Information technology and society: According to the UN expert in information technology development Russia has made a progress

Thanks to the actions of "different levels leadership" in the development of information technologies Russia has made a significant progress, including the provision sector of public services. This was stated in an interview with ITAR-TASS news agency one of the leaders of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs Haya Chen, commenting on the growth of the country in implementing the concept of electronic government.

According to a Department Research, "e-Government 2012," the Russian Federation has risen in the ranking of the United Nations immediately by 32 positions - from 59th to 27th place. Besides, among the countries whose population exceeds 100 million people, Russia is the third largest after the United States and Japan, but it is the absolute leader in the Eastern Europe.

According to the UN representative, the main reason of the success of Russia is that its executives “pay serious attention to how ICT can improve the delivery of government services to citizens”.

In expert’s opinion, Russia has other ways in which the country's leadership "has done a good job." "Studying the portals provided by each country, we saw significant progress in how citizens are involved in service delivery - said the director of the UN. - There is a desire to find out what people care about what they want from their government. "This one, she says, is not enough. "When the government undertakes obligations, special efforts should be made to ensure their financial and human resources are necessary for implementation of new technologies", - said Haya Chen.

The report also notes the role of public services portal, calling him a "key element" of the project of e-government. "It provides a single point of access for all links to state and a municipal service provided through the Internet, and allows citizens and organizations to get these services in electronic form - highlighted in the document. - Monthly about 200 to 700 thousand people are visited the portal."

In assessing the progress of a country's drafters authors used not only an index of so-called Web services, but also an index of growth of human capital, as well as indicators of infrastructure development.