In September 2006 Federal Agency on Information Technologies held an open competition N 3-2006/R&D. The competition aimed at selecting those who will carry out research and development works in the sphere of information technologies. These R&D will be financed by the federal budget under the topic "Drafting Recommendations on Implementing the Concept of Regional Informatization and Organization of Competition of Pilot Regions where Standard Solutions in the sphere of ICT will be Tested within the framework of FTP E-Russia (2002-2010)". Institute of the Information Society was announced the winner of the competition.

The event aims at drafting recommendations on implementing the Concept of Regional Informatization until the year 2010.

The following objectives will be achieved under the R&D activities until late 2006:

• Analysis of development and use of information and communication technologies in the regions of the Russian Federation
• Drafting a standard program for ICT development and implementation in subjects of the RF; and methodology of adapting it to specific regional conditions
• Drafting a set of standard solutions in the sphere of ICT that will be financially supported by the federal budget, and an order of their development and dissemination in the subjects of RF
• Research and methodological preparation for establishing the Council on Regional Informatization
• Providing research and methodological support to competition of subjects of the Russian Federation for implementing and launching into operation standard solutions in the sphere of ICT in 2007