Federal Employment Agency: BundID to open up access to digital services
Citizens can now access Federal Employment Agency e-services, including job centers and family insurance funds, with the BundID.
(Image: tete_escape/Shutterstock.com)
The Federal Government has created another use case for the BundID, which has hardly been used to date. From today, Monday, citizens will also be able to use the digital services of the Federal Employment Agency with the state access ID and the online account linked to it. The so-called e-services include services from the federal authority itself, the employment agencies at state and municipal level, the job centers and the family benefits offices. The government promises that applications can be submitted more quickly and easily. The BundID, which is linked to the online ID card, enables applications to be automatically pre-filled with personal data via the Internet, which avoids typing errors and reduces processing times.
Furthermore, the principle of data economy will be observed, the lead ministries of the Interior and Labor assure. This is because users themselves confirm the transfer of their data when using the e-government services. In addition, other digital administrative services can be used with the BundID account, data can be managed centrally and the electronic mailbox makes it easier to receive notifications and certificates.
BundID has been looking for users for a long time
Andrea Nahles (SPD), Chairwoman of the Executive Board of the Federal Employment Agency, spoke of an important step "to support the digital transformation of administration in Germany and to further expand BundID as a central identification tool for all online applications". Federal Minister of Labor Hubertus Heil (SPD) was pleased that digital authentication with the electronic ID card is now "securely and easily possible" for the employment agency's e-services in the interests of modern and citizen-friendly administration.
The BundID has been provided by the Federal Ministry of the Interior since 2019. More than 1,200 online services and portals are currently connected to the system. The electronic identity (eID) linked to the e-Perso led a niche existence for years. Initially, there were only a few practical applications. In the meantime, 22 percent of the population have already used the function. In particular, the one-off payment for students linked to the BundID and the eID as well as the Kulturpass have made the online ID and the user account more popular. The Online Access Act 2.0 (OZG) aims to create a standardized digital citizen account based on the BundID and rename it DeutschlandID. However, a security vulnerability in a municipal website recently opened up a data leak in the BundID.
(vbr)
