*Source: PC World (
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,13...article.html)*
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U.K.'s Conservative Party has reiterated that it will scrap the government's #5.3 billion (US$10.8 billion) ID cards scheme as ministers announced that the delayed procurement for the program had finally begun.
A tender notice for the National Identity Scheme (NIS) strategic supplier framework has now been published, covering most of the scheme's requirements.
But speaking after the announcement, shadow home secretary David Davis, said: "This project will do nothing to improve our security. In fact independent experts like Microsoft and the London School of Economics have pointed out that it could well make our security worse while costing the tax payer #20 billion in the process.
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