Ministry Of Interior Research Articles

Procedures of the Ministry of Interior in organizing the 1997 Jordanian Parliamentary elections

جاءت الإجراءات الأردنية لسير آلية الانتخابات النيابية بعد أن حل مجلس النواب الثاني عشر قبل شهرين من انتهاء مدته ، وكانت الجهود المبذولة من قبل وزارة الداخلية واضحة للأعيان بما فيها من إدخال الأجهزة الحديثة والمتطورة لخدمة العملية الانتخابية واستنفار جميع دوائر الدولة لتكون على أهبة الاستعداد مع أجهزتها لتوفير كافه المستلزمات الضرورية لسيرها .
 وحسب توجيهات الوزارة جهزت وزارة الإعلام مركزا إعلاميا خاصا للانتخابات النيابية مما يوفر للصحفيين المحليين والدوليين تغطيه مباشرة في كافة مراكز الاقتراع والفرز بالمملكة وكذلك عقد اتفاقية مع اليابان لتزويد أصحاب القرار بمعلومات دقيقه بالإضافة إلى توفير الخدمات والمعلومات للناخبين وتخصيص مبالغ ماليه لهذا الغرض وجاء إصرار الحكومة الأردنية على لسان رئيس الوزارة عبد السلام المجالي رفضها لإشراف المراقبين دوليين على الانتخابات ، مما يثير الشك حول السبب الرئيس وراء رفضهم ، وبنفس الوقت يؤكد ما بينته بعض الأحزاب وفي مقدمتها حزب جبهة العمل الإسلامي ، ولكن هذا لا يعني نكران الدور الكبير والمبالغ به في بعض الإجراءات الذي اتخذته وزارة الداخلية لتوفير كافه الظروف الملائمة لسير آلية الانتخابات.

Legal aspects of artificial intelligence and its application in the work of Police authorities

The application of artificial intelligence in the work of police structures is a relatively new aspect that is just entering the work of the police authorities worldwide. The Police cannot stay away from the deepening trends of digitalization and digital conversion in every detail of public life and related to it activities, including – reflecting on the way the authorities operate, on the procedures and on the organization of work of public authorities, along with the work of the police. This publication aims to analyze the main characteristics of artificial intelligence as a concept in its legal context, while at the same time presenting the trends in its implementation and giving examples of some good practices that could be applied by the Ministry of Interior in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Endgames: Military Response to Protest in Arab Autocracies

Endgames: Military Response to Protest in Arab Autocracies

On Social Networks, Anonymous Testimonies, and Other Tools of Feminist Activism against Sexual Violence in Egypt

On Social Networks, Anonymous Testimonies, and Other Tools of Feminist Activism against Sexual Violence in Egypt

Financial management of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus in Romania

In this article, we highlight comprehensive and up-to-date information on the analysis of the central public administration that addresses how the authorities, institutions and central public entities with responsibilities in preventing and combating the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania have used public funds allocated in this purpose.
 Romania has accepted the decrease of budget revenues, through a series of fiscal measures and by diminishing the income-generating economic activities. The budgets of some main authorizing officers with special attributions during the state of emergency were supplemented, namely: the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection; Ministry of Health; Ministry of Public Finance; Ministry of Public Works, Development and Administration; Ministry of Interior; Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure and Communications; Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; Public ministry; National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority; Special Telecommunications Service; Romanian Information Service; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Romanian Academy. In order to implement measures to prevent and combat the pandemic, as well as to manage the state of emergency, a series of resources were mobilized, in addition to donations and sponsorships, received by public institutions from the central public administration during the state of emergency. At the same time, for the local government component, the data are structured in such a way as to reflect the tasks and tasks of local authorities in preventing and combating the pandemic, but also the findings on resource management used for this purpose, segmented into the following areas: medical assistance (medical equipment, medicines, sanitary materials, salary rights, etc.); expenses incurred in establishing the quarantine; disinfection costs imposed by measures to prevent and combat the epidemic; Other expenditure due to the need to take measures to prevent and combat the epidemic. The Government of Romania has adopted an emergency ordinance for the organization and conduct of public information campaigns in the context of the epidemiological situation caused by the spread of COVID-19, in order to raise awareness of the risks of disease and increase voluntary compliance with health and social regulations imposed by competent authorities, in order to limit the spread of the virus after the end of the state of emergency. Audiovisual and printed materials that will be broadcast in public information campaigns, such as audio and video spots, online banners, print mock-ups, mock-ups for billboards, will be created and produced centrally by a creative structure in which specific professional associations can delegate members. from several volunteer and / or paid agencies.

