The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of Russia plans to create a super application for officials. The department has already announced a tender for about 500 million rubles for the development of new automated workstations, writes newspaper “Kommersant”.
In a super application (super app), the Ministry of Digital Development plans to combine a messenger, video conferencing, mail, cloud storage, an internal portal, work with office documents and antivirus software. The first working prototype of the program for civil servants is planned to be launched by the end of 2022. At this stage, the super-application will appear at the customer’s own place, in Rosstat, in the Pension Fund, the Ministry of Economy and the courier service.
“Communication is a key process in our work, so we came to the concept of a super-application for officials,” emphasized Konstantin Gurzov, director of the department for cloud services development and data management at the Ministry of Digital Science.
The program will be available for download and installation on personal devices of employees of departments, it will also be possible to use it through a browser.
“The hardware part of the system will be finalized later, at the moment the federal executive authorities (federal executive authorities – approx. “Lenta.ru”) a fairly large park of automated workstations, and re-equipping it right now will be an extra cost, ”added the representative of the Ministry of Digital Science.
The super application is expected to increase the level of information security and the independence of ministries from sanctions risks. Andrey Melnikov, an expert at the Kontur IT company, believes that the new platform “will concentrate all business communication between government officials in a single and secure tool located in the state infrastructure.”
Earlier it became known that the Russians will be presented with the super application “Gosuslugi” in 2022. It is expected to fully adapt to the user’s profile.
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