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Paula Keaveney - Lib Dem Campaigner (Free subscription) | yesterday
Full Council tonight (9th December) This, pasted below, is one of the motions being discussed. Its being proposed by me and Cllr Steve Radford Council notes that the Government is pressing ahead with plans to introduce identification (ID) cards. It is doing this through pilot schemes in the North West, including the planned launch of a scheme in Liverpool in January 2010. Council notes...
Stabroek News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has extended the period for the distribution of new National Identification (ID) cards. The distribution of ID cards will continue until ...
Cato-at-liberty (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Jim Harper If you have a job, a panel convened by the University of Denver thinks you should have a national ID card. DU’s “Report of the Strategic Issues Panel on Immigration” says: The idea of a national card for identifying citizens and non-citizens has become the third rail of immigration politics. But in truth, without a means of positive [...]
Newshoggers (Free subscription) | yesterday
By John Ballard Radio blogging here. NPR ran a story Monday about Real ID, a form of national identification I had never heard of, despite the fact that legislation was introduced in 2005 mandating that states get their acts together to meet federal requirements for identification. Less than four weeks from now, by the close of 2009, states must be...
Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | yesterday
The massacre of fifty plus civilians, including 27 journalists, allegedly by a local politician attempting to eliminate an opposing candidate, has resulted in numerous arrests, and martial law being declared in that southern Philippine province. But as the military continue their searches for perpetrators and digging up hidden weapons, a lot of other things are being [...]
Words Dept. (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
I can’t for the life of me figure out why anyone would want to pay for an ID card. £30 for the privilege of owning a little pink bit of plastic that has the same basic purpose as a passport – while at the same time handing over your fingerprints to the government – holds [...]
Hindu (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
PATNA: “The Bihar government will register the names and personal information of the hundreds and thousands of migrant workers from the State and issue them identity cards,” an official said. Vyasji Mishra, Principal ...
India eNews (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
The Bihar government will register the names and personal information of the hundreds and thousands of migrant workers from the state and issue them identity cards, an official said Tuesday.
Complete and Utter Zebu (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Last week, Manchester Evening News journalist Angela Epstein became the first British member of the public to possess an ID card. As one of the few journos to favour the card, the Home Office asked if she’d like to be first to test it out. “I’m so proud I could almost burst,” she wrote about [...]
The South Asian (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Over 200 people rallied at Cubbon Park on Monday, 30th November 2009, to voice their outrage at the proposed plan by Karnataka Horticulture Minister Umesh Katti to restrict access to Cubbon Park and Lalbagh by imposing mandatory ID cards for anyone who wishes to enter in the mornings and evenings.
bizjournals (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Efforts to protect information technology systems from hackers, terrorists and even accidental breaches are getting a lot of national attention in the security arena. But a Herndon company, Certipath LLC, is more focused on threats that might walk right through the front door.
Open Democracy (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
This is how Angela Epstein concludes her report from Manchester on becoming the first person to be issued with a UK ID card : I loved seeing my name, face and the words British citizen on this tiny piece of plastic. That’s who I am, and why shouldn’t anyone know? As I’ve said before I understand why people have their reservations, but I personally can’t see what there...
Bulletin.India (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Three six-year-old girls in Class I of a school were made to run 10 times around the school playground and do 50 sit-ups - all because they forgot to pin their identity cards to their uniform.
Welsh Ramblings (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Liverpool Council is on the verge of taking a very progressive position on ID cards. Although local authorities can not derail a Westminster-level policy, they can certainly make it awkward for ID cards to be fully implemented and widely used. The National Assembly (and possibly the Welsh Government) has a similar position to Liverpool, in that it is opposed to the concept...
Wolverhampton Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Commenting on the Government's policing White Paper which calls for police forces to make savings of £500m, Chris Huhne said "The police should make efficiency savings, but it is difficult to see how these cuts will not affect front-line policing without reform of working practices."
