The Use Of Electronic Signatures When Receiving Government Services Of The Pension Fund Of The Russian Federation

The provision of state services in electronic form today is one of the innovative directions of development of mechanisms for implementing the functions of state bodies. This was made possible by the improvement of information technology and the use of electronic signatures to give legal significance to documents in electronic form. The article raises the legal and technical issues of using electronic signatures in the practice of providing public services to the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation in electronic form.In the first part of the article, based on an analysis of federal regulatory legal acts in the field of public services and the use of electronic signatures, it is concluded about the types of electronic signatures used in the provision of public services in electronic form, as well as by what means the applicant can check the availability and validity of the electronic signature on received documents as a result of the provision of services.The second part analyzes the use of electronic signatures in the provision of two selective government services of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation (informing insured persons about the status of their individual personal accounts in the compulsory pension insurance system and informing citizens about the category of citizens of pre-retirement age) through the Unified portal of public services and the personal account of the insured Pension Fund of the Russian Federation website. The author verifies the validity of electronic signatures on documents obtained as a result of an experiment using the services of the Unified Portal of State Services and a commercial accredited Certification Authority.