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About DigitalService

DigitalService is a wholly owned subsidiary of the German federal government and an internal digitalization partner to the country’s public administration. Set up as a federally owned limited liability company under German law (GmbH), it has been designing, developing, and operating cloud-native digital solutions since 2020 and now employs over 250 people. Its work is focused squarely on users in an effort to create digital products aligned with the needs of the public, businesses, and the administration.

Aside from developing products, DigitalService also advises the federal government on all aspects of the digitalization of the administration, from formulating and implementing regulations and standards through to control mechanisms. It runs numerous projects and programs to empower administrative staff in their digitalization work and foster a strong and modern digital culture within the administration.

Thus DigitalService combines delivery, consulting, and empowerment to ensure an efficient, user-focused, and state-of-the-art administration.

Press Releases

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

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16.06.2026 Agentic AI Hub: Pilot Phase Successfully Completed

15.04.2026 Nationwide efforts for a more efficient government: The spring cohort of Work4Germany is launching

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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01.09.2026

Sooner or later: For a digital Germany – a column by Christina Rieke Lang

Making Standards Work. The height of a step or an A4 notebook: We encounter standards everywhere in our daily lives. Most of the time, we barely notice them – precisely because they work so well for us. In the digitalization of public administration, however, standards can be a struggle. Yet common standards could enable better services for citizens while significantly reducing the administrative burden through interoperability and reuse.

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21.08.2026

Unified Digital Brand: government websites in uniform

Since the IT Planning Council’s 2024 resolution, the Unified Digital Brand has made progress: 170 services are already using its elements, and there have been other developments as well. Although a political agreement has yet to be reached, practical implementation is continuing.

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Publications

A collection of our publications on the digital transformation of public administration – from best practice collections to joint position papers with other organizations.

GovImpact Policy Paper: Sovereign cloud – strengthening the public sector’s capacity to act (German only)
GovImpact Policy Paper: For a genuine digital return – sustainable efficiency instead of short-term savings logic (German only)
Work-and-Stay-Agency: Impulses for a bold and impact-oriented reform of migration administration (German only)
Germany 2029: Successful digital policy conditions for a sustainable state and a resilient society (German only)
Best practice collection lighthouse projects digital strategy (German only)
Demands and ideas for a digital future – findings and recommendations for implementing Germany's digital Strategy (German only)

Events

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

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16.09.2026

Formfest: Switching Design Systems Without Sacrificing Accessibility

Auf dem Formfest werden unsere Kolleginnen Marion Couesnon, Senior Accessibility Designer, und Ingrid do Rio Schulze, Software Engineer, über die Umstellung von service.justiz.de auf das KERN Designsystem berichten – und wie sie dabei die Barrierefreiheit verbessert haben.

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17.09.2026

KGSt-FORUM 2026: Servicestandard statt Kopfzerbrechen – 13 Punkte für gute Online-Services

Gute staatliche Online-Angebote entstehen nicht von selbst, sondern sind Ergebnis eines Entwicklungsprozesses. Der Servicestandard setzt dafür verbindliche Maßstäbe und hat seit Inkrafttreten der Standardverordnung Onlinezugang noch an Relevanz gewonnen. Vor allem aber bietet er praxisnahe Hilfestellung, um nutzerfreundliche digitale Services zu entwickeln und zu betreiben. Die Session bietet ein Update zum Servicestandard und zeigt, wie er in Leipzig konkret angewendet wird.

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Media library

Logos and portraits for download – copyright: DigitalService GmbH des Bundes. We will be happy to provide further image material on request.

Logo DigitalService
Logo Work4Germany
Logo Tech4Germany
Portrait of Christina Rieke Lang, CEO
Portrait of Anja Theurer, CFO

DigitalService Demo Day 2025

Impressions of the DigitalService Demo Day 2025 for download – picture credits: DigitalService GmbH des Bundes/Jana Legler. We will be happy to provide further images on request.

Photo selection Demo Day