Digitalcheck
Digital-ready legislation as a prerequisite for digital government
The German legislative process has gone largely unchanged for decades, resulting in legal and practical issues in digital implementation. Many laws cannot take effect fully. The situation often brings disproportionate cost and effort for the government, the private sector, and society at large.
Since 2022, we have been developing the Digitalcheck in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI). This methodological process support provides administrative staff with tools to develop digital and practical regulations – a key step toward accelerating procedures, reducing costs, and cutting bureaucracy.
From 2025, the Digitalcheck infrastructure will also be used for interoperability assessments for the European Union.
Special features
- Ongoing development in collaboration with an interministerial working group and the National Regulatory Control Council (NKR), based on user feedback.
- Provision of digital tools to simplify the creation of digitally compatible laws.
- Online training sessions for administrative staff.
- Interdisciplinary teams support administrative staff in drafting legislative initiatives.
Facts and figures
€15.4 million per year: Reduction in compliance costs with the new, digitally compatible electricity tax law
€2.8 million per year: Savings by the Federal Aviation Office through a digitally compatible aviation law
Markus Richter, CIO and State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community
Digital-ready legislation is an ongoing task!
Read more about this project
