Digital state: new matrix of competences for digital transformation

Abstract

This article presents and analyzes topical issues of state administration and its transformation related to the development of information and communication technologies, the emergence of such concepts as “digital state”, “digital economy”, etc. The authors systematized the main ideas and formulated the vision of the participants of the Gaidar Forum - 2018 (known scientists, government officials, public and political figures, businessmen from different countries), processes of digital transformation of public administration and regulation of the economic sphere, in particular concerning new approaches to staffing such changes. Basing on the speeches of the leading experts of the Gaidar Forum - 2018 the authors outline the opportunities and problems of the public administration system, the degree of its readiness for such transformation.