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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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15.11.2024 Kick-off DIN process: More quality for digital services

11.11.2024 Digital legal application office is awarded: Federal Ministry of Justice project receives “Prize for Good Administration”

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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05.11.2024

ZeVeDi Podcast: Digital talk with Stephanie Kaiser

The digitalization of government and administration is set to progress rapidly – and high demands are being placed on digital solutions for fulfilling public tasks. Stephanie Kaiser is the Chief Product Officer of DigitalService. In this podcast, the expert in software development and IT projects describes the tasks of this unusual position, how it works and what innovations are created in the process.

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16.10.2024

Viewpoints: How to (not) procure modern software

The administration is focused on security, including in the procurement of digital solutions and cooperation with service providers. However, this way of thinking prevents modern, state-of-the-art applications, says Anja Theurer, CFO of the Federal Digital Service. Why, in order to do things better in the future, we need to say goodbye to a popular contractual basis.

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Events

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

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04.12.2024

Breakout-Session beim FormFest 2024: Involving the right parties in the form design process

Um die Verwendung von Formularen wesentlich zu erleichtern, müssen wir die zugrunde liegenden Anforderungen verstehen - und manchmal auch ändern. Wir müssen verstehen, wie Formulare verarbeitet werden und warum bestimmte Anforderungen überhaupt bestehen. Dazu müssen alle Beteiligten von Anfang an einbezogen werden: die Rechtsabteilung, die die Anforderungen stellt, die Beamten, die die Formulare bearbeiten, und natürlich die Nutzenden, die die Formulare ausfüllen. Anhand von Beispielen aus verschiedenen Projekten (Justiz und Steuern) zeigen Paul Pistorius und Julian Rösner beim virtuellen FormFest 2024, wie wir beim DigitalService Formulare verbessern, indem wir die Anforderungen auf beiden Seiten des Bildschirms verstehen.

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