Public Sector

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Digital sovereignty – web panel on the digitalisation of public administration

Can the German administration become more independent of individual providers and thus more digitally sovereign through open source software (OSS)? This question was the focus of the "Behörden Spiegel"* web panel "Digital Sovereignty". mgm CEO Hamarz Mehmanesh gave the keynote speech. There was also a presentation of the planned Centre for Digital Sovereignty (ZenDiS) and a discussion round with representatives of the federal government, the state, local authorities and an open source trade association.

eGovernment Competition 2021: Jury selects Ship Register in 2nd place

Yesterday evening in Berlin: the 20th award ceremony of the renowned eGovernment competition. On stage: twice the digital ship register and team members from the Hamburg Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BJV), mgm and Dataport. There was a 2nd and a 3rd place.

From the Blockchain to the SSI – into the Wallet

A study in which mgm was involved explores the question: How can merchants on marketplaces provide mandatory proof of taxes using blockchain technology? One of the results was a prototype based on SSI. A podcast with Ansgar Knipschild - and lots of detailed information.

Nationwide company account launches – contacts with authorities become easier

Companies have an average of around 200 contacts with the authorities per year. In order to make paper forms, faxes, e-mails and letter post a thing of the past, fully digital administrative services are needed. The basis for this is to be the uniform ELSTER-based company account. The basic components of the joint project were presented to the public at the beginning of June 2021.

IT master agreement of the Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs goes to mgm,...

To support digitisation projects, the Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs (StMD) invited tenders for a framework contract for various IT services. mgm was now awarded the contract as general contractor together with KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft and Höhn Consulting as one of seven companies.

eGovernment Computing nominates mgm for awards 2021

The magazine eGovernment Computing (Vogel IT-Medien) has been presenting the "eGovernment Computing Readers Choice Award" for five years. For the sixth edition, the monthly magazine has now nominated mgm for the award in the "Consultant" category for the first time.

Blockchain & SSI: Preventing tax losses on online marketplaces

What is the potential of using blockchain technology in tax administration? The Bavarian State Tax Office has explored this question in a research project together with the Fraunhofer FIT Business Informatics Project Group, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and mgm. The results are promising - especially with the use of a Self-Sovereign Identity system (SSI).

Collective strength – mgm joins DATABUND

From 1 April 2021, mgm technology partners is a member of DATABUND e.V., the association of medium-sized IT service providers and software manufacturers for the public sector in Germany. With almost 60 members, the association is primarily involved in the area of standardisation and represents the interests of its members vis-à-vis ministries and politics.

mgm at the Future Congress Bavaria 2021 – Focus: Digital Sovereignty

The Bavarian Future Congress of Behörden Spiegel took place at the end of February under the motto "The summit in view - the rise of digital administration in the Free State". Hamarz Mehmanesh, founder and CEO of mgm, discussed digital sovereignty in one of the ten expert forums.

Hamburg shipping register enters digital era

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.