In September 2020, the formerly state-funded 4Germany UG was purchased by the federal government and thus became DigitalService4Germany GmbH. The goal: establishing a permanent in-house software development unit for the federal government, which builds user-centric digital services that work better for all people in Germany. In addition, the GmbH will continue to run the two fellowship programs Tech4Germany and Work4Germany. By bringing young professionals onto government projects, the fellowship programs have enabled participants to experience the advantages of agile and user-centric work since 2018.
About the DigitalService4Germany GmbH
Team
Christina Lang
CEO
Philipp Möser
COO
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Timeline
October 2020
Start DigitalService4Germany
September 2020
4Germany is going Bundes GmbH and renamed DigitalService4Germany GmbH with the mandate to build an inhouse-software development unit for the German state
September 2020
#WirVsVirus final presentation with federal chancellor Angela Merkel, Helge Braun, Doro Bär and Minister for education Anja Karlizek
July 2020
Tech4Germany Year 3 with 32 fellows und 6 ministries 
June 2020
Federal president Frank Walter Steinmeier and Elke Büdenbender visit Tech4Germany and Work4Germany during the German digital day 
May 2020
Work4Germany Year 1 with 10 fellows und 10 ministries 
March 2020
Initiation and organization of #WirVsVirus Hackathon der Bundesregierung with 28.000 participants 
January 2020
Organisation hires 8 news employees
November 2019
Tech4Germany presentation in front of all members of cabinets in Meseberg 
October 2019
Tech4Germany final presentation in front of 400 guests 
August 2019
Sonja Anton, Christina Lang and Andrej Safundzic found 4Germany UG and secure state funding 
April 2019
First conceptual draft for Work4Germany by Christina and proposal to the federal chancellery
2019
Tech4Germany Year 2 with 27 fellows und 4 projects 
September 2018
Tech4Germany final presentations in front of the head of the federal chancellery and ministers of state 
June 2018
Tech4Germany Year 1 with 9 fellows and 2 projects under the patronage of the head of the federal chancellery Helge Braun 
Tech4Germany
Since 2018, the Tech4Germany Fellowship has been making the advantages of user-centered work in software development projects on a federal level tangible. Tech4Germany brings together 30 talents from the fields of technology, product and design for 12 weeks each year with the federal administration. In small teams of four people, user-centered software prototypes for concrete challenges of the federal ministries are developed using agile methods. The Fellowship Program is under the patronage of the head of the Federal Chancellery, Helge Braun.
Tech4Germany Website
Work4Germany
The Work4Germany Fellowship Program supports federal ministries in establishing new methods of working and developing methodological skills. Methodically strong young professionals work directly with the innovation drivers inside the institutions for six months. In cross-departmental projects with high implementation priority, the innovation tandems rethink processes. The close cooperation is intended to enable the innovation drivers to work on innovative projects in interdisciplinary teams in the long term and thus drive forward the modernization of the German state. Work4Germany was piloted in 2020 with 10 tandems.
Work4Germany Website