Digital Transformation Of Public Administration In The Russian Federation: Agenda And Issues

Abstract

Modern global trends in the development of the digital economy specify new demands for public administration. Serious changes are required both for the government office setup and for the mechanism of interaction between citizens and organizations with state bodies, as well as between state bodies. It is necessary to simplify and speed up the organization of such interaction, which could be possible to reach through the introduction of digital technologies, the replacement of e-government with the digital one. This study reveals the problem of digital transformation of public administration in the Russian Federation. It discusses the main tasks and the current constraints. Digital transformation requires a change in fundamental approaches to the organization of public administration in our country, and a radical restructuring of the state apparatus. At the same time, there are restrictions regarding the financial support of digital transformation, the availability of qualified IT specialists, information security, etc. The methods comprised for the study include the methods of analysis and synthesis, economic and statistical methods, methods of comparative and factor analysis. The results of the study allowed determining the content of digital transformation, identifying the tasks of digital transformation of public administration in Russia, and analyzing the financial support of digital transformation of public administration. Also the problems of personnel support and national security in the implementation of digital technologies in public administration are explored in the paper.