The legal nature of digital technologies in public administration

An urgent task for the Russian Federation today is the development and legal support of digitalization of public administration. Purpose: to analyze gaps in legal regulation of certain aspects of digitalization of public administration and find solutions to address them. Methods: empirical methods of analysis, interpretation, synthesis and comparison; theoretical methods of formal logic and philosophy of law; specific scientific methods: normative, legal forecasting and interpretation of legal norms. Results: the study reveals the problems of legal regulation of digitalization of public administration. At the heart of any digitalization are digital technologies, the introduction of which also determines the processes of digitalization of public administration. The legal regulation of digital technologies lags far behind realities because of the lack of a uniform legal understanding of digital technologies. As the main condition for further effective digitalization of public administration in Russia, the author calls the development of normative legal regulation of digital technologies.