The Place of E-Government in the Public Administration System

Лолаева А.С.

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Lolaeva, A.S. (2022). The Place of E-Government in the Public Administration System. Law and Politics, 2, 19–29. https://doi.org/10.7256/2454-0706.2022.2.37511

The Place of E-Government in the Public Administration System

Lolaeva Al'bina Slavovna

ORCID: 0000-0002-9021-7531

PhD in Law

Docent, the department of Constitutional Law, Gorsky State Agrarian University; Docent, the department of Civil Law and Produre, North Caucasus Mining and Metallurgical Institute (State Technological University)

362027, Russia, respublika Severnaya osetiya-Alaniya, g. Vladikavkaz, ul. Kirova, 74, kv. 127

mirag.8184@yandex.ru

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DOI:

10.7256/2454-0706.2022.2.37511

Received:

08-02-2022

Published:

28-02-2022

Abstract: This article examines the place of e-government in the system of public administration. The topic's relevance is due to the universal digitalization of public relations, including the sphere of public administration. E-government is a new format of interaction between the state and society based on the use of modern information and communication technologies, which needs theoretical justification. The methods of scientific analysis and synthesis, deduction, and induction, as well as methods of description, comparison, and analysis of secondary data, are used in the work. The article reflects on the issue of the development of e-government in Russia. The object of this study is the social relations that arise during the creation and functioning of the e-government system. The author formulates the conclusion that e-government in the Russian Federation is in continuous development and is also an important tool for the development of the digital economy, which requires a revision of the digital skills of civil servants. At the moment, there is already a trend toward training personnel for digital public administration. It is revealed that in the Russian Federation, e-government, which is an important tool for the development of the digital economy, is in continuous development. There is already a tendency to transition to electronic records. To get the maximum benefit from digital transformations in public administration, a new approach to the formation of the competencies of a modern civil servant is required because the lack of the necessary level of training can serve as a serious barrier to improving the efficiency of public administration. Information technologies are dynamic and rapidly undergoing changes. As a result, the existing requirements for civil servants cease to be relevant in the period of digital transformation. The legislation of the Russian Federation defines that the requirements for the knowledge, skills, and skills of civil servants are established by official regulations. Therefore, the competence model should be adapted for each specific position, taking into account the specifics of the activities of the authority.

Keywords:

democracy, electronic democracy, e-government, electronic state, digitalization, public authority, information society, scientific and technological progress, Internet, information and communication technologies
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The article is devoted to the study of e-government as a tool for the modernization of public administration. The subject of the study was the digital competencies of civil servants, presented as one of the key factors in improving the efficiency of public administration. To solve this problem, general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, deduction and induction) were used, as well as special ones: the comparative method and the method of analyzing secondary data. The theoretical basis was made up of works devoted to the study of the phenomenon of electronic government (O.A. Morozova, T.S. Melnikova, E.I. Dobrolyubova, E.G. Vasilyeva, etc.), as well as the use of information technologies in public service (S.G. Kamolova, V.V. Trofimova, etc.). The relevance of the topic chosen by the author is difficult to overestimate due to the widespread spread of digital technologies in all spheres of public life, including management, which have an increasing impact on social processes. Many works have been written on the topics of digitalization of power and management processes, business, social technologies, etc., but so far this topic has not been exhausted for new discoveries. The reviewed article also contains results with signs of scientific novelty. In particular, the author's conclusion about the inapplicability of the universal model of digital competencies for all civil servants is of particular interest, in connection with which he insists on the allocation of several levels or blocks of the competence model. At the lowest level, the basic one, it is assumed that there is general knowledge and skills in using PCs, office programs, working with the Internet, etc. The advanced level assumes knowledge of the basics of information security, interdepartmental document management, working with databases, information and analytical systems and project management systems. The third level already includes knowledge of electronic archive systems, management of state information resources, systems of interaction with organizations and citizens. In general, the proposed model looks quite workable. It is impossible not to agree with the author that the rapid development of information technology implies more flexible approaches to determining the digital competencies of civil servants. It should be noted separately that the work is structured in accordance with the requirements of highly rated journals included in the Scopus and/or Web of Science databases. The following sections are highlighted in the text: "Introduction", "Materials and methods", "Results", "Discussion of results", "Conclusions" and "Conclusion". To summarize, we can say the following. In terms of style, structure and content, the article is a scientific work that is sufficiently grounded and fundamental. There are minor errors and typos in the text (for example, the letter "t" is missing in the fragment: "... IT technologies are changing rapidly, becoming obsolete, new ones are coming ..."; or vice versa, an extra soft sign in the sentence below: "Summarizing the above material ..., electronic government in the Russian Federation is in continuous development ..."), however, in general, the article is written competently, in a good scientific language and with the correct use of specialized terminology. The bibliography of the work includes 14 sources and sufficiently represents the state of Russian scientific knowledge on the problem under consideration. Although the use of sources in foreign languages would only strengthen the author's conclusions. The appeal to the opponents takes place in the context of the discussion of the digital competence model developed in 2020. The Center for Training Managers of Digital Transformation of the Higher School of Economics of the RANEPA. General conclusion: the work submitted for review corresponds to the subject of the journal "Law and Politics" and will be of interest to the readership of political scientists, sociologists, lawyers, specialists in public administration, etc. On this basis, the article is recommended for publication.

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