The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) published updated rating of the countries e-government readiness (Global e-Government Survey 2010). It provides with data on the status of e-government development in 192 countries. The Russian Federation is set on the 59^th position, which is only one position better than in the previous rating of the year 2008.

Index of each country e-readiness is comprised of three sub-indexes: index of human potential development, index of ICT-infrastructure condition and index of online public services (web-presence). Each of the sub-indexes experienced changes in the past year. Thus, based on the index of human potential development Russia descended from the 27th to the 39th position, based on the index of ICT-infrastructure condition – descended from the 62nd to 63d position, and based on the index of online public services ascended from the 93d to the 68th position.

The first five leaders of the UN rating same as before include leading countries of South-East Asia, Western Europe and North America:  Korea, USA, Canada, Great Britain, and Netherlands. Among CIS countries better positions than Russia are occupied by Kazakhstan (46^th position) and Ukraine (56^th position).