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Another Heck of a Job

ID, 10 Apr 12:20
Any remaining hope for a modern, efficient and precise census in 2010 has cratered, brought low by managerial incompetence and the administration’s relentless antipathy for effective government.
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US government cools on Real ID threats

ID, 25 Mar 04:23
As a showdown shapes up over federally mandated requirements for state-issued IDs, the US government is signaling it may be ready to compromise.
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Man in custody after suspect comment on El Paso flight

ID, 18 Feb 01:57
LOS ANGELES — An airline passenger was in FBI custody Sunday after his "suspicious comment" forced a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport to be evacuated for two hours, authorities said.
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Government wants every English child on 'secure' database

ID, 13 Feb 01:00
The government will announce plans tomorrow to give every English child an identifying number and a database entry of their school qualifications. The idea, if that's not too strong a word, is that the database will include a mini-CV which employers will be able to check.
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Microsoft! snuggles! with! Yahoo! on! OpenID!

ID, 08 Feb 01:14
Call it co-incidence or call it necessity, but Microsoft has jumped on-board a Yahoo!-backed initiative to give internet users a single digital identity.
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Top secret UK data network goes live two years late

ID, 02 Feb 06:52
A system to link a secure communications network used by UK intelligence agencies with other government departments and posts overseas has finally swung into operation, two years later than originally expected.
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Bank turns London man into RFID-enabled guinea pig

ID, 28 Jan 01:34
The Halifax bank is enrolling unsuspecting customers in trials of a new generation of RFID-enabled bank cards, and trying to keep them in the program even if they have mis-givings about the wave and pay technology. PayWave allows punters to debit their account without having to enter a PIN or sign for goods valued at less than £10.
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2008: The year of the smart card

ID, 23 Jan 01:46

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