The role and place of the legal institution of official secrecy in the system of administrative law

Abstract

The improvement of administrative legislation reflects the ongoing changes in the public law sphere in Russia in the context of the information society. However, the legal regulation of the collection, creation, use and provision of restricted service information remains unresolved. In the course of democratic reforms and legalization of the processes of turnover of state-important information, the main attention of the legislator was paid to improving the legal regime of state secrets. Meanwhile, an analysis of the practice of state and local self-government bodies shows a high level of use of the legal institution of official secrets. The article considers the legal aspects of the legislation on official secrets and draws conclusions about the dominance of administrative law and the place of the institution of official secrets in the system of administrative law.