Information Technology in a Global Economy

OVERVIEW

• Analytical Centers in the Russian Federation

• Situational Centers

• State Automated System “Administration”

• Other Policy-Making Tools and Techniques

• Conclusions

ANALYTICAL CENTERS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

• First generation of analytical systems for policy making • 1970s – Chile • Engaged stakeholders at all levels

• Nearly the same time • Soviet Union • Nationwide automated system – OGAS

• When the Soviet Union dissolved • Russian Federation continued work in analytics • Developed Analytic Centers, each with specific focus

SITUATIONAL CENTERS

• Research matured in analytics

• Centers began to focus on classes of issues

• Situational centers emerged • Analytics focused on specific government functions

• Share goal is to handle big data • Most stored data is not used

• Situational centers attempt to use previously unused data

STATE AUTOMATED SYSTEM “ADMINISTRATION”

• Unified distribution of government data • Collection and analysis

• Includes • Classic BI processing

• OLAP processing

• Advanced analytics

• Supports decision making in government

• Three level structure • Central

• Departmental

• Regional

OTHER POLICY-MAKING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

CONCLUSIONS

• Situational centers

• Not integrated into decision making

• Currently mainly used in crisis situations

• Capabilities not leveraged • Underutilized

• Limited funding for further research

• Centers are capable, but are not being utilized