INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Large-scale use of modern information systems and technologies in the activity of local authorities is stipulated by positive influence of the process on realization of concrete functions of local government: rendering of municipal services to the population, operative informing of people about the results of the activity, "feedback" with participation of population, data exchange between structural divisions and departments, circulation of documents and data processing. Use of the possibilities of modern information technologies in municipal management allows carrying out of mass audience informing, involving active residents in public discussion of the development problems of municipality and making of decision variants and lowering costs of local government. Regulatory-legal foundation of information technologies use in local government practice are considered in the article. Special attention is paid to problems concretization arising in the course of municipal management optimization with the use of modern information systems. Conclusion is substantiated that one of the priority problems is imperfection of information communication technologies of the municipality population and authoritative bodies that constrains realization in municipalities of development potential of civil society and democracy institutions, decreases the possibilities of population participation in discussion and problems solving of the territories development. Experience of the use of various functional services of information-communication technologies in local government is considered and generalized. It is suggested to group them according to their functional purpose and specificity of applied hardware-software toolkit