Consultancy firm Capgemini, the organisation developing the technical design for the Government's child information sharing index, has been working with the DfES to help it lay the groundwork for the smart card scheme. But that arrangement recently ended and the department has brought in new consultants to progress the project.
Young People Now understands that work on developing a model for delivering the pilot schemes is moving forward, having been fraught with technical difficulties over recent months.
Staff from fields including youth work, finance and marketing, who have been seconded by the Government as business champions from the 10 pilot authorities, have been given a deadline of next month to develop possible models for delivering the pilots. They are working at the department's Sheffield office two days a week.
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