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E-Government

Connecting all institutions involved

Digitalization of government

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Stefan Haller

Senior Consultant | Managing Partner

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Marcel Hostettler

Senior Consultant & Projectmanager | CEO linkyard consulting ag

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Raphaël Unterberger

Senior ICT Consultant / Regional Head northwest switzerland

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We combine three key skills for the success of IT projects in e-government under one roof:

‍ - Conceptual skills with expertise in the specific project topic and related areas
- Solid knowledge of decision-making and procurement processes in the public sector
- Methodological and technical implementation skills

Together with you, we are also driving complex projects forward and solving challenging problems.

Skill 1

Applicable industry expertise

Even though certain rules and procedures in the state apply to everyone: the public administration is not an individual sector Just like any other. Under the umbrella of the federal state, there is a wide range of extremely diverse services and areas of expertise. Projects in construction, education, national defense or public safety with their emergency organizations: the respective areas represent independent sectors, each with a different focus, which may require independent industry solutions in addition to a project approach appropriate to the situation.

At the same time, eGovernment projects are intensifying bridges between these diverse fields of expertise. For example, we have been involved in the eCH standardization organization for years, including in specialist and working groups on the topics of political rights, personal reporting and identity & access management. We are currently a member of the eCH Object Management Section and the Swiss E-Government Architecture Committee SEAC.Thanks to our extensive project experience, we have already built up know-how in many areas. As a customer, you don't always have to teach us everything in a complex way right from the start, but we start at a high professional level and can also easily draw on additional expertise from related fields of expertise.

Skill 2

Specific process and procurement expertise

The public sector functions according to a number of important principles, which can be lived differently in the private sector. These include, for example:

restrictions on public procurement law,
the need for legal bases to carry out an activity as a state and
cooperation in federal project structures without an individual CEO with authority, who alone can make final decisions for all.

As a result, IT projects in public administration often have a higher organizational complexity than in the private sector. We have already successfully implemented many cross-organizational projects. In this way, we can contribute our experience in organising work in intercantonal procurement associations or projects across several federal levels.

Skill 3

Interdisciplinary project expertise

The effective handling of complex problems increasingly requires interdisciplinary cooperation. We regard the well-founded analysis of the problems in all their aspects and contexts as well as the communication of the facts and options for action to the addressees as particularly important success factors. One of our particular strengths is that we can supplement your competent main contacts with us in a situational and uncomplicated manner with other complementary experts. Whether it's data protection or procurement law, cloud, DevOps, Scaled Agile, Artificial Intelligence or container-based deployments and identity federation: we bring together experienced project managers and specialists with depth on a rare range of topics under one roof.

Skill 1: Applicable industry expertise

Even though certain rules and procedures in the government apply to everyone: the public administration is not an individual sector like any other. Under the umbrella of the federal state, there is a wide range of extremely diverse services and areas of expertise. Projects in construction, education, national defense or public safety with their emergency organizations: the respective areas represent independent sectors, each with a different focus, which may require independent industry solutions in addition to a project approach appropriate to the situation.

Skill 2: specific procedural and procurement expertise

The public sector functions according to a number of important principles, which can be lived differently in the private sector. These include, for example

restrictions on public procurement law,
the need for legal bases to carry out an activity as a state and
cooperation in federal project structures without an individual CEO with authority, who alone can make final decisions for all.

Skill 3: interdisciplinary project competence

Why Linkyard?

High level of integrity

All of our employees in important positions are subject to security screening before being hired. The linkyard information security management system is certified according to ISO 27001:2013. Around half of our employees have a valid extended personal security check in accordance with PSP 11 and can therefore be quickly and easily deployed even in projects with access to classified information or systems.

linkyard: the IT service provider for cantons

Canton of Bern: Open Source Platform
Canton of Bern: Development and integration of a business administration in the agricultural sector
Cantons of Bern, Schwyz and Thurgau: Project management and requirements engineering for electronic building applications and planning approval procedures
Federal Office of Justice: Project support nationwide land search
Federal Tax Administration: Operation and Customization of a Collaboration Platform
Intercantonal procurement organization: AD interim management
Federal Administration: Market price estimate in preparation for a tender
Intercantonal procurement organization: Strategy process support
Canton of Bern and Bedag Informatik AG: several projects and procurements in the area of Identity & Access Management
Canton of Zurich: Coordinating interface connection between social security and residents' data platform