Central government - Home Office departments

The Approach

Amtec, and partners Emerging Technology Services and Consult Hyperion, worked together to establish the feasibility of using biometric information and smart cards in a range of verification and entitlement applications.

Working within the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (now the UK Border Agency) and the Police Information Technology Organisation (now the National Policing Improvement Agency), and interacting across other government departments, such as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Amtec has been supporting the establishment and coordination of approaches to the use of biometrics and underlying card technologies.

Amtec's work within these organisations has included the development of UK standards, strategy, business case and implementation plans. In addition, Amtec has developed 'roadmaps' for the feasibility, introduction and use of biometrics, considering local and international initiatives and issues such as technology maturity, integration capabilities, together with backwards compatibility with developing countries.