Public Sector

Imagine your government agency receives a bill at the beginning of the year. The software licenses for day-to-day operations have gone up in price again, this time by 17 percent. No room for negotiation, no alternatives. Many government agencies in Germany have built up digital dependencies from which they can hardly free themselves today. There is more to this than just an IT problem: it is about who retains control over critical digital infrastructure. It is about digital sovereignty.

At the end of May 2026, mgm technology partners made its A12 development platform open source – a move that has attracted attention within...

mgm technology partners GmbH is making the source code of the A12 AI Low Code Platform available from 27 May 2026. The Community Edition is now available on openCode and GitHub. The A12 platform has proven itself over many years on highly complex public administration projects, such as ELSTER. A12 enables the creation of complex specialist applications using model-based software development and low code. By opening up the source code, all organisations and companies can now benefit from this experience and operate their applications with digital sovereignty.

When the topic of digital sovereignty comes up in public administration, many people first think of technology—software, servers, the cloud, and license agreements. That’s not wrong, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. At its core, digital sovereignty is a question of power.

AI-assisted code generation promises speed — but without clear architectural boundaries, the result is risk, not results. Generated code isn't inherently secure, maintainable, or testable. What matters is the framework it's produced in: precise architectural constraints limit what's possible so that entire classes of errors are structurally eliminated. How this works in practice — and why A12 acts as a safety net.

Year after year, the Future Congress on Government & Public Administration serves as the central gathering place for everyone actively shaping the digital transformation of the public sector. mgm will be there again this year – and has two powerful messages to share.

On May 12, 2026, Markus Michels, Senior Open Source Program Manager at mgm technology Partners, will be a speaker at the live webinar “How Can the Federal Government, States, and Municipalities Work Together to Achieve Digital Sovereignty?” on eGovernment.de.

We are delighted to have been nominated once again for the eGovernment Readers' Choice Award in the Consultant category. Having already won the Platinum Award five times in a row, we naturally want to defend this title again this year. Please help us by voting for mgm in the Consultant category.

The IT Planning Council has set the course with its resolution on the Federal Target Architecture for Mailbox and Communication Solutions (ZaPuK)—but the real challenge begins now: Hundreds of specialized procedures and portals must be migrated, integrated, and reimagined. mgm technology partners demonstrates how this can be achieved with open source, a clear architectural framework, and responsible AI deployment.

The A12 Enterprise AI Low Code Platform will soon be available as open source. In close coordination between the Bavarian State Office for Taxation...