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EGovG (EN)

Act to promote electronic government
EGovG-EN · official text on Gesetze im Internet — official English translation

🇩🇪 Auf Deutsch lesen (original text)

This is the German Federal Ministry of Justice's own official English translation, by Gary Cox for the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The German original linked above is the legally authoritative text. This official translation covers 16 of the German original's 28 sections — see the German original for the complete, current text.

Sections

• Section 1 — Scope of application
• Section 2 — Electronic access to government
• Section 3 — Information on authorities and their procedures in publicly accessible networks
• Section 4 — Electronic means of payment
• Section 5 — Required documentation
• Section 6 — Electronic record-keeping
• Section 7 — Conversion and destruction of the original paper document
• Section 8 — Access to files
• Section 9 — Optimization of administrative procedures and information on the status of progress
• Section 10 — Implementation of standardization resolutions of the IT Planning Council
• Section 11 — Joint procedures
• Section 12 — Requirements pertaining to the provision of data, authorization to issue statutory instruments
• Section 13 — Electronic forms
• Section 14 — Georeferencing
• Section 15 — Official gazettes and journals
• Section 16 — Barrier-free accessibility