OREANDA-NEWS. August 8, 2011. Rostelecom OJSC and the Omsk regional authorities signed two state contracts to render services on the e-Government infrastructure operation and provide intercourse of information systems and information resources of the executive Government bodies of the region by means of interagency electronic interaction systems.     The contracts were concluded without bidding. The contracts were signed by Alexander Gorbunov, Minister of Industrial Policy, Transport and Communications of the Omsk Region and Alexander Juzhakov, Deputy Director of the Omsk branch of Rostelecom OJSC.

Under conditions of the concluded contracts Rostelecom shall provide their own telecommunication infrastructure (Internet, VPN channels and resources of data processing centers), ensure safety and protection of personal information, guarantee service backup, technical support and twenty-four-hour consulting for e-Government infrastructure users through the company’s  call-center.

‘Signing contracts is one of successive steps to implement the e-Government project’. The e-Government is implied as a new form of practice for public authorities ensuring convenient reception of public services by all residents of the region via the Web-portal’ said Alexander Gorbunov, Minister of Industrial Policy, Transport and Communications of the Omsk Region.

Rostelecom has a developed infrastructure  and  full range of services and technologies required to convert public and municipal services into electronic form, so cooperation with the Government of the Omsk Region under the given contracts is sure to be fruitful’ said Alexander Juzhakov, Deputy Director of the Omsk branch of Rostelecom OJSC.

According to the orders of the Government of the Russian Federation, Rostelecom is the only executor of design work, development and operation of the e-Government infrastructure. Unique infrastructure developed by the company, i.e. protected communication channels and data processing centers alongside with experience in carrying out large national projects enable the company to solve the problem successfully both on the federal and regional levels.

The company is looking forward to expand cooperation with the subjects and municipalities of the Russian Federation to convert public and municipal services in electronic form. Under public private partnership on the e-Government development Rostelecom acts as a long-term investor.