Logit Model for Estimating Non-Profit Organizations’ Financial Status as a Part of Non-Profit Financial Management

The non-profit sector plays an important role in the American and European continents, as non-profit organizations support the development of civil society and help people in need. However, most non-profit organizations (NPO) are financially dependent on various donors from the private sector. Nowadays, non-profit organizations focus on improving their non-profit financial management. This research aims to assess the financial status of Slovak non-profit organizations, using binary logistic regression. The initial sample includes 351 Slovak NPOs, which are divided into a training and test sub-sample. The data were obtained from Amadeus, FinStat, the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, and the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic. The logit model shows that the significant variables are equity ratio, debt ratio, operating margin, and type of NPO using the statistical–analytical program IBM SPSS 25. The model also implies that non-profit organizations should focus on the revenue structure and revenues from the sale of products. The prediction model correctly classifies 97.03% of NPOs in the training sub-sample and 96.61% of NPOs in the test sub-sample. Moreover, more than 70% of vulnerable NPOs are correctly classified.

The Place of Cultural Economy in Development Policies of Developing Countries: Van Province

Van city has serious socio-economic cultural development problems. Despite these problems, Van's cultural and natural diversity, as well as its potential to be an important commercial center due to its geopolitical situation, are important for the solution of extant problems. In this regard, this paper strives to examine the challenges of Van from the cultural aspect. Accordingly; in Van, the investments determined by the actors affecting the development and planning process periodically (2003-2016) were evaluated vis-à-vis the classification of cultural economy and human development index. Content analysis was used in the research. The European Union (EU) is one of the international actors in Van and the national actors are; Ministry of Development, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, T.C. Prime Ministry General Directorate of Foundations, Eastern Anatolia Project (EAP) Regional Development Administration, Eastern Anatolia Development Agency (EADA) and Municipalities. It is seen that these are important actors in development policies and the investments they have made coincide with the strategies they have targeted. International actors prioritize social and human development investments within the framework of EU regional development policies. National actors however followed both a development model within the scope of industry, trade and services, which was predominantly based on the economic perspective, and a development model from the tourism perspective in the services class. Consequently, it is seen that development in Van is not directly evaluated from the cultural view, but evaluated together with tourism, culture is instrumentalized for tourism and cultural tourism is brought to the fore and cultural policies are developed from the tourism perspective.

Delineating Groundwater Recharge Potential through Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems

Owing to the extensive global dependency on groundwater and associated increasing water demand, the global groundwater level is declining rapidly. In the case of Islamabad, Pakistan, the groundwater level has lowered five times over the past five years due to extensive pumping by various departments and residents to meet the local water requirements. To address this, water reservoirs and sources need to be delineated, and potential recharge zones are highlighted to assess the recharge potential. Therefore, the current study utilizes an integrated approach based on remote sensing (RS) and GIS using the influence factor (IF) technique to delineate potential groundwater recharge zones in Islamabad, Pakistan. Soil map of Pakistan, Landsat 8TM satellite data, digital elevation model (ASTER DEM), and local geological map were used in the study for the preparation of thematic maps of 15 key contributing factors considered in this study. To generate a combined groundwater recharge map, rate and weightage values were assigned to each factor representing their mutual influence and recharge capabilities. To analyze the final combined recharge map, five different assessment analogies were used in the study: poor, low, medium, high, and best. The final recharge potential map for Islamabad classifies 15% (136.8 km2) of the region as the “best” zone for extracting groundwater. Furthermore, high, medium, low, and poor ranks were assigned to 21%, 24%, 27%, and 13% of the region with respective areas of 191.52 km2, 218.88 km2, 246.24 km2, and 118.56 km2. Overall, this research outlines the best to least favorable zones in Islamabad regarding groundwater recharge potentials. This can help the authorities devise mitigation strategies and preserve the natural terrain in the regions with the best groundwater recharge potential. This is aligned with the aims of the interior ministry of Pakistan for constructing small reservoirs and ponds in the existing natural streams and installing recharging wells to maintain the groundwater level in cities. Other countries can expand upon and adapt this study to delineate local groundwater recharge potentials.

