OREANDA-NEWS  The Ministry of Economy temporarily closed the open data portal - as Kommersant was explained in the department, this is necessary to restart the resource, taking into account market demands. The portal, which was one of the key elements of the Open Government, was launched in 2014 on behalf of the then Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. It was assumed that on the basis of open data, services would be created for the convenience of citizens and to improve the quality of the living environment. However, a significant part of the departments approached the placement of data formally - the problem, according to the estimates of the Accounts Chamber and experts, will persist even now.

The open data portal data.gov.ru is temporarily closed, Kommersant was told in the Ministry of Economy. He will have to take a data inventory, upgrade functionality and move to a single digital platform Gostekh.

“The portal will be rebuilt. The goal is to understand what market requests are for its device, what functions are needed, what it lacks, ”Vladimir Voloshin, director of the department’s digital economy development department, explained to Kommersant.

According to him, in its current form, the portal is “not entirely applicable” and it is not advisable to make changes to the existing architecture. In the near future, the Ministry of Economy plans to discuss the issue of the targeted content of the resource - for this, an expert working group is being created under the department. Approximately the update will take at least four to six months.