Imerja is committed to the continued modernisation of local and central government and in particular the work around the Government Connect programme.

In addition to servicing the local authority community, Imerja has been actively involved both directly and in-directly with the Government Connect programme since it was launched in March 2005. More recently Imerja has teamed up with the NCC Group to jointly develop the Enabling Government Connect service.

Aimed at local authorities, Enabling Government Connect offers a three staged approach to the implementation and integration of GC products and services. The steps – GCReview, GCAssess and GCEnable – help enable a seamless implementation taking authorities from the development of their initial business case through to compliance, ensuring they achieve a return on their investment.

The service brings together the strengths of NCC’s independent ICT, information and business consultants with Imerja’s ICT infrastructure security specialists, drawing on the combined expertise and extensive experience of local government ICT projects.

For more information about how we can help you get connected please come and see us at SOCITM or visit:

• www.imerja.com
• www.nccgroup.co.uk

Attendance at SOCITM 2006 in October will see the continued promotion of Enabling Government Connect complimented by televised exposure of Imerja’s approach to the public sector during the main political party conferences in September and October of this year.

Imerja has joined forces with independent consultancy NCC Group to provide local authorities wishing to join Government Connect with a tailor made package of professional services which will take them from zero to connected with minimal fuss or disruption to their organisation.

Government Connect provides a secure and sustainable framework to securely transmit electronic communications, enabling local government and its partners from other public sector organisations, and the third sector, to deliver personalised joined up services to their customers and offer service improvement.

The “enabling” service from Imerja and NCC Group provides an uncomplicated three stage approach which will ensure a seamless implementation from development of the initial business case through to compliance.

The service will be delivered by a team of experienced consultants from NCC Group and Imerja, bringing together the strengths of NCC Group’s independent ICT, information and business consultants with Imerja’s ICT infrastructure security specialists, and drawing on the team’s combined expertise and extensive experience of local government ICT projects.

For more information about how we can help you enable Government Connect please contact us.

“Government Connect is an exciting initiative that will make a positive difference to the delivery of public services, and NCC Group is delighted to be working with Imerja to help provide secure connectivity to local authorities wishing to join”

Ian Lever, Principal Consultant
The NCC Group

E-government is about the integration and interconnection of local authorities and public bodies in order to provide better services for citizens. However, this interconnection brings with it significant implications for critical services to IT related risks and cyber crime.

Ian Jackson of Imerja, in his capacity as Technical Design Manager for Government Connect, was invited to join an expert panel for a TV programme discussing key issues surrounding the current wave of government modernisation. Entitled Securing eGovernment, Building a Secure Infrastructure the programme looked at the tools and technologies that can be employed to protect operations and systems, and discussed where responsibility for ensuring security would lie.

Chaired by John Thornton, the select panel of experts included: Roger Cumming, Director, NISCC; Ian Jackson, Technical Design Manager, Government Connect; Stephen Lawrence, Director Solutions Team, eDelivery Team, eGovernment Unit; Steve Pennant, Chief Executive, London Connects; Andrew Swaffer, Director, GSI, Cable & Wireless.

“…as we move into the next wave of modernisation we need to be able to securely transmit communications across boundaries…..and we need to be able to do that in a reliable and secure faction. Government Connect is all about providing that infrastructure.” – Ian Jackson (Imerja), Technical Design Manager, Government Connect

The panel discussion looked at how local government, central government and suppliers (the third sector) can put in place a secure infrastructure that is flexible and accessible enough to deliver these new services and operations, and at the same time is robust enough to protect individual authorities and the other public bodies to which they are increasingly connected.

The programme was originally broadcast in December 2005.

About LocalGov TV

The programme was produced and broadcast by LocalGov TV, a free to-air dedicated web-cast television channel for senior executives across all public sector organisations. It is available free to an unlimited audience at anytime, at any location via the internet. Using the web-medium it is able to provide the exceptionally broad range of content essential to help senior executives understand and address the many challenges they face in transitioning their organisations to e-government. For more on LocalGov TV click here.