Events are driving a paradigm shift in application development from commands to reactions to events. Event-driven architectures using streaming platforms allow building real-time, scalable applications. Apache Kafka is an event streaming platform that can be used to build event-driven microservices and data pipelines to integrate various data sources. This enables building applications that deliver value to customers through real-time processing of event streams. The public sector can leverage these approaches to enable digital transformation through software-defined, event-driven applications across various domains.