Uzbekistan, 25th anniversary | Page 48

Development of «e-government» in Uzbekistan From the first days of independence the introduction of information and communication technologies (ICT) has become one of the priority tasks of the state policy in Uzbekistan, which contributes to the achievement of significant results in the formation of the national information space and the enhancement of the management systems efficiency. Today in Uzbekistan, 100% of the tax and statistical reports are submitted via the internet in e-form. Full transition to electronic declaration of goods and registration of export-import contracts are provided, which reduced working day of the customs clearance of goods and provision of other related services from three to one. The development of online payment of taxes, compulsory and communal payments allowed increase the number of users in two-fold and by 2.3 times - for online transactions. The entry into force of Law «On e-government» which has been adopted recently in June 2010 of this year, gives new impetus to the advancement of communication environment. This legal act creates a solid foundation for the further deepening of the reform of public administration and the enhancement of its efficiency. It provides for the consistent implementation and expansion of the modern ICT usage in public administration, establishment and operation of the system «Electronic government», increasing 48 the transparency and openness of government agencies, the responsibility of officials. Execution of the Law also allows citizens and business entities to increase the efficiency of relations with the authorities and drastically reduce bureaucratic barriers, simplify procedures and deadlines of the online services of government agencies. To date, information interaction of state bodies with corporations and individuals is carried out through a single portal of interactive public services (SPIPS) that enables access to information about the activities and functions of the government agencies, provides users with data exchange capabilities in electronic form and requesting queries through a single point of access to integrated interactive public services. Functional of the one main segments of the system «Electronic government» - SPIPS is rapidly expanding, 260 kinds of interactive services are rendered through it. If in 2013-2014 more than 102 thousand services were rendered for entrepreneurs and citizens, only for 2015 their number exceeded