Information technologies
The main goal of informatization is to provide citizens and society with timely, reliable and complete information based on the widespread use of information technologies, and to ensure the information security of the state.In accordance with the defined priorities and tasks of state policy aimed at building a unified national communications system capable of satisfying public needs for high-quality services, in recent years the preservation of positive development trends in the information technology sector has been ensured.
The sphere of information technologies and the Internet are developing extensively. To meet the needs of providers, enterprises and organizations in modern communications services, broadband backbone data transmission networks were created based on new ATM/FR technologies. Work continued on expanding access to the Internet. By the end of 2002, the number of Internet access nodes amounted to 280. The number of Internet service providers in the city of Lutsk increased and amounts to 5.
The number of users of the Ukrainian segment of the Internet has increased more than 6 times over the past two years and today totals 3.5 million people. In Ukraine, 2.5% of the population actively uses the Internet (in Germany - 18%, the USA - 36.6%, Canada - 28%, Japan - 16.6%). The volume of Ukrainian information resources available via the Internet has grown. On the Internet, there are many sites that tell about our city, or information related to the activities of enterprises and organizations of our city. A website of the executive committee of the Lutsk City Council has been created.
In 2003, the number of hosts in the national segment of the Internet increased by 23% and reached about 72.0 thousand, while the number of Web sites grew by 9% and reached 23.0 thousand. More than 80% of state authorities have Web sites and e-mail. Thus, the use of Internet services, in particular e-mail, is also spreading in the executive committee of the Lutsk City Council; already 5 departments have their own e-mail boxes. After completion of the creation of the local network of the executive committee of the Lutsk City Council, all departments will be able to have their own e-mail boxes.
At the same time, there is a need to fill the sites with more meaningful information. Today, the Lutsk City Council does not properly present information about its activities on the Internet; only operational information is updated well.
In the Lutsk city executive committee, within the framework of the national Informatization Program, a draft Program for the Informatization of the City of Lutsk for 2003-2005 has been developed, because the implementation of informatization projects outside the framework of the National Informatization Program—whereas the financing of all informatization work, starting from 2002, is carried out only within the National Informatization Program (NIP)—leads to duplication of informatization work, dispersion of state funds, purchase of outdated equipment and technologies, aggravation of the information protection problem, etc.
With the aim of establishing the organizational and legal principles of electronic document circulation and the use of electronic documents, the Law of Ukraine "On Electronic Documents and Electronic Document Circulation" was adopted. The Law of Ukraine "On Electronic Digital Signature" defines the legal status of the electronic digital signature and regulates the relations arising from the use of the electronic digital signature. In the executive committee of the Lutsk City Council, there is also a process of gradual transition to electronic document circulation, but there are a number of problems for advancing at a faster pace in this direction.
A draft State Program "Electronic Ukraine" has been developed, which provides for promoting the construction of a modern competitive economy and improving the standard of living of the population by introducing modern information and communication technologies into all spheres of life.
Main problematic issues to be resolved in 2004
- imperfections in the regulatory and legal support for regulating relations related to the development of informatization, the formation, use and protection of national information resources;
- insufficient implementation of modern information and communication technologies in the activities of executive authorities;
- imperfection of mechanisms for financial support from the city budget for programs in the communications and informatization sector;
- dispersion and insufficiency of city funds for carrying out informatization work;
- lack of interaction between different branches of government regarding the approval of regulatory legal acts relating to the coordination of work in the field of informatization;
Main goals and priority tasks in the field of informatization for 2004:
- to formulate the set of tasks for the informatization program of the city of Lutsk for 2004;
- development of a modern telecommunications infrastructure, introduction of highly profitable communication services based on the latest technologies;
- providing consumers with high-quality communication services;
- further informatization of executive authorities, in particular the integration of information and analytical support systems of state authorities and local self-government bodies; development of a unified telecommunication network of executive authorities;
- ensuring financing of informatization projects exclusively within the framework of the NPI;
- gradually create systems of municipal information resources.