Foreign Experience in Introduction and Use of Electronic Document Management
Relevance: recently, the role of information technologies and technical innovations in public administration has been increasingly discussed. The introduction and use of electronic document management both abroad and in Russia is gaining momentum in the era of digitalization. In this context, it is interesting to compare the results achieved by a number of countries and identify common trends in improving document management activities. Subject/topic: experience in introduction and use of electronic document management in the public sector of a number of foreign countries, including the EAEU. Goals/objectives: to reach a higher theoretical level of knowledge of the general trends in introduction and use of electronic document management in the foreign countries and to determine the vectors of digital transformation in the Russian Federation. Problem Statement: in connection with adoption of the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation № 1922 dated November 9, 2021 “On Amendments to the State Program of the Russian Federation “Information Society” and Invalidation of Certain Decisions of the Government of the Russian Federation”, from January 1, 2022, the approach to assessing the results achieved in the field of digitalization of the public administration sector in the Russian Federation has changed. Thus, according to the Strategy for the Development of the Information Society in the Russian Federation for 2017-2030, approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation № 203 of 09.05.2017, Russia’s entry into the twenty international rankings in the field of information society development is no longer a priority. At the same time, a comparative analysis of the results achieved in Russia and foreign countries, rating indicators in the field of digital transformation of public administration continue to be interesting from a scientific point of view, for the development of scientifically sound technical solutions for managing electronic document flows. The methodological basis was formed by the methods of system analysis and generalization of normative, theoretical and practical materials, the comparison method, the formal logical method. Results and key findings: the article states that due to the change in the understanding of the national development goals of the Russian Federation in the digital sphere in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated July 21, 2020 № 474 “On the National Development Goals of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030”, as well as abolition of a number of indicators that contribute to the active implementation of interdepartmental document management (for example, the share of federal executive authorities, state extra budgetary funds and subjects of the Russian Federation using a single electronic service of the system of interdepartmental electronic interaction in interdepartmental electronic interaction, in the total number of participants of interdepartmental electronic interaction, and the other indicators, according to the resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation dated November 9, 2021 № 1922 of the Information State subprogram provided for in the Program until its cancellation, it is possible to predict a slowdown in the development of interdepartmental electronic document management in the Russian Federation. The analyzed foreign experience in introduction and use of electronic document management, as well as the general trends inherent in different countries in the process of transition to electronic document management, allowed us to conclude about the vectors of digital transformation in the Russian Federation.