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Your London card and what this means for authorities. Steve Pennant London Connects Chief Executive 29 Jan 2007. London Connects strategy. Mirrors national transforming government strategy Services for Londoners Shared Effectiveness London’s Future
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Your London card and what this means for authorities Steve Pennant London Connects Chief Executive 29 Jan 2007
London Connects strategy • Mirrors national transforming government strategy • Services for Londoners • Shared Effectiveness • London’s Future • Collaborative use and understanding of technology to improve services or reduce costs Original programme and latest update always on www.londonconnects.gov.uk/about_us.cfm
London Connects Strategychannels and technologies Infrastructure and Network Citizen Account London Councils GLA and family TfL, Police, LDA, LFEPA NHS FE and HE Sectors Government Departments Voluntary Sector RSLs Joint Information Management Business Account Your London Mobiles Oyster card Call Centres
London channels • Internet (all available through Your London) • Borough • TfL, Police, GLA, Fire, London Development Agency • Voluntary Groups • Call centres: • Borough • TfL • Police • Face to face All requiring authentication at some stage
National Context – Varney review • “…providing joined up services designed around the needs of the citizen or business will yield efficiency savings by reducing duplication across the public sector. This ought to be the public service aspiration for Government”. • action for the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review: • “take forward proposals to develop a cross-government identity management system to enable greater personalisation of services and to reduce duplication across government, building on a proof of concept project to share data between HM Revenue and Customs, DWP and 12 local authorities; • DWP to lead Directgov
National Context – Government Connect • GC Register...works with Government Gateway to authenticate citizens online. This will allow local authorities to be confident the people and organisations they communicate with are who they say they are. • An online mechanism but GC will not be producing smart cards – again DWP a key player
National ContextID Cards Types of organisations the Home Office expect to use ID cards: • banks and building societies • Royal Mail and other delivery and courier services • libraries and video/DVD rental companies • mobile and fixed line phone companies and service providers • travel agencies and airlines • universities and colleges of higher education • retailers of all kinds, including internet-based companies • property rental companies • vehicle rental companies.
Why pan-London approach? • Convenience for customers • Economies of scale for authorities • Economies of interoperability • Common approach to marketing to excluded groups Borough brand
Why Your London?
Your London Card SchemePossible Federated Approach Libraries Culture Payment ID (e.g. council tax) Transport Leisure Schools = borough Diagram shows how locally branded card schemes could have multiple applications with common standards and some pan-London functionality
London Smartcard Executive Group (LSEG) Needs London Central Partnership rep Includes GLA
Work to date • Roadmap & draft governance published (thanks to Mick Davies) • Joint procurement of 50,000 Mifare 4K cards (as recommended by TfL in 2004) • Kingston have ordered 10,000, another 25,000 in the pipeline • Joint work on APACS UK Payments Association and Proof of Age Scheme (PASS) • Liaison with TfL and Transys
Opportunities Libraries – already contactless in Newham, Croydon, Lewisham and planned in others Leisure – workshop sponsored by Gladstone Schools Staff authentication see workshops Your ideas
Next steps • Online survey • Directions from London Smartcard Exec Group • Deliverables in 07/08 plan: • Delivery of cards to early adopters • Sign up to a federated approach • Step by step plan with focus on groups eg over 60s, secondary pupils • review following your ideas today
Get involved – see Nick or Greg on the London Connects stand