Digital transformation and digital public administration

Abstract

Society development in modern world is characterized by a trend called digital transformation. This multiple phenomenon concerns different industries and directions from medicine to transportation. Society digital transformation is not just a new trend. It creates synergistic development in science and technology and is synonymous with the “digitalization” term. Digitalization has emerged as a trend of digital economy and generalization of a number of digital technologies and has been significantly enriched with the advent of the Internet of Things and satellite technologies. It is in interaction with a number of digital technologies. Digital transformation accompanies development of a number of industries such as management, agriculture, transportation, real estate, construction, cadaster, and natural resource extraction. One of the characteristics of digital transformation in governance is that it has led to emergence of new phenomena such as digital governance and digital law. Despite the widespread use of digitalization, specificity and evolution of the “digital” term is often overlooked. Content-wise, it emerged during the Third Information Revolution, formally during the Fourth. “New” economy emergence served as the basis for digital economy emergence. Despite the modern analysis, it has not yet been precisely defined. The existing interpretations to the definition of this concept have been analyzed. Digital transformation development in Russia and other countries has been compared. A critical analysis of some approaches to digital transformation has been given. Digital law and digital governance go beyond existing regulations and use special legislation and regulations. These new directions require further development.

Keywords

• digital transformation
• digitalization
• digital technologies
• digital economy
• digital governance
• digital law