State and society: information competence

In: Social'naja politika i social'noe partnerstvo (Social Policy and Social Partnership), Heft 5, S. 287-295

Abstract

Notion of informational competence of civil servants and legal basis for its development. We should emphasize that the issue of informational competence of civil servants gains its significance within democratic and administrative reforms and rapid general changes in social life which distinctly characterize modern Russian society. Some scientists directly point out that it is the state personnel policy focusing on high qualification of the staff that enables to cope with problems of public management professionally. It should be noted that recently in Russia the issue of informational competence of civil servants is not being deeply researched in scientific politics and law, besides this problem is rarely concerned in scientific publications. This paper focuses on the issue which has been considered quite seldom in recent scientific publications. The issue regards informational competence of civil servants as the most essential factor of full realization of information rights and freedoms of Russian citizens, optimization of administrative procedures, and focus on national interests in the information field. In this paper we introduce the interpretation of the concept «informational competence of civil servants», characterize current condition of civil service in Russia as the foundation for its development, and analyze basic problems of inadequate degree of informational competence of civil servants.