Environment (Formerly Public Servant Automated Workplace)
The "automated workplace of a civil servant" (AWS GS) is accessible both remotely through an Internet browser and from mobile devices, and at stationary OSV workstation of a civil servant, which consists of software and services built on the basis of domestic software, Includes office and information security software and can be deployed or modified automatically in a few minutes.
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2024
Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation will expand the introduction of communication services for the automated workplace of a civil servant
On November 8, 2024, the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation announced a draft resolution on expanding access to communication services of an automated workplace (AWS) of an employee of local self-government bodies to municipal institutions and other organizations.
The experiment on the transfer of information systems and information resources to the state unified cloud platform (GEOP) "Gosoblako," as well as on the equipment of AWS in federal executive bodies and state extra-budgetary funds started in Russia in 2019. And in April 2024, the Government of the Russian Federation approved the provision on communication services for the civil servant's AWS: these are means of exchanging instant electronic messages and audio/video calls with the ability to create info channels; E-mail module file storage; administration module; means of authentication and authorization of users; service integration module with information systems, etc.
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The Ministry of Digital Development provides communication services to state authorities, state institutions, public authorities of the federal territory Sirius, state extra-budgetary funds, structures included in the register of socially oriented non-profit organizations, and the autonomous non-profit organization Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation.
The new draft resolution provides for the expansion of the list of participants in information interaction carried out through services, and the establishment of the procedure for their connection to such systems. The adoption of the document is expected to ensure a smooth transition to the implementation and development of services with the preservation for consumers connected as part of the ongoing experiment of the possibility of full continuous use of services.[1]
Ministry of Digital Development renamed the automated workplace of a civil servant
On May 28, 2024, it became known that the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation chose a new name for the automated workplace of a civil servant (AWS GS). The set of applications for communication and collaboration on documents was named "Environment."
According to the Vedomosti newspaper, the Ministry of Digital Ministry of Digital Development sent an application for registration of the Sreda trademark to the Federal Intellectual Property Service. The platform logo is a blue square with a white "C" and the following black "Wednesday" on a white background. The platform is designed to serve as a single secure space for officials for communications and daily work. Wednesday will be an alternative to foreign applications and services, including the Telegram messenger.
"Environment" is available for computers running Windows, macOS and Linux, as well as for mobile devices based on Android and iOS. In addition, there is a web version. The platform includes a messenger for communication, audio and video calls for meetings, mail, calendar, file storage with the ability to jointly edit documents and share folders, tasks for tracking the progress of work and an organizational structure for interdepartmental interaction.
It is noted that along with the change of name, the functionality of the product was expanded. In particular, it became possible to organize webinars for more than 300 users. File storage and mail became available not only on personal computers, but also on mobile gadgets. You can log in to the "Environment" using your account on "Public services." From November 1, 2023, users will be able to log in by sending a password code to their smartphone. As of May 2024, the platform is used daily by about 350 thousand users from 59 authorities of the Russian Federation.[2]
The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Trade have disagreements with the concept of "automated workplace"
The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Trade have disagreements with the concept of "automated workplace" (AWS). This became known on May 21, 2024.
As they write "," Sheets the question of whether it is necessary to specify the definition of AWS in the law on public procurement was discussed at a meeting of the working group on the formation of positions in the catalog of goods, works and services (KTRU) for electronic products with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, manufacturers and Ministry of Digital Development Department of Information Technologies (DIT) of Moscow electronic engineers specialized associations.
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In KTRU, according to which state customers carry out purchases, there is no description of what exactly belongs to the AWS, as a result of which the public sector can acquire foreign equipment and limit competition in procurement, says Oleg Osipov, chief engineer and co-owner of Beshtau Electronics (manufacturer of computers and components).
The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation believes that there is no need to clarify the definition of AWS, while the Ministry of Industry and Trade sees the need to form a clear definition of the composition of AWS.
 | The process of forming such a description is complicated by the fact that AWS is a multi-component product, which may include independent types of products, such as a system unit, mouse, keyboard, telephone. Their list and functional, technical and high-quality variability are practically unlimited, - a representative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade explained to the publication. |  |
According to Oleg Osipov, by May 2024, in public procurement of AWS, customers include an arbitrary list of equipment, and due to the lack of a clear list of items, they can artificially limit competition by prescribing overly detailed information, under which the product is suitable for only one specific manufacturer.[3]
Computers with foreign keyboards and mice will not be able to get into the register of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
On April 8, 2024, it became known that the Ministry of Industry and Trade intends to change the rules for including automated workplaces (AWS) in the Register of Russian Radio Electronics. This list will not be able to include desktop computers equipped with monitors, keyboards and mice of foreign production.
