorsconsultationpaper/thefullconsultationanalysis.pdf?view=Binary

Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors / Silicon.com, 20 June 2008
http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39249422,00.htm
Nick Heath
"Experts have warned the ID card scheme risks being derailed by mistakes in fingerprint matches. The £4.4bn National Identity Scheme's (NIS) preference for relying on fingerprint and facial recognition biometrics exposes the system to error, according to the independent Biometrics Assurance Group (BAG). BAG urged the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) to adopt iris scans as a "fall back", for when there are problems taking or matching a fingerprint."

Changes to passport rules for young people / Identity and Passport Service, 30 October 2007
http://www.identitycards.gov.uk/press-2007-10-30.asp
"Young people aged 16 or 17 will now be able to apply for a passport without parental consent, the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) announced. The new measure will bring passports in line with modern legal practice for 16 and 17 year olds. Parental consent will still be needed where a court order requires it or the young person has a mental disability."

Identity and Passport Service: Introduction of ePassports: 49th report of session 2006-2007 / TSO, 10 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tsha
House of Commons; Committee of Public Accounts
HC 362

Identity Service Proposition: a ‘joint venture’ with the Criminal Records Bureau:
report / Identity and Passport Service, 1 October 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4trgk
"Plans for a new service using ID cards to help make Criminal Records checks faster and more robust have been given a resounding thumbs-up by volunteers in a trial of the new process."

Local Identity: The role of local entitlement cards in public service delivery / NLGN
PDF - http://www.nlgn.org.uk/public/wp-content/uploads/local-identity-_white-paper.pdf
Dr Victoria Barbary
'Local ID Card' could cut fraud & improve service delivery says think tank / Public Technology, 20 Aug 2007
http://digbig.com/4tnrb

Identity and Passport Service: Annual Report and Accounts 2006-07 / Home Office, 25 July 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4tgrf

Machine readable passports to be launched in Guyana on Friday / Caribbean News, 12 July 2007
http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-2514--13-13--.html
"Guyana will join other Caribbean countries to provide a more secure passport system which the region is introducing to protect against multiple issuance of the travel document."

Sri Lanka to digitize the personal identity card / ColomboPage, 11 June 2007
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_07/June11141115SL.html
"Sri Lanka government is planning to issue a new high tech digital identity card to all the citizens of the country to make the identification easy at the checkpoints. Cabinet approval for the identity card is to be taken in the coming few weeks."

2007 ITRC Breach Report / Identity Theft Resource Center, 29 May 2007
PDF - http://idtheftmostwanted.org/ITRC%20Breach%20Report%202007.pdf

IT failings shouldn't be a bar to ID cards / IT Week, 31 May 2007
http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/comment/2191130/failings-shouldn-bar-id-cards
George Gardiner
"Technological challenges are distracting us from the real issue: do we actually need a national ID scheme?"

ANALYSIS OF HOME OFFICE COSTS REPORT OF MAY 2007 / LSE POLICY ENGAGEMENT NETWORK, May 2007
PDF - http://identityproject.lse.ac.uk/s37Response2.pdf
[Response to Identity Cards Act 2006- Section 37- Cost Report.]

Mobile phone theft, plastic card and identity fraud: Findings from the 2005-06 British Crime Survey / Home Office, 15 May 2007
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/hosb1007.pdf
Home Office Statistical Bulletin 10/07

Seoul to include fingerprints in new biometric passports / YONHAP, 11 May 2007
http://digbig.com/4swxh
"The South Korean government has decided to include fingerprints in new electronic passports, a key requirement for entry into the U.S. visa waiver program, along with images of passport holders' faces, a Foreign Ministry official said."

[USA] Federal ID card standards draw harsh criticism / GovExec.com, 9 May 2007
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=36863&dcn=e_tcmg
Bob Brewin
"Standards proposed by the Homeland Security Department for secure drivers licenses and identification cards issued by all 50 states are drawing fire from state officials.
The regulations, mandated by the 2005 Real ID Act, could end up posing a threat to personal and national security, said the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators and the California Department of Motor Vehicles in comments on the proposed rules. They said that under the new system, counterfeiters would only need to concentrate on one license standard, rather than 50."

Identity Cards Scheme : Cost Report May 2007 : Presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 37 of the Identity Cards Act 2006 / IPS, 10 May 2007
PDF - http://www.identitycards.gov.uk/downloads/2007-05-10CostReport.pdf

ID management in the security spotlight / silicon.com, 30 April 2007
http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39166929,00.htm
Tom Espiner
""How can you trust someone you don't manage?"
Identity management remains a problem for both private and public sector organisations, according to security experts speaking at London's InfoSecurity Europe event."

PRECISE BIOMETRICS DELIVERS BIOMETRIC SOLUTION FOR NATIONAL ID CARDS IN PORTUGAL / (MARKET WIRE, 23 April 2007
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=242379
"Precise Biometrics AB, which develops and sells world-leading and user-friendly biometric security solutions based on fingerprints and smart cards, has won an important procurement contract for national ID cards in Portugal. The consortium is led by the digital security partner Gemalto."