The Ministry of Digital Development supported the proposal of the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Control Committee Dmitry Gusev to create a button for calling emergency services in Gosuslugi. This is stated in a letter from the deputy minister of the department, Sergei Tsvetkov, addressed to Gusev and which is available in the Parliamentary Gazette.
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“The Ministry of Digital Development of Russia conceptually supports the initiative and proposes to conduct further tests and develop in EPGU services (Unified Portal of Public Services – RB.RU) a standard solution for the region to coordinate actions in case of emergency,” it says. comes from the letter.
The ministry noted that to ensure the operation of such a button, it is necessary to improve the information systems of the recipients of messages about emergency situations: the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB, the Russian Guard and the Ministry of Emergency Situations. of Health. It is also necessary to develop an algorithm of actions in response to incoming signals.
Gusev took the initiative to create a panic button in state services at the end of March 2024. He sent the corresponding proposal to the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maksut Shadayev. Gusev noted that the lack of an emergency call option on the portal is an omission, while the platform allows obtaining other services.
According to the deputy, the alarm button should be placed on the home page of “State Services” and in the application. The button should work on the principle of the telephone number “112” and transmit information directly to the emergency services.
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