Organisation

Structures within the BMDS

The Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation (BMDS) is where central responsibilities for digital topics and government modernisation come together. A decree by the Federal Chancellor has set the departmental responsibilities (Organisationserlass, in German only).

Organisational Chart (PDF) (not accessible) [PDF, 277 KB]

Leadership

Federal Minister for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation

Dr. Karsten Wildberger

Directorate-General L
Federal CISO at BSI
Office for Strategic Planning, Performance Management and Project Management

State Secretary

Dr Markus Richter

Directorates-General S, SB, DS, DI, DW
Office for Internal Audit Unit
Office for Federal Cyber Security Steering Unit
Parliamentary State Secretary

Philipp Amthor

Directorates-General S, SB
Parliamentary State Secretary

Thomas Jarzombek

Directorates-General DS, DI, DW

Directorates-General (DG)

Director-General

Service

Dr Soeffky

Deputy Director-General

Service

Gilbert

Division S 1

Human Resources Management
Division S 2

Organisation, Protection of classified information
Division S 3

Change Management, Human Resources Development
Division S 4

Budget Management
Division S 5

Legal Affairs, Central Procurment Office
Division S 6

Internal Services
Division S 7

Coordination of Data Labs, IT Services

Director-General

Government Modernisation and Bureaucracy Reduction

Dr Böllhoff

- Directorate SB I
  
  Government Modernisation, Administrative Organisation, IT Planning Council
  
  Kießling
- Division SB I 1
  
  General Policy, Government Modernisation Portfolio
- Division SB I 2
  
  General Policy and Organisational Aspects of Cooperation among All Levels of Government, Committees
- Division SB I 3
  
  Law on Digital Administration
- Division SB I 4
  
  Administrative Organisation, Critical Review of Tasks, Consolidation of Government Agencies
- Division SB I 5
  
  Administrative Culture, Human Resources and Skills Management, Transformation Hub
- Division SB I 6
  
  End-to-End Digital Transformation, Once-Only Principle
- Directorate SB II
  
  Bureaucracy Reduction, Better Regulation
  
  von Plettenberg
- Special Project
  
  Law as Code; Legislative Drafting Concepts
- Division SB II 1
  
  Policy on Bureaucracy Reduction at National and EU Level
- Division SB II 2
  
  Bureaucracy Reduction Monitoring and Projects
- Division SB II 3
  
  Better Regulation, Center for Legislative Drafting
- Division SB II 4
  
  Citizen-centered Government, Strategic Forecasting, Networking with the Research Community
- Division SB II 5
  
  Administrative, Process and Project Management

Director-General

Deutschland-Stack

Decker

- Directorate DS I
  
  Digital Infrastructure for the Public Administration
  
  Cordt
- Division DS I 1
  
  IT Architecture, Portfolio Management, Digital Sovereignty
- Division DS I 2
  
  Management of Federal IT Expenditure, Sounding Board
- Division DS I 3
  
  Cloud Infrastructure
- Division DS I 4
  
  Consolidation of Federal IT Operations
- Division DS I 5
  
  Communication Infrastructure of Public Authorities
- Division DS I 6
  
  Platforms, NOOTS
- Division DS I 7
  
  Federal AI, Chief AI Officer
- Directorate DS II
  
  Digital Services for the Public Administration, Federal IT Procurement
  
  Bergner
- Division DS II 1
  
  General Policy, D-Stack Budget
- Division DS II 2
  
  Chief Procurement Officer, Procurement Market, Management of IT Procurement
- Division DS II 3
  
  Standardisation and Digitisation of IT Procurement, Digital Marketplace
- Division DS II 4
  
  Lead Federal Negotiator, IT Procurement Law
- Division DS II 5
  
  Digital Services (Basic Services)
- Division DS II 6
  
  Digital Services (Applications, UX/UI)
- Division DS II 7
  
  Identity and Verification Services

Director-General

Communication and Strategy

Kieß

Deputy Director-General

Communication and Strategy

Kowalewski

Division L 1

Office of the Minister
Division L 2

Cabinet and Parliamentary Affairs
Division L 3

Strategic Planning
Division L 4

Press Relations
Division L 5

Digital Communication and Social Media
Division L 6

Speeches, Public Relations

Director-General

Digital Infrastructure

Husch

Deputy Director-General

Digital Infrastructure

Ding

Division DI 1

Digital Infrastructure – Policy Issues
Division DI 2

Digital Infrastructure – European and International Policy
Division DI 3

Telecommunications Law
Division DI 4

Digital Infrastructure – Security and Resilience
Division DI 5

Broadband Roll-out Promotion
Division DI 6

Mobile Communications and Gigabit Register
Division DI 7

Radio Spectrum Policy, ITU
Division DI 8

Innovative Network Technologies

Director-General

Digital Policy and Economy

Breit

Directorate DW I

Digital Policy

Krüger
Division DW I 1

National Digital Policy; Promotion of Digital Technologies
Division DW I 2

European Digital Policy
Division DW I 3

Multilateral Digital Policy
Division DW I 4

Bilateral Digital Policy
Division DW I 5

Platform Regulation
Division DW I 6

Future. Digital

Directorate DW II

Economy, Data and AI

Heinrich
Division DW II 1

Digital Economy and Digital Sovereignty
Division DW II 2

Artificial Intelligence
Division DW II 3

Data Law and Data Economy
Division DW II 4

Data Protection and Data Use, Open Data
Division DW II 5

IT Infrastructure and Applications
Division DW II 6

Trust Services, Digital Identities, Cyber Security

Organisation

Leadership

Federal Minister for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation

State Secretary

Parliamentary State Secretary

Parliamentary State Secretary

Directorates-General (DG)

Director-General

Deputy Director-General

Division S 1

Division S 2

Division S 3

Division S 4

Division S 5

Division S 6

Division S 7

Director-General

Directorate SB I

Division SB I 1

Division SB I 2

Division SB I 3

Division SB I 4

Division SB I 5

Division SB I 6

Directorate SB II

Special Project

Division SB II 1

Division SB II 2

Division SB II 3

Division SB II 4

Division SB II 5

Director-General

Directorate DS I

Division DS I 1

Division DS I 2

Division DS I 3

Division DS I 4

Division DS I 5

Division DS I 6

Division DS I 7

Directorate DS II

Division DS II 1

Division DS II 2

Division DS II 3

Division DS II 4

Division DS II 5

Division DS II 6

Division DS II 7

Director-General

Deputy Director-General

Division L 1

Division L 2

Division L 3

Division L 4

Division L 5

Division L 6

Director-General

Deputy Director-General

Division DI 1

Division DI 2

Division DI 3

Division DI 4

Division DI 5

Division DI 6

Division DI 7

Division DI 8

Director-General

Directorate DW I

Division DW I 1

Division DW I 2

Division DW I 3

Division DW I 4

Division DW I 5

Division DW I 6

Directorate DW II

Division DW II 1

Division DW II 2

Division DW II 3

Division DW II 4

Division DW II 5