Kent Connects Projects 2009

Please contact the project lead for further information about these projects

Project Number  Project Name  Project Lead Overview
65/2006/BSG/C
Government Connect
Andrew Watson, Dover
An initiative led by local authorities, CLG and the Cabinet Office that aims to provide a common infrastructure for secure electronic interaction between local gov, central government and citizens
102/2007/NSG/C Kent Public Service Network Brian Tayler, KCC  To include the replacement of the existing Kent Connects WAN Infrastructure into the KPSN procurement project currently being run by KCC
107/2007/BSG/B NLPG Web Service
David Partridge, TMBC
To provide a central database for the NLPG (England and Wales) accessible both via a web service and an on-line ‘look-up’ service
109/2007/BSG/C
ICT Staff Exchange/Shared ICT Resources
Janet de Rochefort, KCC
To identify whether there are benefits associated with the temporary exchange of staff between partner organisations and/or the sharing of ICT resources.
124/2007/BSG/C Info Security, Records Mgt & Data Security
Angela Waite, Canterbury
To commission a set of ‘good practice’ documents, compliant with the new standard. To develop a standard set of auditing tools for each council to assess how effectively Information Security and Records Management is operating in practice
201/2008/BSG/C Regional Data Centres
Moira Bragg, Medway
 Feasibility Study into the development of regional data centres in Kent and Medway
202/2008/BSG/B Virtual Call Centre Pilot
Cathy Eastwood, Canterbury
Virtual Call Centre Pilot - to obtain detailed requirements and costs for the pilot group
203/2008/BSG/B Customer Profiling
Robin Daly, Gravesham
To provide a cost-effective method for all Kent Connects partners to utilise customer profiling information relevant to their area to optimise service delivery.
204/2008/BSG/B KUDOS (Kent Universal Data Output System)
Richard James, Dartford
 This project will develop a business case focused on anti-social behaviour and community safety. The aim is to enable information sharing at a personalised level to create greater strategic and tactical assessment opportunities through layered data sets of all agencies’ information.
205/2008/BSG/B Your Neighbourhood Field Extension

Fiona Skene, KCC

 To improve the range of data available from Your Neighbourhood and enable local authorities to link to a central source of data, rather than maintaining additional systems.
206/2008/BSG/C Roles & permissions structure for Kent Connects portals Barbara Stapleton, KCC Provide users with secure and private areas within the information sharing portals.
207/2008/BSG/C Invest to Save Investment Fund Peter Bole, KCC. To implement a framework to support funding of technology infrastructure essential to the outcome of shared service solutions being progressed as invest to save initiatives.
208/2008/BSG/B Training and Performance Information System Brian Hatt, Sevenoaks. To develop and implement a system which can be used to support Kent Contact Centres as part of the monthly coaching and development activity.