All-Russian scientific conference
"e-Government in the Information Society: Theory and Practice"

PUBLIC RELATIONS AS AN INSTRUMENT OF "ELECTRONIC" GOVERNMENT

V.S. Komarovsky

Department of Political Science and Public Policy of Russian Academy of Public Service under the President of the Russian Federation
Moscow

Structures of Public Relations, using electronic means of communication enable to set and support a constant and constructive dialogue between power and citizens; to stimulate and initiate information going from citizens into power structures; to influence the formation of public opinion; to promote involving of citizens in the process of management; to search the most rational and acceptable ways and methods of setting the most exciting problems for population; to create the atmosphere of confidence and mutual understanding between the partners of the dialogue.

[Russian version]