Digital transformation of public administration: opportunities and risks

Abstract

The article discusses the priorities and socio – economic risks of the digital transformation of public administration. The main approaches to the problem of the use of advanced digital technologies in the activities of state and municipal government bodies aimed at the formation of a modern system digital environment are investigated. The main directions of the digital transition in public administration are considered, which include the digitalization of communications between public authorities, the active introduction of digital technologies into the practice of providing state and municipal services to business structures and households, stimulating the introduction of effective digital solutions as one of the important conditions for social dynamics.The article identifies the factors and social risks affecting the digital transformation of public administration in the Russian Federation. Among them are the high level of digital inequality, deep social differentiation of regional development, the costly nature of digitalization, risks to the labor market and traditional forms and conditions of employment, problems of adaptation of citizens to the active use of digital technologies in the public administration system, as well as the unconditional provision of citizens' rights and information security in the digital environment. The importance of the course of the Russian state to dynamize the digital transformation of the state and society in the conditions of unprecedented aggravation of international relations in the modern world and tough economic and political sanctions imposed against our country was confirmed.