Janet invites responses from those responsible within universities and colleges and research council establishments for the use of Janet services in support of the institution’s business, and from those involved in the management of the institution’s business and community engagement activities.  A web-based means of responding has been set up and guidance on how to respond can be found in Section 9 of this paper.

The consultation will run until 7 November 2010.

Dependent upon the response to the consultation, we propose to present preliminary conclusions from the consultation for further discussion at the Janet Strategic Briefing in London on 23 November, and to publish final conclusions after that discussion.  We expect then to implement changes to the Janet regulatory regime to take effect during the Spring of 2011, but this timetable remains provisional pending the conclusion of the consultation process.