Vinci Salvini! Boosting engagement in the 2019 European elections campaign in Italy

Our study examines the 2019 European elections campaign in the Italian Twittersphere and the online activity of Matteo Salvini, former Italian Interior Minister and leader of the League. We consider the social media contest Vinci Salvini! (“Win Salvini!”) and we demonstrate how gamification, in the form of casual games, can affect participation and content visibility. The contest involved less committed citizens, offering an easy and interruptible mode of participation, crowdsourcing part of the campaign effort to them. Motivated by simple rewards, they spread the leader’s messages more and faster than other users, affecting in turn the algorithmic logic of the platforms. Therefore, we conclude that although online participation is very skewed, gamification can rebalance and widen it.

Evaluation of Corruption Eradication and Strengthening of Corruption Eradication Prevention in Medan City

Corruption is systematically defined as an extraordinary crime that requires extraordinary efforts to eradicate it. Therefore, from the beginning, KPK was given extraordinary power (superbody) to uncover malicious plots and attack the strongest corrupt bases. KPK has gradually regained public confidence, as evidenced by the use of state-of-the-art investigative methods such as strong wiretapping, fraudulent investigations, surveillance and forensic audits. The provisions of Articles 6b and 8 of Law No. 19 of 2019, which amends Law No. 30 of 2002, include the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Anti-Corruption Commission (KPK). The Monitoring and Prevention Center (MCP) was established by KPK in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior and BPKP to streamline anti-corruption coordination in Medan.

Roles of policy brokers in collaborative governance: Evidence from Khon Kaen and Bueng Kan cities in Thailand

AbstractThis article examines the roles of policy brokers in different settings of collaboration in Khon Kaen and Bueng Kan Cities in Thailand. It integrates the advocacy coalition and multiple stream frameworks to view how a policy broker in different collaborative settings would manage their preferred urban transport initiatives by conducting qualitative research methodology based on an embedded multiple case study approach. The results showed Khon Kaen City revealed a horizontal setting of local collaboration where the Khon Kaen Think Tank and Khon Kaen Transit System were key policy brokers that strategized light rail transit initiatives. These policy brokers were proficient in negotiating, financing, and locally‐allied strategies. Bueng Kan City displayed a vertical collaboration where the Deputy Minister of Interior of Thailand was a crucial policy broker who held potential administrative and political powers to manage the desired policies. This study showed that several joint actors, as backing resources to policy brokers, were essential to horizontal collaboration, but they were less critical than the resources of the policy brokers in vertical collaboration.

An Institutional Effort: Memories from the Recent Past or ‘How the Bulgarian Committee for State Security Archive was Preserved’

The article provides an analysis of a turning point from the most recent history of Bulgarian state institutions: the organized transfer of the archive of the Committee for State Security from the storage facilities of the Ministry of Interior to the new storage facility of the independent dossier Committee. This happened over the course of the 2010-2011 period. A special organization was established for this purpose, which includes senior and executive level officials. The complete organization and control efforts were assigned by the Ministry of Interior to the deputy minister Veselin Vuchkov, who is the author of this text. The text presents the primary reasons for this complex institutional effort, its social meaning, the practical difficulties involved therein, and the consequences over the short and long term. In parallel to this process, the historical police archive (for the period 1923 – 1944), which was created outside of the scope of the Committee for State Security, was also handed over in an organized manner; it was directed to the Archives State Agency with the Council of Ministers. The handover of these two archives from the Ministry of Interior to the respective departments ensures their use for research purposes, their reasonable preservation, and gradual digitalization.

