Information Technology: Sources of Legal Regulation

Abstract

The article examines the development of sources of legal regulation of information technologies in Ukraine. The development of the legal regulation of information technologies is analyzed, and directions for the introduction of information technologies into the management activities of the state are outlined. The formation and implementation of the state policy of legal regulation in the field of development of information technologies, conduct of electronic governance and integration of Ukraine into the global information space are considered. Consideration of the development of national legislation on the introduction of information technologies with a division into stages is supported, the main priorities and strategic directions of implementation are additionally substantiated, the use of modern information technologies for the provision of information and other services to citizens and legal entities by state authorities, the possibility of their provision of information and other services using electronic information systems, which should ensure transparency of services and limit bureaucracy and corruption. It is emphasized that the transition to a new model of the information society requires proper legal regulation at the level of national legislation in accordance with European integration processes.
It was concluded that the legal regulation of information technologies should be under the influence of both international acts, the progressive experience of individual countries, and Ukraine’s own realities aimed at the gradual development of the technologies themselves. Therefore, for Ukraine, where the national strategy for the development of the information society is at the stage of formation, it is especially important to study the experience of the European Un. The statement is confirmed that in the conditions of the rapid development of information and communication technologies, there is every reason to believe that the improvement of the legal regulation of the implementation of information technologies is the basis for the sustainable socio-economic, scientific-technical, national-cultural development of Ukraine, taking into account the world trends of development and individual achievements in the field informatization of society, and is focused on solving challenges related to the development of the information society, as well as increasing the effectiveness of state administration, national security and defense, democratization of society.