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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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28.05.2026

If you want to be efficient, you have to make decisions

When digitalization initiatives and reform projects come to nothing, it is rarely due to a lack of ideas. Rather, rigid structures and unclear responsibilities often prevent them from having an impact. […] At the 12th Future Congress on Government & Administration, taking place in Berlin on June 9–10, 2026, a core issue of digital transformation will take center stage: the question of impact orientation. Dr. Anna Sinell, Head of Administrative Digitalization Tools at the Federal DigitalService, and Dr. Julia Figura, First Deputy Mayor of Oldenburg, have clear expectations for the event. Both share the conviction that while technological initiatives such as the Deutschland-Stack, the EUDI Wallet, and the modernization of public registers are important building blocks, their success ultimately depends on more fundamental factors.

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12.05.2026

Building trust through the Unified Digital Brand

Public administration online services must not only be technically secure, but also clearly recognizable as such to users. The Unified Digital Brand provides a modular labeling system for this purpose, but how is it being used, and what still needs to be done?

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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: For a genuine digital return – sustainable efficiency instead of short-term savings logic
Work-and-Stay-Agency: Impulses for a bold and impact-oriented reform of migration administration
Germany 2029: Successful Digital Policy Conditions For a Sustainable State And a Resilient Society
Best Practice Collection Lighthouse Projects Digital Strategy
Demands And Ideas For a Digital Future – Findings And Recommendations For Implementing Germany's Digital Dtrategy

Events

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

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29.06.2026

Nürnberg Digital Festival: AI on Whose Terms?

Magdalena Zadara, Chief of Staff & Strategie, wird Einblicke geben, wie die deutsche Bundesregierung an KI herangeht: vom Einsatz von Frontier-Modellen zur Modernisierung öffentlicher Dienste bis hin zur Erprobung agentischer KI-Anwendungen mit europäischen Startups, stets unter Wahrung demokratischer Mandate und echter digitaler Souveränität.

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01.07.2026

NExTwerkstatt: Digitale Identitäten im Alltag

Nutzerforscher:innen haben sieben Fallstudien analysiert und mit Expert:innen Handlungsempfehlungen für den Erfolg digitaler Identitäten abgeleitet. Die NExTwerkstattmitglieder sowie NExTwerkstatt-Leitung Sonja Wilczek und Martin Jordan vom DigitalService des Bundes, stellen die zentralen Erkenntnisse vor.

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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