Anti-Semitic Violence in Eastern Romania: The National Christian Party's Congress, 8 November 1936

Two leading political organisations in interwar Romania were genuinely anti-Semitic: the fascist Legionary movement and the far-right party the National Christian Defence League (LANC), known from 1935 as the National Christian Party (PNC). Whereas the anti-Semitism of the Legionaries is well researched, that of the LANC/PNC has rarely been studied. I argue that, in addition to an anti-Semitic agenda and rhetoric, anti-Jewish violence was an inherent part of the political practices of the LANC/PNC. I analyse the party's national congress on 8 November 1936, when thousands of supporters gathered in Bucharest, and use party correspondence and police and Interior Ministry records to show that the attendees engaged extensively in anti-Jewish violence, before and even more so after the congress. The government, ruled by the National Liberal Party, agreed to the mass anti-Semitic gathering but had only a vague plan to repress violent anti-Semitism: expecting the event to stir up anti-Jewish hatred, the Interior Ministry mobilised the security forces to prevent outbursts during the congress, but not much before or after. The LANC/PNC played a central role in the politicisation of extreme anti-Semitism in interwar Romania, and addressing the party's history provides a better understanding of the right-wing radicalisation of the time.

Assessment of the effectiveness of a course in major chemical incidents for front line health care providers: a pilot study from Saudi Arabia

BackgroundMass chemical exposure emergencies are infrequent but can cause injury, illness, or loss of life for large numbers of victims. These emergencies can stretch and challenge the available resources of healthcare systems within the community. Political unrest in the Middle East, including chemical terrorist attacks against civilians in Syria and increasing chemical industry accidents, have highlighted the lack of hospital preparedness for chemical incidents in the region. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a course designed to empower frontline healthcare providers involved in mass casualty incidents with the basic knowledge and essential operational skills for mass chemical exposure incidents in Saudi Arabia.MethodsA mixed-methods approach was used to develop a blended learning, simulation enhanced, competency-based course for major chemical incidents for front line healthcare providers. The course was designed by experts from different disciplines (disaster medicine, poisoning / toxicology, and Hazard Material Threat - HAZMAT team) in four stages. The course was piloted over five days at the Officers Club of the Ministry of Interior (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). The 41 participants were from different government health discipline sectors in the country. Pre- and post-tests were used to assess learner knowledge while debriefing sessions after the decontamination triage session and simulation-enhanced exercises were used for team performance assessment.ResultsThe overall knowledge scores were significantly higher in the post-test (69.47%) than the pre-test (46.3%). All four knowledge domains also had significant differences between pre- and post-test results. There were no differences in the pre and post-test scores for healthcare providers from the different health disciplines. A one-year post-event survey demonstrated that participants were satisfied with their knowledge retention. Interestingly, 38.3% had the opportunity to put this knowledge into practice in relation to mass chemical exposure incidents.ConclusionDelivering a foundation level competency-based blended learning course with enhanced simulation training in major chemical incidents for front line healthcare providers may improve their knowledge and skills in response to such incidents. This in turn can improve the level of national preparedness and staff availability and make a crucial difference in reducing the health impacts among victims.

신라 여성관인 제도의 성립과 운영

This study examines the process of establishing and operating the female official system in the Silla Dynasty(Silla) The official duties of women in the early Silla Period were recorded in connection with the divine characteristics of royal women. She was worshipped as a female deity and was in charge of ancestral rites as a priest. However, as Silla society developed with the political system of Silla, the political status of royal and upper-class women and public affairs have been differentiated. The official status of Silla''s Court Maid was established under the bureaucracy in the 4th year(664) of King Munmu(文武王). The important role of female officials was to administer and enforce the procedures in the official royal rites of King Sinmun(神文王), especially in royal marriages based on Confucian Ritual Systems(禮制). From King Sinmun(神文王)''s royal wedding, it can be seen that the female official consists of a government official''s spouse, a true aristocratic woman (wife and daughter, etc.), an upper-class woman. As such, the female official of the Silla played a role in proceeding rituals based on Confucian Ritual Systems(禮制) as an upper class. During the Middle Ages of Silla, the BonPiGung(本彼宮) was established, the Sa-mo(私母) was assigned, and the Sa-mo(私母) were placed in charge of female government officials. The BonPiGung(本彼宮) was a government office in charge of various affairs in the Imperial Court, and the BonPiGung(本彼宮)''s Sa-mo(私母) was in charge of two duties in the royal family. One is to administer the duties of implementing royal rites, and the other is to administer the government offices related to textile production in the court handicrafts. The Sa-mo(私母)''s main duties include the education and leadership of female officials and the supervision of government offices belonging to female officials concerning royal rituals and court handicrafts. In addition, the mother(母) and the woman(女子) who are female officials can be seen in the government office of the Interior Ministry. According to the name of the agency, the mother(母) were mainly in charge of textile production, and there were the woman(女子) edical personnel who were in charge of pregnancy and childbirth and treatment of women''s diseases. The BonPiGung(本彼宮) was established in 681 and was in charge of royal affairs, and the Sa-mo(私母) was in charge of preparing and conducting royal ceremonial procedures, and was responsible for managing the government offices and women''s officials. Subsequently, the division of labor and specialization of royal affairs was promoted, which led to the division of government offices belonging to domestic government offices into higher and lower government offices and the establishment of new government offices. For this reason, the Sa-mo(私母) of the palace was a senior female official, and she was mainly in charge of the preparation and progress of royal rituals. Furthermore, the government offices related to textile production and the women''s government offices of the Imperial handicraft industry are gradually positioned as the lower government offices of the government offices related to production and their affiliated with the production.

