Kent Connects Projects 2008

Please contact the project lead for further information about these projects

Project Number  Project Name  Project Lead Overview
65/2006/BSG/C
Government Connect
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
107/2007/BSG/B NLPG Web Service
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
To identify whether there are benefits associated with the temporary exchange of staff between partner organisations and/or the sharing of ICT resources.
114/2007/BSG/C
Software Audit application
To streamline the data collection process for the software audit and provide a web based application for ease of updates and reporting
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 Shared Data Centres
Moira Bragg, Medway
Feasibility Study into the possibility of shared 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
Customer profiling
204/2008/BSG/B GIS
Eric Baines, Kent Fire & Rescue Service
Geo-spatial data is a shareable resource, and more efforts need to be made to establish channels to allow this. Also, shared resources for data capture
205/2008/BSG/B Your Neighbourhood Field Extension

Fiona Skene, Ashford

To improve the range of data available from Your Neighbourhood.  Agree procedure and service levels with KCC for the uploading of the data.  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
102/2007/NSG/C Kent Public Service Network
To include the replacement of the existing Kent Connects WAN Infrastructure into the KPSN procurement project currently being run by KCC
110/2007/NSG/C Network Extension
The transfer of the existing Kent Connects Network utilising the EIS KCN2 network infrastructure
116/2007/NSG/B
Kent Highways access to KCC
To establish whether Design Engineers within Kent Highway Services can obtain connectivity in District Offices