24. November 2022
author:
Dr. Anna Sinell |
Marie Beckmann
Digital Identities: helping the online ID function make a breakthrough
Back in November 2010, Germany introduced the new electronic ID card (nPA), one of the most forgery-proof ID documents with an online ID function (eID) in the world. The nPA was groundbreaking at the time, enabling electronic identification and authentication. Nevertheless, people in Germany still use their state digital identity less than in other countries. However, because identification is the basis for many administrative services, the lack of acceptance is a stumbling block for the successful implementation of digital administrative services in the context of the Online Access Act (OZG), among other things. The aim of our “Digital Identities“ project with the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI) as part of the interministerial project GovLabDE Digital Identities (German only) is to further develop the state digital identity into a popular and widespread solution and thus help increase the usage rates of online administrative services.
Dr. Anna Sinell
joined the DigitalService team as a project lead in January 2022. Throughout her professional life, she has been dedicated to the question of what effective mechanisms are needed to ensure that ideas do not remain theoretical but are actually implemented in society. Her focus has been on innovation systems – first in research at Fraunhofer, then at the Google Future Workshop, and most recently at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. She is now applying her experience to what she considers perhaps the most interesting innovation process: legislation. In her spare time, she was once a passionate field hockey player, but today it is her three children who keep her on her toes.
Marie Beckmann
works as a Senior Product Manager at DigitalService and is the project lead for further developing the Elterngeldrechner (parental allowance calculator). Agile and user-centered product development have driven her since the beginning of her career. Before joining DigitalService in June 2021, she was a product owner at IBM iX. Already then she had made it her mission to shape the way we move and interact in the digital environment in a needs-oriented way.
