Quality assurance in long-lived, complex enterprise software
Software bugs can cost millions and bring a company to a complete standstill. To prevent this from happening, it is important to develop secure, stable, and high-quality business applications - and to do so through quality assurance that is anchored in the entire software development process from the very beginning.
eGovernment Computing Readers’ Choice: mgm again wins the platinum award
At the top of the podium for the second time in a row: Again in 2022, the Readers' Choice Platinum Award in the "Consultant" category goes to mgm. The winners in the ten categories were officially announced yesterday evening at the festive awards ceremony in Berlin. For seven years now, the "Readers' Choice Awards" have been announced by the trade magazine eGovernment Computing of Vogel IT-Medien.
Jury selects MODUL-F for 1st place in the eGovernment Competition 2022
The renowned eGovernment competition was held for the 21st time. Yesterday evening, the MODUL-F team was jubilant at the finale: first place was awarded by the expert jury in the category "Best Cooperation Project 2022", as well as third place from the public vote. All in all, great recognition for the team members from the Hamburg Senate Chancellery, the Federal Ministry of the Interior and for Home Affairs, mgm and Dataport.
einfachELSTER: Income tax return in ten minutes for all those who receive a pension...
There are about six million taxpayers of retirement and pension age. They also have to file an income tax return if their annual income exceeds the basic allowance. With the new einfachELSTER service of the tax administration in the KONSENS project, there is now a special online service: with the service, many pensioners and retirees can complete their electronic tax return in just a few steps.
mgm once again nominated for the eGovernment Computing Awards
As the defending champion from last year mgm is once again up for election for the "eGovernment Computing Readers Choice Award". The event is organized by the trade journal "eGovernment Computing" of Vogel IT-Media and will culminate in the awards ceremony at the end of September in Berlin, Germany. Voting for the readers' choice starts today, April 29, 2022, and ends in July.
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.