According to CNews, the deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Vasily Shpak told about the innovations. AWS refers to a desktop PC (monitor and system unit or all-in-one solution) equipped with the minimum set of peripheral devices necessary for working with it - a keyboard and a mouse. Additionally, the system can be equipped with a printer, scanner, etc. As of the beginning of April 2024, the register of the Ministry of Industry and Trade contains many Russian AWS that are supplied with the Chinese periphery.
In accordance with the new rules, manufacturers of domestic AWS will not be able to include them in the register of the Ministry of Industry and Trade if foreign peripheral equipment is found in the solutions in the presence of domestic analogues. According to Shpak, suppliers of high-quality Russian peripheral equipment, in particular, keyboards, are present on the domestic market. Among domestic manufacturers of AWS and computer peripherals (monitors, keyboards, mice, etc.), companies such as F + tech-Marvel, Kraftway, Aquarius, Depo, ICL, IRU and Lightcom are named. At the same time, as noted, the products of Russian vendors remain unclaimed.
| | This [2024] year, we plan to make appropriate regulatory decisions - so that the Russian automated workplace is indeed the one that uses all possible technical solutions presented in the register, "says the deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.[4] | |
2023
Support of communication service of PA AWS is implemented in DLP system "SearchInform CIB"
The company SearchInform"" announced on August 24, 2023 that it had implemented support for the communication service "Automated state Employee Workplace." - DLP system "" SearchInform CIB can perform monitoring, and data cloudy storages mails PA AWS messenger. More. here
VK structure received a contract for the automation of the work of civil servants
The structure VK of LLC "" in VK Digital Technologies early July 2023 received a contract for the implementation of one of the stages of the project to transfer officials from to Telegram Russian communication services for 2.5 million. rub This was done as part of a large purchase to scale the automated workplace of a civil servant (AWS GS) to the regions, it follows from the procurement documents posted at the end of June on the Ministry of Digital Development portal, state procurements according to "." Sheets According to the terms of reference for the purchase, VK assumes the obligation to scale the number of accounts from 250 thousand to 600 thousand. This was announced on August 4, 2023 by the press service of the deputy. State Dumas RUSSIAN FEDERATION Anton Nemkin
PA WS includes a secure, messenger developed VK and combining correspondence, video calls, mail, calendar, cloudy storage and an "internal portal." Ministry of Digital Development He has been developing the system since the fall of 2021. Authorities have already begun to connect to the system: as a representative of the Deputy Prime Minister previously reported, Dmitry Chernyshenko 200 thousand users have already connected to the service as of August 2023. According to official, 250 to data governments thousand officials used the automated workplace of a civil servant in April 2023. Starting from 2024, the GS AWS will become a mandatory service for all civil servants.
According to the publication, according to the terms of reference for the purchase, for 2.5 million rubles. the contractor undertakes the provision of services to ensure round-the-clock technical support, administration and uninterrupted operation of software for communication services for authorities, state institutions and state extrabudgetary funds. The maximum purchase cost is 907.4 million rubles. As explained in the Ministry of Ministry of Digital Development, we are talking about the so-called procurement with an indefinite volume - this approach to the case is used when it is impossible to immediately understand what amount of work or services will be required to get the desired result. "In this case, the customer determines two prices - the initial maximum contract price and the initial unit price."
| | There is little doubt that foreign platforms, like foreign vendors, are completely unfriendly in relation to ours. to the country Remaining accessible to our citizens, they often aim to collect shamelessly personal data Russians for further transfer to the use of Western special services and governments, "said Anton Nemkin. | |
| | That is why it is so important to translate our public sector, where a large amount of sensitive information is concentrated, from those platforms that can behave unpredictably, he added. | |
907.4 million rubles will be spent on replacing Telegram for officials in Russia
In June 2023, the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation launched a tender for the creation of a single solution for officials to replace foreign services and instant messengers, in particular Telegram. It is assumed that the new messenger will complement the automated workplace of a civil servant (AWS GS) in the regions.
According to Vedomosti, citing materials on the public procurement website, it is planned to spend 907.4 million rubles on the project for the period from October 1, 2023 to September 20, 2024. According to the publication, the GS AWS includes a secure messenger developed by VK and combining correspondence, video calls, mail, calendar, cloud storage and an "internal portal." The system was created on the basis of the corporate messenger VK Teams according to the tender of the Ministry of Ministry of Digital Development, announced in the fall of 2021. In accordance with the requirements of the new purchase, the contractor will have to provide the necessary level of cryptographic protection of information when transferring information between users, as well as scale solutions to other departments. How many departments and users will collectively be able to switch to the PA AWS is not indicated in the documents.
