Citizens waiting weeks for services that modern technology can deliver in minutes.
71%
of government IT systems in developed nations are classified as legacy — with many over 30 years old
Public services running on systems older than the civil servants using them. COBOL-based benefit systems. Paper-based licensing. Batch processing in a real-time world.
Source: US Government Accountability Office
80%
of government digital transformation projects fail to deliver expected outcomes
The public sector has the greatest need for digital transformation and the most structural barriers to achieving it. Technology is rarely the hardest part.
Source: McKinsey Public Sector Research
2-8 weeks
average processing time for government services that should take minutes
Not because the work is complex. Because the systems are slow, manual, and not designed for the citizen they are supposed to serve.
Source: Government Digital Service Research
THE PROBLEM
A citizen needs to renew a license. The online form does not work on mobile. They call the helpline and are told to come in person. The in-person appointment is available in three weeks. At the appointment, the clerk accesses a system that looks like it was designed in 1998 — because it was — types information from a paper form into a database, and tells the citizen to expect their updated license in the mail within ten to fifteen business days. This is the digital transformation that governments have been announcing for fifteen years and delivering inconsistently at best. The technology to do this in minutes has existed for a decade.
Legacy IT systems over 30 years old running core public services — technically unmaintainable and citizen-hostile
Digital services inaccessible on mobile — the primary device for the majority of citizens
Processing times measured in weeks for services that modern architecture can deliver in minutes
80% of transformation projects failing — investment without outcome, announcements without delivery
System Diagnostic
Legacy IT systems over 30 years old running core public services
CRITICALDigital services inaccessible on mobile
CRITICALProcessing times measured in w...
WARNING80% of transformation projects failing
LEGACY// Every day without action compounds the cost.
BY THE NUMBERS
71%
of government IT systems in developed nations are classified as legacy — with many over 30 years old
Public services running on systems older than the civil servants using them. COBOL-based benefit systems. Paper-based licensing. Batch processing in a real-time world.
80%
of government digital transformation projects fail to deliver expected outcomes
The public sector has the greatest need for digital transformation and the most structural barriers to achieving it. Technology is rarely the hardest part.
2-8 weeks
average processing time for government services that should take minutes
Not because the work is complex. Because the systems are slow, manual, and not designed for the citizen they are supposed to serve.
$1T+
in annual inefficiency costs across global government operations from legacy IT systems
HOW WE REDEFINE IT
We work differently in the public sector. We understand the constraints — procurement, compliance, legacy integration, change management — and we work within them. We start with the highest-citizen-impact, lowest-risk improvements. Mobile-first digital services that citizens can actually use. Integration layers that connect legacy systems to modern front-ends without requiring a full replacement. And we deliver incrementally — because in government, delivering something is better than announcing everything.
Without Devpth
Services requiring in-person visits for tasks that should be completable in minutes online
Legacy back-end systems hostile to modern front-end integration — digital services impossible without full replacement
Processing times in weeks — citizen experience defined by waiting
80% of transformation projects failing — cost without corresponding improvement in public services
With Devpth
Mobile-first citizen-facing services — accessible on any device, completable in minutes
Modern integration layer connecting legacy systems to new digital front-ends — transformation without replacement
Processing times measured in minutes — citizens served at the speed modern technology enables
Incremental delivery model — working services deployed and improving, not perpetual roadmaps
WHAT WE BRING TO GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SECTOR
DEVPTH ENGINEERING FOR GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SECTOR
This is a pattern we are built to solve — not a case history. Tell us where government & public sector breaks for you, and we will map what better looks like.
We do not have a packaged product for Government & Public Sector yet — we engineer this as a services engagement, built around your systems.
REDEFINE ENGINEERING
Tell us which service is causing the most friction for the most citizens. We will engineer the version that works.
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