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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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The government is launching the next stage of public administration development – the "Reporting Guillotine" project. It aims to establish uniform rules for requesting data from regions and reduce their excessive administrative burden. Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of Staff of the Government of Russia Dmitry Grigorenko announced this at the first International Congress of Public Administration.
At the congress, the Deputy Prime Minister participated in the plenary session "Public Administration in the 21st Century: Between Speed and Meaning." He noted that the work of the government apparatus has been significantly optimized over the past five years. Currently, the share of electronic document management within the Government Office exceeds 90%, and the average document approval time has been reduced from four days to 1.4 days. The issuance of regulatory acts takes 15 minutes instead of 12 hours, and the time it takes to receive documents for review is now approximately 40 minutes instead of 10 days.
In 2025, a large-scale document flow optimization was also carried out at the Government Office. Its key objective was to reduce redundant documents and procedures. Specifically, the number of documents required for preparing the Government's legislative action plan was reduced by an average of seven times, and for preparing protocol events, by a quarter. Manual data entry during event planning and reporting was halved.
The changes affected not only procedures but also the very organization of civil servants' work. The Government Office has established a digital assignment process. Information on deadlines and assignees is fed into an information and analytical dashboard, allowing for real-time visibility into the status of current tasks.
A separate area of focus is training civil servants in using artificial intelligence tools. The technology is used for preparing protocols and brief reference materials, as well as spell checking.
"Digitalization is, first and foremost, a tool for improving the efficiency of public administration. It is not an end in itself: its value is determined by specific results—shorter timeframes, reduced administrative burden, increased transparency, and improved service quality. For us, digital transformation means practical solutions that save citizens and businesses time and make processes clear and convenient. At the same time, people—both as service recipients and as civil servants—always remain at the center of these changes. Therefore, our key task is to build processes in which technology removes unnecessary barriers, automates routine operations, and enables effective management decisions," said Dmitry Grigorenko.
The plenary session was also attended by First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of Russia Sergei Kiriyenko, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic Daniyar Amangeldiev, and Rector of the Presidential Academy Alexei Komissarov.
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