By the end of June 2023, 32 Russian departments have already been connected to the GS AWS, a representative of the Ministry of Digital Ministry of Digital Development told the newspaper. The almost 1 billion rubles indicated in the purchase, according to him, will go to scale up the solution for connecting employees of regional departments and to ensure information security. It is assumed that the service will be provided to the authorities, state institutions subordinate to them and state extrabudgetary funds, the source said.
AWS GS should "wean off" officials to use foreign messengers such as Telegram, Discord, Viber, WhatsApp (owned by Meta, which is recognized as an extremist organization and banned in Russia), WeChat, Zoom and Microsoft Teams, explained the head of the digital solutions department of the agency "Polilog" Lyudmila Bogatyreva.[5]
2022: Govt instructs governors to switch from Telegram to VK messenger
On May 1, 2022, it became known about the order of the Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko for the transition of regional governors Telegram from to the Russian messenger - the developed VK automated workplace of a civil servant (AWS GS).
According to Kommersant, regional leaders were recommended to use exclusively Russian messengers within the "framework of official activities." The deputy prime minister's office told the publication that the service works in a browser and includes mail, a calendar, cloud storage and an internal portal.
The service is already used in state structures, by the end of 2023 the authorities plan to form a federal system on its basis and connect all civil servants to it, the newspaper was told. Ministry of Digital Development It is planned to replace not only Telegram messengers and, WhatsApp but also cloud, ON Google Docs services video conference Skype and, Zoom as well as postal service. Microsoft Exchange
Experts doubted that the demand would greatly change the situation. Governors use Telegram as a social network and use it for communication with voters, and not for internal correspondence, Yevgeny Minchenko, president of the Minchenko Consulting communications company, told the publication. He noted that Telegram by the beginning of June 2022 is on the rise, and a large transition of the audience to VKontakte from blocked Russia Instagram to (owned by Meta, which the court in Russia recognized as an extremist organization, its activities are prohibited) is not observed.
Officials will use the AWS developed for them, if this is attributed to issues of labor discipline, experts interviewed by the newspaper believe. The development of VK is unlikely to encourage them to completely abandon the messengers that they are used to using, they are sure.[6]
2021
A set of applications for the official's workplace for 450 million rubles will be developed by a subsidiary of VK
The automated workplace of a civil servant (WS HS) will be developed by the VK group. A knowledgeable source told TAdviser about this. According to him, Maylru Digital Technologies LLC (renamed VK Digital Technologies in 2021 as a result of rebranding) offered the most competitive price as part of the tender announced by the Ministry of Ministry of Digital Development. Thus, the Russian IT holding, better known for its b2c services, will create a multifunctional communication application for officials.
According to data available on the official public procurement portal, six applications from Russian developers were submitted for the tender (the names of the companies were not published). Three of them did not reach the final stage: one was recalled by the company, two were not allowed by the commission. As a result, three Russian developers participated in the auction. The victory was won by Mail.Ru Digital Technologies, 43% of which belongs to Mail.Ru LLC, and 57% to Elena Bagudina, CEO of Мэйл.ру Group and Mail.Ru Digital Technologies. The winner played down, reducing the initial tender price by more than 37.7 million rubles, and proposed to develop a set of specialized highly secure communication services for 450.5 million rubles.
VK did not confirm the information, citing the fact that there is no data on the results of the tender on the public procurement portal yet. However, back in March 2020, Pavel Gontarev, Managing Director of Mail.Ru Digital Technologies, at the TAdviser IT Government Day conference, spoke about the group's interest in working with the public sector.
| | We see how elements of state information are developing: the state region, a data management system, a new version of SMEV and new super services. All this will develop, and it is very similar to what we do on the Internet. Therefore, it seems to us that we can give the state a lot of useful expertise. But we are still only looking for forms of reporting this examination to state structures. Somewhere we find, somewhere we see risks, and we think that the state is also interested in working with this kind of players, in the emergence of new competencies and new forms of interaction. I think that the success of this kind of national programs generally depends on whether we find these forms of interaction, [1] "Pavel Gontarev said at the conference | |
According to the press service of VK, now more than 400 employees work at Mayl.ru Digital Technologies. The company has developments included in the register of domestic software.
