Vi всероссийской студенческой конференции (28-29 марта 2012 г.) Уфа Башкирский гау 2012

INFORMATION SOCIETY AND E-GOVERNMENT 
 
The concept of information society is generally regarded as a new stage of 
evolution of human civilization, a new phase of social development and progress, in 
which the information sector has a decisive influence on the development of both the 
international community and individual countries. Almost twenty year history of 
informatization in Russia, which began after the USSR was destroyed was also 
connected with at first scattered, then more and more targeted actions for the 
dissemination and use of information communication technologies ICT in different 
areas, including also public administration [n2]. 
In general, despite the challenges of socio-economic reconstruction (the most 
important of which is the information inequality between the subjects of the Russian 
Federation and the weak development of the information communication 
infrastructure across the country), Russia was steadily moving towards the 
development and use of ICT rather rapidly. ICT development in Russia survived even 
such a test of strength as the economic crises of 1998 and 2008 which were unable to 
significantly slow down this process. 
The problem has always been different. The high level of education and 
literacy of the population made it possible to quickly and easily develop pioneering 
technologies, but the country still could not boast of their great distribution and use in 
government, business or population. The 15th of September, 2011 International 
Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published data from its annual report, 
"Measuring of the Information Society." This organization is the leading UN agency 
in the field of ICT. The above mentioned report has recently been published by the 
ITU every year to monitor progress in ICT development in the world, and there are 
two major tools of comparative analysis to measure the so-called information society. 
The first of these – the index of ICT development – includes 11 indicators covering 
three areas: access to ICT, skills and use ICT. Second – Basket prices for ICT 
services – carries out the measurement on the affordability of ICT services, based on 
the initial prices of fixed-line telephony, mobile cellular telephony and fixed 
broadband Internet. 
Despite the fact that according to the second indicator, our country is on 32nd 
place (in the first lines – Monaco, Macau, Liechtenstein, Hong Kongand the United 
Arab Emirates), the main indicator is still the first index, and it takes Russia only 47 
place (in the lead, South Korea, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark and Finland). 
УПРАВЛЕНЧЕСКИЕ, ИНФОРМАЦИОННЫЕ, 
ПРАВОВЫЕ И СОЦИАЛЬНО-
ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ ВОПРОСЫ АПК

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The introduction of ICT across the country such as Russia is itself a daunting 
task. A large area in the first place, is not conducive to the rapid introduction of 
information and communication technologies. In Russia, this process took place 
against the background of deep structural changes that distinguish the transition from 
one political system to another. Attention to socio-economic modernization and 
participation on an equal footing in key world events forced the country's leadership 
to turn to the potential of ICT.A distinctive feature of the Russian Federation is the 
magnitude of the tasks for implementation and the need to mobilize significant 
resources to address them [n1]. 
In 2011 the country was launched in the state program "Information Society". 
State program continues and develops the logical activities identified under another 
state program "e-Government" and would increase the role of information, 
knowledge and information technologies in the life of the country. 
The concept of information society in the world exists for a long time, and 
several international organizations annually publish ratings of willingness to it in 
different countries. Accordingly, one of the measured results of the state program 
should be to gain high rankings in Russia thematic summary ratings. Ministry of 
Communications, that oversees the "Information Society", is planning that by 2020 
Russia will be in the top twenty of the most advanced on the part of ICT [n3]. 
The development and widespread use and dissemination of information and 
communication technologies (ICT), located at the heart of the concept of "electronic 
government", is a global trend of world development in recent decades. The 
application of modern technologies for processing and transmission of information is 
crucial for improving the competitiveness of the economy and increase opportunities 
for inclusion in the global economic system and to improve the efficiency of the 
processes of public administration at all levels of government, public and non-
governmental sectors of the economy. Also important result of the introduction of the 
concept of "electronic government" is the creation of technological prerequisites for 
the development of civil society as the result of the fact that the rights of citizens to 
free and immediate access to information via the Internet will be really provided. 
Reference 
1. Bulgak V.A., Bangemann M.S. The development of information society in 
Russia. Volume 2: the Concept and the program.// SPb., 2001, P. 5 – 7. 
2. Chugunov A.V., Assessment of efficiency of the state management and 
development of e-government: international and Russian experience// Sbornik 
nauchnyh statej, SPbGU, 2009, P. 68– 70. 
3. Chugunov A.V., Trutnev. D.R., Utkin V.V. Organizational-legal support of 
the development of the information society and e-government in the Russian 
Federation. // Uchebnoe posobie, SPb., 2010, Р. 23. 

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УДК 008:18 
Абдуллина А.Ю., ФГБОУ ВПО Башкирский ГАУ 
Научный руководитель – Гарбуз А.В., канд. филос. наук, доцент