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Identity and Passport Service cancels £11m web passport system

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| 13/05/2008

...IPS told Computer Weekly that it has written of £10.9m in development costs because of the cancellation of the Electronic Passport Application system, known as EPA2. When the system went live in 2006 passport applications became jammed... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2008/05/identity-and-passport-service-2.html

CSC to take over up to 350 IT passports staff

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| 07/04/2009

...build a more advanced system to allow people to apply for passports online after the Government scrapped the failed Electronic Passport Application System, known as EPA2, in 2006. The Identity and Passport Service has awarded a separate contract... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/04/07/235550/csc-to-take-over-up-to-350-it-passports-staff.htm

Public pays price as government goes live with unproven systems

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 19/07/2006

...using live applications rather than test cases, the Home Office insisted in a statement that the go-live of its Electronic Passport Application system – EPA2 – was a "trial." It appears, then, that there is now official endorsement of... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/07/19/216985/public-pays-price-as-government-goes-live-with-unproven.htm

Web passports system canned as costs soar

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| 13/05/2008

...told Computer Weekly that it has written off Â£10.9m in development costs because of the cancellation of the Electronic Passport Application system EPA2. When the system went live in 2006, passport applications became jammed in the system... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/13/230654/web-passports-system-canned-as-costs-soar.htm

Holidays at risk as online passport system collapses

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| 11/07/2006

...paper for making passport applications. Delays in issuing passports, arising from problems with EPA2, a new electronic passport application ser vice, were confirmed by the Home Office only after Computer Weekly presented officials with detailed... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/07/11/216883/holidays-at-risk-as-online-passport-system-collapses.htm

Passport IT troubles bode ill for ID cards

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| 14/11/2006

...system that is far simpler than the ID cards scheme and costs less than one hundredth of its price. The EPA2 electronic passport applications system was due to have been introduced in late 2004 or 2005, according to a memorandum submitted... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/11/14/219863/passport-it-troubles-bode-ill-for-id-cards.htm

Passport agency goes public on test errors

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| 16/01/2007

...agency's inquiry into the failure last year of its Electronic Passport Application system, known as EPA2. The inquiry...learned passport applications identity electronic passport agency goes system business services ... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/01/16/221172/passport-agency-goes-public-on-test-errors.htm

David Lacey's IT Security Blog

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...refreshing and reassuring to see the Home Office coming clean about the lessons learned from the failure last year if its Electronic Passport Application system. I can understand the argument for keeping gateway reviews confidential, i.e. that the... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/david_lacey/governance-issues/

What went wrong - MP3 files on our interview with Bernard Herdan, Executive Director, Service Director, Identity and Passport Service

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| 01/02/2007

...Director, Identity and Passport Service Our interview with Bernard Herdan on what went wrong with the EPA2 electronic passport application system and the lessons learned are downloadable here. 1) Should we soldier on? - Download file... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2007/02/what-went-wrong-mp3-files-on-o-1.html

More Testing Please (David Lacey's IT Security Blog)

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| 20/01/2007

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Safelayer Adds SPOC/EAC Functionality to its Electronic Passport Solution

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| 26/10/2009

...High Tech Security, Homeland Security, New Products & Services Safelayer Adds SPOC/EAC Functionality to its Electronic Passport Solution BARCELONA , October 26 /PRNewswire/ -- - The Company Completes its Second Generation... http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/safelayer-adds-spoceac-functionality-to-its-electronic-passport-solution-66064382.html

Fourth State Department Worker Pleads to Passport Snooping - CIO.com - Business Technology