Út az állatorvosi műtőasztaltól a belügyi oktatási főszemlélőségig

Frigyes Janza was born on 8 April 1947 in Újpest. Since 1971, he has held several positions in the Ministry of the Interior. This means that he has spent nearly 70% of his life as a home affairs member. As a former civilian employee, he was a veterinarian in Dunakeszi, at the BM Dog Handler Training School he operated a veterinary hospital, then as a professional officer he became the commander of the school. Success followed success, whatever he touched, something new, something miraculous was born. He became a leading figure in dog breeding and the training and education of service dog handlers in our country and has become a recognised and sought-after expert throughout Europe. In just a few years, police service dog handlers have come out on top at the European Drugs and Explosives Detection Dog Championships on several occasions. His name is also connected with the revival of the traditions of domestic horse breeding. As the head of the Service Animal Inspectorate, he supervised the professional activities at the Somogysárd equestrian base and established the National Equestrian Ceremonial Unit of the Republic. His monograph “Ethology” is still one of the most frequently consulted source materials among the professionals. His innovative, creative thinking and outstanding achievements in education and training were quickly noticed by the leadership of the Ministry of Interior. Therefore, it is no wonder that in 1998 he was appointed Head of the Education Department of the Ministry of the Interior. Although he never broke away from his original profession, today’s generation respects him more for his pioneering work in police training, and especially for his role in the establishment and operation of the University of Public Service. Today, as the Chief Education Observer of the Ministry of the Interior, he is involved in the dynamism of the education, training and further training system of the law enforcement field, and he is working with untiring enthusiasm to modernise a better system that meets the challenges of the times. His awards for his outstanding professional work, teaching and scientific organisation activities are hard to list. Among others, he is the owner of the Imre Kertész Prize, the András Szabó Medal, the title of Professor Emeritus, the Officer’s Cross Order of Merit of Hungary, the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary, the St. George Medal, the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Loyalty of Homeland, the Commemorative Medal for Outstanding Scientific Work. At its meeting in July 2020, the Senate of the University of Public Service, unanimously elected him honorary citizen of the institution, and also awarded him with a Kossuth-colt gift for his outstanding role in the founding and operation of the university. In the interview, the editor-in-chief of Belügyi Szemle, a decades-long comradein-arms of the interviewee, asked Prof. Dr. Frigyes Janza, ret. pol. major general, how and why he replaced his veterinary profession with the profession of human resource development in the public service.

Between the Roll of Paper and the Role of Paper: Governmental Documentation as a Mechanism for Complying Incompliantly

AbstractIn 2009, through Court Order 004, the Colombian Constitutional Court declared that thirty‐four separate groups of Indigenous peoples were at risk of extermination due to armed conflict, and it ordered the government to protect them. In 2013, the court then ordered the government to prove its compliance with Order 004. The government did so through a complex documentation process. The production of documents in Colombia not only records compliance but also constitutes compliance even if the actions are limited. In this article, I examine the role of documentation in mediating legal protection in a violent context. How does a governmental report obscure a persisting threat that is mostly ignored? Using participant observation at the Colombian Interior Ministry on the government's response, I illustrate how this documentation converts ordinary governmental actions into restitution of rights and manufactures compliance via the display—and concealment—of numbers through a focus on aesthetics. This generates the effect of sufficient state response while obfuscating the failure to achieve any intended changes: a phenomenon that I term complying incompliantly. Transforming negligence into a proper response through a paper trail outsmarts auditing and maintains the state's legitimacy by normalizing the government's shortcomings. This article contributes to the analysis of the relationship among law, documentation, and transparency. [Colombia, Indigenous peoples, human rights, documentation, compliance]

