ID cards issued - but not the scanners to read them!
Posted on Thursday, December 4th, 2008 by Home Office WatchCategory: ID Cards
Fingerprints taken? Check. ID cards issued? Check. Scanners to actually read the cards… oops!
The Home Office have admitted that official bodies will not be able to read the first ID cards to be issued in Britain. Despite saying they would provide electronic readers, the government hasn’t – and has no plans to do so either!
ID cards were issued last week to foreign nationals including students and those granted a visa because they are married to a British Citizen – but the cards will be no more use than existing passports and visas.
(From the Observer)
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December 31st, 2008 at 9:38 pm
That was expected. Comes from (a) not training their staff on anything technical and (b) hiring management consultants.