Government Connect is a pan-government programme providing an accredited and secure network between central government and every local authority in England and Wales.  The network is known as GCSx (Government Connect Secure Extranet).  GCSx is part of the wider Government Secure Intranet (GSi) and provides connectivity to nearly all central departments (Scottish local authorities have already established a similar network known as the Government Secure Extranet (GSx)).

GCSx is connected to the Government Secure Intranet (GSI), which also enables secure interactions between local authorities and central government departments and national bodies. GCSx provides a range of connectivity options to enable access the GSI network and its hosted services; GCSx does not use the Internet or any other public networks.

GCSx provides secure access from connected Local Authorities to many other secure networks such as:

Government Secure Extranet (GSX)
Government Secure Intranet (GSI)
National Health Service (NHS)
Criminal Justice Extranet (CJX)
Police National Network (PNN)

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