Provincial Administration in Crisis and Emergency Managament in Turkey

The unexpected and extraordinary situations such as typhoon, flood, earthquake, volcano eruption, nuclear, epidemic, chemical and biological substances threatening human health, accidents related to airline, sea or highway transportations, terrorist attacks, widespread act of force, risk of war as well as extraordinary developments in monetary and financial markets are generally considered among the causes of crisis.
 Due to different factors such its geographical location, geological structure, the characteristics of the settlements and the inconvenience of the existing building stock, Turkey is often faced with disasters and state of emergencies.
 The Ministry of Interior is responsible and authorized for both ensuring the public order and security in Turkey and for disaster management throughout the country. In the provinces and districts within the provincial administration system. The provincial administrators working as the representative of the central administration are responsible and authorized. The provincial executives undertake the function of “lifeguard in extraordinary situations”. Unlike the other professions, provincial executives fulfill their leadership and organizational duties both on the institutions and organizations affiliated to them, and the personnel working in these units and also on the management of crisis, disasters and emergency situations. In this study, the duties and responsibilities of provincial executives in the management of crisis and emergency situations in Turkey and the capacity of provincial executives to manage crises and emergency situations are presented.

Katyn – Golgotha of the East

Poland has experienced two cruel systems. One of them was fascism, symbolized by the German Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The second one was Stalinism, Katyn will remain its symbol forever. For over 50 years, no other issue in Polish-Soviet relations was as concealed as the Katyn massacre. In this essay, I will talk about the genocide in 1940 on 22,000 Poles (soldiers and civilians), investigations in this matter, and the fight for the truth. Everyone knew that any public statement about this crime could have significant consequences, such as dismissal from work or school expulsion. The Katyn genocide was a war crime that was first concealed and then distorted for the longest time. It can be said that it was a crime against the Polish nation.For many years, the press, radio, and television did not talk about it. On April 13, 2020, Polish people celebrated the Katyn Massacre Remembrance Day. In the spring of the year 1940, during two months in and around Katyn (currently in Russia), executioners from the NKVD, ordered by the Soviet authorities, murdered 21,857 prisoners of war with a shot in the back of the head. NKVD-People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. This enormously evil deed of the Bolsheviks is called the Golgotha of the East. Golgotha is a place near Jerusalem where convicts were executed. Christians believe that Jesus Christ was crucified in this place. Similarly, innocent Polish officers were killed at this place of execution. The name of the crime comes from the village of Katyń near Smolensk, where victims were murdered and buried.

"Correspondence on the Reduction of Correspondence": Attempts to Optimize the Activities of the Russian Government System in the Field of Business Communication During the Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905 (Based on the Materials of the Kaluga Province)

The object of consideration is the government of Russia during the Russian-Japanese War, the subject is the activity of the government in Russia in the field of business communication during the war. The purpose of the study is to trace the main trends in optimizing the activities of the Russian government system in the field of business communication in 1904-1905 based on archival documents. A number of tasks are being solved to achieve the goal. To analyze the innovations developed by the government system, represented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to optimize business communication in 1904-1905. To study how these innovations were implemented in a particular region – Kaluga Province. To consider the results of the activities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the provincial authorities in optimizing business communication in 1904-1905. The novelty of the study is as follows. The question is raised about how the Russian government system reacted to the complicated situation of 1904-1905. The emphasis is placed on the consideration of optimization attempts in the field of business communication. This problem is considered at two levels: the All–Russian – Ministry of Internal Affairs and the regional - Kaluga province. It is concluded that the leading circles of Russia in 1904-1905 tried to make changes in the field of government. There are two groups of innovations: an attempt to optimize the form of business communication and an attempt to organize cost savings in the process of business communication. Innovations spread from the center to places and took root slowly. The "correspondence on the reduction of correspondence" "survived" the war, "caught" three interior ministers, and there was no guarantee that the innovations had fully taken root. Belated changes failed to increase the efficiency of governance so much that the empire was able to gain the upper hand in the conflict in the Far East and avoid revolution.