The first phase of the Government Secure Intranet (GSi) covering 350,000 public servants in 154 central government departments in the United Kingdom is complete.

The first phase, completed last week, lets the government sharing information across government departments and between the central government and other UK and European government bodies.

GSi was first established in 1997, and provided basic messaging and Internet access. The new GSi will add centralized identity management providing users with different levels of access to confidential material.

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