Konstantin Gurzov, Director of the Department for the Development of Cloud Services and Data Management of the Ministry of Ministry of Digital Development, told TAdviser that the GS AWS system should be ready by the fall of 2022, and put into commercial operation in 2023.
| | We create GS AWS as a full-fledged communication environment for civil servants so that employees of departments can get away from mass messengers and use secure tools. Now we are considering the possibilities of expanding the functionality of the PA AWS. So, in 2021 it is planned to test the use of domestic text editors. If this option turns out to be in demand, then we will begin a dialogue with Russian office software developers, "a representative of the Ministry of Digital Development shared with TAdviser. | |
So far, the set of tools that will become the basis of communications of civil servants are only being formed. At the first stage, the programs that will be provided by the winner of the competition - "Mail.Ru Digital Technologies" will be used.
Creation of GIS for automation of civil servant's workplace
In June 2021, it became known about the creation Russia state in the information system "Automated workplace of a civil servant," which by this time is working in experimental mode. The start of industrial operation of the technology should take place before the end of 2023.
The need to create a new GIS is caused by the fact that civil servants of different departments use various, including not always protected, services in their work, for example, transmit information through instant messengers. In addition, the level of software of regional and federal state institutions is different. In order to optimize the work of employees and provide them with the necessary services, protect information, and also not depend on the programs of foreign manufacturers, it was decided to conduct an experiment with the system "Automated workplace of a civil servant."
This GIS includes a messenger for messaging and audio, video calls, a calendar for planning, mail, cloud storage. In addition, it allows you to set tasks for employees and track their implementation. The administrator is provided with advanced functionality for managing accounts and services. A news portal is also provided, information from which will be available to all employees.
The explanatory note to the draft government decree developed by the Ministry of Digital Development states that the development of this information system involves the introduction of a modern, reliable and scalable hardware and software complex that can modernize automated processes in the future. In accordance with the schedule developed by the Ministry of Digital Development, it is planned to connect up to five departments to the system by the end of 2021.[7]
Functionality and goals of creation and implementation of HS AWS
- Improve the efficiency of public authorities
- Eliminate the reasons for failure to comply with information security measures and digital inequality
- Contribute to the implementation of import substitution programs and the development of domestic technologies
- Increase the efficiency of spending budget funds on the automation of civil servants' jobs
2020: TARM - Concept of a Typical Automated Workplace
Optimization of the process of organizing automated workplaces of an employee of federal executive bodies and state extra-budgetary funds:
- Creation of a unified technical, organizational, legal policy in the field of the process of organizing automated workplaces.
- Improve service continuity
- Minimizing information security risks
- Improvement of AWS operation reliability
- Migration of non-specialized areas of professional activity of federal state bodies and state extra-budgetary funds in the process of organizing automated workplaces to a centralized approach to the provision of TARM services
- Reduction of dependence on foreign manufacturers
- Reducing the total cost of ownership of the AWS
TARM devices can be of the following types:
- Stationary PC (including all-in-one);
- Laptop;
- Tablet.
Main requirements for TARM devices:
- Compliance with the requirements of Government Decree No. 719;
- Presence in the register of the Ministry of Industry and Trade;
- Software from the register of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications;
- Unified TARM technical policy, as well as device typing.
The main functionality of the "Device as a service" approach:
- Provision of TARM for use;
- Preparation of TARM for use, installation of application software;
- Repair, replacement of TARM and/or its components;
- Inventory and monitoring of TARM;
- Proactive TARM analytics (prevention and early prevention of TARM failures);
- Configure security settings;
- Management of software changes and updates on TARM;
- Technical support;
- Routine maintenance of TARM.
Workplace as a Service (DaaS)
The basis of this approach to providing TARM is VDI technology - a virtual workplace. The delivery of a full-fledged user profile to his workplace is provided.
The main functionality of the "Workplace as a service" approach:
- Configure and deploy virtualized TARM based on a single software template
- scaling of TARM depending on the needs of the federal executive body or the state extra-budgetary fund;
- monitoring of TARM provision;
- centralized information security;
- integration with information systems and telecommunication infrastructure of the federal executive body or the state extra-budgetary fund;
- centralized software update on TARM;
- reliable storage and control of user information;
- Centralized backup
- technical support.
Work Environment as a Service (WaaS)
The result of this technology is a complete rejection of Windows operating systems at the end-user workstations. This approach represents the possibility of a smooth transition to the domestic stack of TARM components by delivering information services based on Windows to the user's workplace operating under the domestic OS.
The main functionality of the "Working environment as a service" approach:
- Placing application software in a virtual application delivery infrastructure
- scaling of TARM depending on the needs of the federal executive body or the state extra-budgetary fund;
- monitoring of TARM provision;
- Centralized security
- integration with the telecommunication infrastructure of the federal executive body or the state extra-budgetary fund;
- centralized update of application software;
- reliable storage and control of user information;
- Backing up user data
- technical support.
Notes
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