Week #149 at the Digital Service: Notes for 3–7 March 2025

In his week 149 at Digital Service, the DIN specification underpinning the updated Service Standard for the German government was published. Martin co-ran a meetup on ‘Better voting, better democracy’. He also started planning out the upcoming Service Gazette.

Meetup: Filling the gaps

On 5 November, the ongoing ‘Öffentliches Gestalten’ series discussed ‘filling the gaps’ – how engaged members of civic society step in when public sector organisations don’t do what’s expected of them. Speakers included Lilith Wittmann from Bund.dev and Nic from AllABoutBerlin.com.

Week #147 at the Digital Service: Notes for 17–21 February 2025

The week before the general election in Germany, Martin contributed an article to Süddeutsche Zeitung Dossier comparing current developments in the UK and the US, reflecting on what Germany’s new government can learn from it. He also worked on objectives for the first six months and how the updated Service Standard should look.

Week #142 at the Digital Service: Notes for 13–17 January 2025

In week 142 at Digital Service, Martin participated in an offsite with his head of delivery colleagues. He also offered an inspirational outlook for the user research practice at Digital Service. Martin also got a blog post published and worked on another plus other submissions.