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TopTheorists and practitioners continue to search for new concepts and models that allow effective technological achievements adoption to public administration systems functioning. The most important international studies are the doctrine of “lean government” formulated by Janssen and Estevez (2013) and the model of “networked government” proposed by Goldsmith and Eggers (2004).
The doctrine of “networked government” proposes to concentrate the efforts of government managers not on administering the existing resources and processes but on changing the problem-solving principle – by creating a network of involved partners, namely nonprofit organizations, businesses, experts, and enthusiastic citizens. The end result responsibility, however, remains with government.
The “lean government” doctrine implements the ideas of “networked government” on the grounds of e-government technologies. While simplifying internal administrative processes and incentivizing innovative approaches to problem-solving, government bodies introduce crowd- sourcing, wiki, and mobile technologies that are designed not only to obtain information on society’s problems and needs more quickly, but also to adopt decisions online while factoring in the views of all stakeholders. The “lean government” doctrine calls for the creation of platform-based solutions that allow both governmental and nongovernmental services to be set up on a common platform, according to common standards. The technological platform practices the principle of competition, whereby any supplier of services will be able, in case it meets the prescribed requirements and standards of platform compatibility, to develop and sell varied services to solve common problems.