Search engine for Internet resources of government agencies

Yandex and the Moscow Department of Information Technology (DIT) are discussing the option of highlighting a separate search section on government sites, the head of the DIT, Artem Ermolaev, told CNews. This section can be placed at one of the gov addresses. yandex. ru or yandex. ru / gov, say representatives of DIT.

“We appreciated the need for this project. According to our estimates, this project will be promising, but there are a number of issues that need to be resolved in the first place, as well as assessing all the risks, ”added Yermolaev. You may also be interested in creating a personal brand, more detailed information can be viewed by clicking on the link.

«State» Yandex will search all databases of government agencies’ websites and give users data held by government agencies. It is also possible that in the overall results, sources of government agencies will highlight special tags. At the first stage, it is planned to implement the project only for government bodies in Moscow.

At the moment, according to the head of the DIT, his department is agreeing on a policy on how these sites will be marked. In the very same Yandex announced their interest in this project a year ago.

Today, Yandex confirmed that they had a fact-finding meeting with DIT representatives at the end of September: “We told them what information would be interesting and useful for users. For example, the addresses and the work schedule of municipal institutions (kindergartens, schools, hospitals and others), routes and the mode of operation of public transport, information about repairs on the roads of Moscow and more. ”

The number of requests related to various public services is constantly growing, the Yandex company says: “For example, in March 2011, users searched Yandex for a“ tax return ”more than 500 thousand times, in March last year — about 300 thousand time».

Until the end of 2011, Moscow will open a register of advertising spots (it will be possible to verify the legality of installing one or another billboard), a registry of green spaces, a register of the historical past.