A digital public sector necessitates good principles for digital governance. The Agency for Digital Government works to ensure transparent digital administration of Danish legislation as well as well-functioning, sustainable, and secure public ICT systems.
Denmark's world-class welfare system faces growing case processing complexity. Since 2018, broad political backing for legal simplification has supported the Agency for Digital Government’s push for automated digital case processing.
With Denmark being highly digital, a solid foundation for cyber and information security is essential to ensure accessibility, integrity, and the confidentiality of information and thereby the population’s trust in digital solutions. This is particularly true for public authorities which handle large amounts of sensitive data.