Abstract: The article deals with the legal status of users of government information systems as one of the main elements of the legal regime of such systems. The author analyzes the normative legal base regulating the relations concerning the information systems created on the basis of Federal laws with the aim of identifying "the best practices" and developing an optimal model of legal regulation. The author analyzes the gaps and inconsistencies in the current regulatory framework. The author applies general scientific and special methods including the dialectical method, the methods of formal logic, and the comparative method. The study proves that information in government information systems is a type of information about the activities of state bodies. This information is public a priori. The author shows the importance of formalizing the reasons for restricting the access to information in government information systems, and the importance of their compliance with the information kept in the register of Federal information systems. The author comes to the conclusion that the categories of users having access to confidential information, the composition of the provided information, the purpose of its use, and the method of access should be contained in statutory acts. 

Abstract: The article examines the legal status of information providers in Federal information systems. The author attempts to systematize the legal norms regulating the relations connected with the use of Federal information systems. The author outlines the legal norms which can be standardized and included in the General part of the Law on State information systems. It is proposed to unify the following elements of the legal status of information providers: duty to ensure accuracy, completeness and timeliness of information; responsibility for failure to provide information, as well as the submission of incomplete, false or incorrect information; the right to correct errors. The author also considers the problems of legislation, related to specific information systems, and offers the ways to improve it.

Abstract: The article considers the way of access to information in government information systems in the general context of study of their legal regime. The author attempts to demonstrate that the way of access to information is an essential part of legal status of government information systems users and should be defined by the range of such factors as legal regime of information and the goals of its use. The author attempts to systematize the ways of access to information and their linkage with the respective factors. The empirical base of the research contains normative legal acts regulating the legal regime of information systems created on the base of federal laws. On basis of the analysis of the respective legal norms the author attempts to outline the “best practices” of legal regulation. The author offers particular recommendations about the improvement of legislation regulating different ways of access. The considered ways of access to information in government information systems, their connection with the legal regime of the respective data and the authorities of information users can be used as a base for the creation of a united model of government information systems legal regulation.