Grüne on digital affairs

The Greens want to use digitalization as a tool for climate protection while cutting its own emissions. A green IT strategy would make all of the state's digital projects climate-neutral. This comes with open public-sector data and carbon-neutral data centers.

The Greens want digital technology to help the climate. The state's computers and data centers should not harm the climate. Data centers are large halls full of computers. They should run on green power. Government data should be open to everyone.

The strategy would cover everything from school tablets to electronic case files and would also apply to projects by municipalities and others that the state supports. Data centers would run on renewable power, and their waste heat would be put to use. Fast internet would be expanded mainly through fiber optics, 5G, and later mobile standards in order to save energy. Smart energy and building management would match consumption to the supply of renewable energy. According to the platform, open data would enable more efficient logistics, resource-saving production, and smart energy systems.

The Greens want closer links between science, business and public administration so that more mid-sized companies and agencies can use new digital technology. Prevention and help in IT security incidents are to be expanded. According to the program, digitalization should serve people and not be an end in itself.

The Greens want more companies and agencies to use new digital technology. Researchers, companies and agencies should work together more closely. Computers and data should be safer. There should be more help after an attack.

The program sees IT security and personal safety online as the basis for digital progress. Preventive measures and support in a crisis are therefore to be expanded. Public administration is also to become more digital. All citizens and companies are to be brought along in the digital transition.

The Greens want to set up a state-owned network company that helps municipalities with the rollout where the market alone does not deliver enough. The goal is a fiber connection for every building, and broadband is to count as an essential public service. The program justifies this with the disadvantages for businesses and people in rural areas.

The Greens want fast internet everywhere in the state. Every home should get a fiber connection. The state should set up its own network company for this. It helps towns where private companies do not build. Schools should get fiber too.

Even the last areas without coverage are to be connected. The state, municipalities and network providers are to develop new models for broadband and mobile coverage together. At the federal level, the Greens want to push for nationwide fiber and fast mobile internet. Schools are to get modern equipment and fiber connections. According to the program, companies and farms lose competitiveness without fast internet, and the lack of remote work options drives people to the cities.

The Greens want to help municipalities offer administrative services online, as required by the federal Onlinezugangsgesetz (Online Access Act). The platform argues that smaller cities and towns in particular cannot manage this on their own.

Many things at public offices should work online. One example is applying for an ID card. Small towns cannot do this alone. The Greens want to help them.

The state would speed up delivery of the central service portals it is responsible for. Municipalities would get advice and help with training their staff. Isolated, maintenance-heavy systems are to be replaced with standardized and, where possible, open-source products. The party also wants to support municipalities in drawing up their own digitalization strategies.

The Greens want to speed up digitalization of the state administration with an overarching digital strategy and give the ministries the staff and organization to carry it out. At the same time, workflows are to become more flexible without putting more strain on employees.

The state's offices should work digitally. The Greens want one shared plan for this. The ministries get more staff for it. Work should become more modern, but not more stressful.

Public services are to have one uniform digital access point with working electronic payment, used jointly by the state and municipalities where possible. Ministries with similar processes should use the same procedures and coordinate through steering bodies. The Greens will examine whether data analysis, up to AI systems, can give decision-makers a better basis, while respecting data protection. A green IT strategy is meant to make the state's digitalization climate neutral. Agile working methods are to be tested in pilot projects; mobile work and flexible hours are seen as a chance for more self-determination.

The Greens want the state administration to use more free software and to make public data accessible as a rule. They argue this offers advantages in security, independence and efficiency compared with proprietary programs.

The state should use more free software. Anyone can check and improve free software. State data should also be open to everyone. The Greens say this is safer and makes the state more independent.

Software developed on behalf of the state would normally be published under a free license. This lets independent bodies review and build on it. Public data is to be made available through suitable digital interfaces (open data).