Below is a list of useful links to other organisations and government departments relevant to the IT, Electronics, Communications and Content industries:

BCS (The British Computer Society)
http://www.bcs.org/
The BCS is the professional body for IT and a Chartered Engineering Institute with 65,000 members in over 100 countries. BCS is the qualifying body for Chartered IT Professionals.

Cabinet Office
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/
The Cabinet Office sits at the very centre of government and, together with the Treasury, provides the ‘head office’ of government. The Cabinet Office has an overarching purpose of ‘Making government work better’.

CBI (The Confederation of British Industry)
http://www.cbi.org.uk
The CBI is the UK's leading, independent employers' organisation. Representing public and private sector companies it works with the UK government, international legislators and policy-makers to help UK businesses compete effectively.

DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
http://www.defra.gov.uk/
DEFRA’s Mission is to enable everyone to live within our environmental means. This is most clearly exemplified by the need to tackle climate change internationally and through domestic action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment

e-skills UK
http://www.e-skills.com/
e-skills UK is a not-for-profit, employer-led organisation, licensed by government as the Sector Skills Council for IT and Telecoms.

IET (The Institute of Engineering and Technology)
http://www.theiet.org/
The IET is one of the world’s leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community. With 150,000 members in 127 countries, the IET facilitates the exchange of ideas and promotion of the positive role of science, engineering and technology in the world.

Intellect
http://www.intellectuk.org/
Intellect is the trade association for the UK technology industry, representing software and IT organisations to government and the media, and providing a code of conduct for its members.

NCC (The National Computing Centre)
http://www.ncc.co.uk/
The NCC is the UK's leading IT membership organisation which champions the effective deployment of IT to maximise the competitiveness of its members' business, serving corporate, vendor and government communities.