Tag: Public administration
How powerful will the Ministry of Transport and Digital become?
Traffic light coalitionists There is the greatest need for discussion in the traffic light coalition on the question of digital responsibilities, as all parties are affected. (Photo: imago images /…
Tesla waives state subsidies for battery production in Grünheide
Construction site of the Tesla factory in Brandenburg The electric car maker wants to forego possible government funding in the billions. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Grünheide The US electric car manufacturer…
What the new government plans to do with laws
Gender equality check: According to the coalition agreement, the SPD, Greens and FDP want to achieve equality between women and men this decade. The parties promise: “We will continue to…
The balance sheet of the Autobahn GmbH of the federal government is sobering after a year
Highway construction site According to information from the Handelsblatt, the motorway company will not be able to obstruct half a billion euros this year, which is a good ten percent…
The balance sheet of the Autobahn GmbH of the federal government is sobering after a year
Highway construction site According to information from the Handelsblatt, the motorway company will not be able to obstruct half a billion euros this year, which is a good ten percent…
Bafin President Branson makes law and compliance a top priority
Bafin President Mark Branson The Briton will take care of cross-departmental issues of financial supervision himself in the future. (Photo: Jann Höfer for Handelsblatt) Frankfurt Usually not even regulatory experts…
Digital Identities: Responsibility & Security Issues
Berlin Extend your ID card quickly on your mobile phone, apply for student loans or your passport: It could be so easy. In order for this vision of a digitized…
Digitization: Germany’s place after the “Desi” survey
Office building in Frankfurt According to the EU Commission, too much information is still only shared in an analogue manner within the company. (Photo: dpa) Brussels Germany is making headway…
Digital Ministry is probably no longer an option
Berlin The FDP wanted it, the digital associations wanted it, and the vast majority of Germans also thought it was a good idea: a separate ministry for digital affairs. According…
What a digital check should look like
In the new legislative period, what has been neglected in the last few decades should finally succeed: Germany’s administration has to abandon the fax machine and dare to step into…
Integrity Report 2020: 20 cases of corruption at federal authorities
Berlin At some point in October, the managing director for operations and finance could no longer be found on the website of the toll operator Toll Collect, an explanatory press…
Integrity Report 2020: 20 cases of corruption at federal authorities
Berlin At some point in October, the managing director for operations and finance could no longer be found on the website of the toll operator Toll Collect, an explanatory press…
Coalition Negotiations: How Good Laws Are Made
That is at least suggested by the findings of a group of digital and transformation experts who have analyzed current legislative processes over the past four months under the patronage…
How politics fails in the fight against tax tricks
Tax office Politics and administration should have taken on the new tax trick much earlier. (Photo: dpa) Cologne It’s that time again: a tax scandal outraged the republic. Numerous high-earning…
How politics fails in the fight against tax tricks
Tax office Politics and administration should have taken on the new tax trick much earlier. (Photo: dpa) Cologne It’s that time again: a tax scandal outraged the republic. Numerous high-earning…
Approval authority starts further examination
Berlin There is a risk of new delays in the construction of the first European Tesla factory in Grünheide near Berlin. The reason: The online discussion of more than 800…
There is a lack of expertise in mathematics, statistics and computer science
Chancellor Angela Merkel with a robot Too few politicians really know about the details of digitization (Photo: dpa) When politicians meet these days to discuss the future of the country,…
A new construction freeze is looming on the autobahn
Motorway construction sites in Saxony-Anhalt The Autobahn GmbH will probably not be able to obstruct at least 200 million euros. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Autobahn GmbH of the federal government…
Exploratory paper: Tech associations praise digital plans – but miss a new ministry
Digitization is at the top of the exploratory paper of the SPD, Greens and FDP. Digital associations praise the new prioritization, but also see weak points. .source site
The state is only partially operational
Jänschwalde lignite power station Schularick’s central thesis is that the state is ill-equipped for its role as a crisis manager. That has to change in the face of threats like…