UK gov scraps youth ID card
Mark Ballard writes in The Register:
The government has scrapped its carrot and stick id card for yoofs after realising that the costs of developing its computer system were beginning to outweigh the benefits it could deliver.
Public Sector Forums (PSF) said it learned of the scheme’s demise from a memo leaked from the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), which was supposed to pilot the system with 10 local authorities over two years from autumn 2006.
However, it appears that an early assessment of progress has caused the DfES to scrap the scheme before it even got off the ground.
The statement obtained by PSF, which the DfES said was public anyway, said the project had been scrapped after an assessment of its costs, benefits and risks.
Pam Caulfield, writing in 24-Dash, reports:
Ian Dunmore, Director of Public Sector Forums added: “The Government has done absolutely the right thing here to nip this looming disaster in the bud.”
“What a pity it hasn’t yet applied the same logic to its plans for ID cards for adults.”
March 2nd, 2007 at 23:38
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March 3rd, 2007 at 17:31
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