Abstracts
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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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&copy Информационное общество, 2011 вып. 3, с. 62-63.