Abstracts

Abstracts

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Nikolay Anatolyevich Nikiforov

Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tartarstan – Minister of Informatization and Communication of the Republic of Tartarstan

The Quality of the Work of a Civil Servant is Measured not by Awards, but by Useful Results for the People

Exclusive interview for the Informatsionnoe Obshhestvo (Information Society) Journal

In the Republic of Tartarstan, systematic work for the development of e-government services has been actively underway for a long time – this primarily involves forming a regional electronic government and also developing respective government services in healthcare, culture and security. This is done by specific individuals, primarily staff from the government and particular ministries. The rate of development of the information society in Tartarstan is high, which is proved by figures in recent years. The main evaluation of the activity of a civil servant however is the benefit brought to the residents of the region.

Key Words: information society, electronic government services, electronic government, entrepreneurship, creative approach, benefit.

Al`bert Vinerovich Abilov

Candidate of Technical Sciences

Associate Professor

State Education Institution for Higher Professional Education “Izhevsk State Technical University”

Elena Aleksandrovna Zhuykova

Chief Engineer for the Quality of Voice Services and Communication Subsystems at Vimpelcom, Moscow

The Influence of Economics and Education on the Development of Infocommunications in the World

The article addresses the problem of the first wave of the digital divide (access to infocommunication technologies) and provides a reason for the need to analyse the influence of socio-economic factors on the development of infocommunications in various countries. The article actively studies the influence of the level of economic development (according to the GDP deflator value) and educational development (according to the education index value) on the development of infocommunications in a country according to the following key indicators: telephone density, mobile phone density, Internet density and broadband access density. The Spearman rank method is used as a quantitative analysis for this influence.

Key Words: socio-economic factors for the development of ICT, level of economic development, gross domestic product per capita, education index, Spearman rank method, ICT development indicators, telephone density, mobile phone density, Internet density, broadband access density.

Rasim Magamed ogly' Alguliev

Correspondent Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan

Doctor of Technical Sciences

Professor

Director of the Institute of Information Technologies of the NAS of Azerbaijan

Rashid Gurbanali ogly' Alekperov

Candidate of Technical Sciences

Departmental Head of the Institute of Information Technologies of the NAS of Azerbaijan

Social and Environmental Problems of Computers Recycling

The article examines issues of the use of physically and morally obsolete computers in organisations and institutions. It also analyses the social and environmental problems of recycling computers that are no longer suitable for use and offers ways of resolving such problems.

Key Words: old computers, recycling, social groups, digital divide, environmental problems, electronic waste, Basel Convention.

Natalya Vladimirovna Tikhomirova

Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor

Rector of the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics

Head of the Intellectual Resources Management Department

Honoured Education Worker

Vitaliy Grigoryevich Minashkin

Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor

Academic Vice President of the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics

Lyubov Nikolaevna Dubeykovskaya

Manager of the Department of Academic and Methodical Work of the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics

The Education Process in an Electronic University: Conditions and Areas of Transformation

The article presents a model for the organisation of the academic process under the conditions of active implementation and use of information and communication technologies and a change in the organisational model of the university. The principles are formed for constructing models of the organisation of the academic process and its elements aimed at the student. The article also demonstrates the use of the university’s unified information environment to raise the effectiveness of the education process and form the areas of expertise of graduates which correspond to changing requirements of the labour market.

Key Words: university’s unified information environment, information society, organisation of the academic process, information and communication technologies, electronic university, electronic learning.

Evgeniy Valeryevich Kon'kov

Postgraduate Student of Moscow State Pedagogical University, Department of Theory and Methods of Teaching Informatics

Informatics Teacher of the Rzhava Secondary Education School

Structuring and Organizing a Computer Science Lesson and Teaching ICT use in the Secondary School Information and Educational Environment

With the integration of full-time and distance forms of learning at the middle level of school education special attention is paid to the structure and organisation of a computer sxience lesson and the use of ICT based on the development of an information and educational environment in accordance with the standards of the second generation.

Key Words: distant learning, standards of the second generation, information and educational environment, middle level of school education, integrated learning.

Mikhail Sergeevich Sokolov

Candidate of Legal Sciences

Employee of the Centre for Research of the Problems of Russian Law “Equitas”

The Concept and Characteristics of Threats to the System of Regulating Information Relations

The system of regulating information relations is currently the most unsecure area of the information environment. The author reveals its essence, indicates characteristic threats and justifies the need to develop and implement measures aimed at ensuring its security.

Key Words: information security, information relations.