Public Sector

Changes of ownership, name changes, mortgages, out-flagging and some other operations must be recorded in the shipping register. Most recently, the largest German shipping register at the Hamburg District Court handles more than 3,000 such applications annually, plus around 300 new registrations. Since mid 2020 ach digital in the web browser. mgm technology partners has implemented the software development together with Dataport.

In mid-August 2020, the Hamburg Register of Shipping started regular digital operation. Since then, changes and new entries at the local court have been implemented exclusively in the web-based "SchiR" system, which mgm technology partners implemented together with Dataport on behalf of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. The team has implemented the project agile.

Since July 2020, the "E-Bill in Bavaria" service has been live on the Internet. Now the service has been awarded the certificate "BITV-compliant" after a thorough examination according to the Barrier-Free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV). mgm technology partners realised it as a technical service provider on behalf of the Bavarian State Ministry of Digital Affairs.

The barrier-free use of internet offers is not a matter of course. People with physical or cognitive disabilities regularly experience difficulties online, both in their private lives and at work. Therefore, public administration services in particular play a pioneering role in making the Internet as accessible as possible. We explain what this means here.

Since 2018, the autumn conference of the NEGZ (National E-Government Competence Centre e.V.) has been held as part of the bitkom "Smart Country Convention". This year's event was the same, but like most other events it was digital & remote. mgm was present with three contributions.

A second place - yet great joy at the Bavarian State Office for Taxes (BayLfSt): The "modular corporate account based on ELSTER" of the BayLfSt won silver in the category "Best project for implementing the online access act" at the eGovernment competition 2020.

For some months now, various calls for an open source offensive have been heard in connection with the digital sovereignty of Germany and the OZG. Our colleague Janos Standt has written down some thoughts and information on this in a LinkedIn article.

Since mid-July 2020, many employees of public institutions in Bavaria have had an important help: With the "E-Rechnung in Bayern" service, they can now validate and visualize electronic bills from suppliers and service providers in a highly secure Internet service. The Webapp thus complies with the European Union Directive 2014/55/EU.

Voice-controlled interaction offers great potential for providing barrier-free and low-threshold access to e-government services. The short study on voice-control for e-government services in Germany, funded by the National E-Government Competence Centre (NEGZ), looks at which steps need to be considered for the implementation.

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