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About DigitalService

As the central digitalization unit of the German federal government, DigitalService has set itself the task of sustainably advancing the digitalization of Germany and establishing agile software development and user-centered design as the standard in public administration.

To this end, DigitalService builds up internal development and methodological expertise for the federal government with interdisciplinary teams. Together with the federal administration, it develops user-centered digital services that measurably improve the interaction between citizens and the state. Through the Tech4Germany and Work4Germany fellowship programs, the in-house unit brings external digital experts and change experts to the federal ministries for several months to experience the benefits of new working methods and improve the implementation of digitalization projects.

DigitalService was established as a federally owned limited liability company in October 2020 and is wholly owned by the federal government. It emerged from the non-profit start-up 4Germany, which was founded in 2019.

Press Releases

All DigitalService press releases in a chronological list – for a comprehensive overview of current and past news.

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28.08.2024 Five years of Work4Germany: launch of the fellowship program in 2024

26.07.2024 BMI and DigitalService launch the “Servicestandard 2.0” project

In the media

A compilation of media publications about our organization and our projects from the press, radio, and news portals.

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24.07.2024

Servicestandard is being revised

In cooperation with the DigitalService, the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community will work on further developing the existing Servicestandard by the end of the year. The aim is to define a binding minimum level for the quality of OZG online services and other government online offerings.

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17.07.2024

In depth: The long road to digital-ready law

If political goals cannot be translated into digital processes, it costs a lot of time and money – for citizens, companies, and the administration. The requirements for laws have changed significantly as a result of digitalization. However, they are still written in the same way as they were decades ago, “both in terms of skills and methodological approaches”, said Stephanie Kaiser, Chief Product Officer at Digitalservice des Bundes, a state-owned limited company within the remit of the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI).

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Events

Upcoming events and dates in which we are participating or which we are organizing ourselves.

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13.09.2024

33. Deutscher EDV-Gerichtstag: Zugang zum Recht über service.justiz.de

In einer Podiumsdiskussion sprechen unsere Projektteams am 13. September über die Zusammenarbeit in der digitalen Produktentwicklung mit Partnerländern und Pilotgerichten und diskutieren darüber, wie wir von Nutzerbedürfnissen über Länderinteressen zu einheitlichen Lösungen für die deutsche Justiz kommen können.

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16.10.2024

Stadt. Land. Bund: Digitalkultur schaffen für eine zukunftsfähige Verwaltung!

Unter diesem Motto lädt das Team von Work4Germany herzlich zur Netzwerkveranstaltung ein. Gemeinsam mit Teilnehmenden aus öffentlichem wie privatem Sektor möchten die Kolleg:innen diskutieren, wie man nutzerzentrierte Digitalvorhaben und Digitalisierung in der Verwaltung durch Gestaltung einer Digitalkultur effizienter und wirksamer vorantreiben kann. Der Eintritt zur SCCON ist kostenfrei.

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