Digital transformation of obtaining data for an express assessment of regional sustainable development

Sustainable development of the Russian Federation is impossible without the sustainable development of its regions. To make managerial decisions aimed at sustainable development of the regions, it is necessary to carry out appropriate monitoring. It is proposed to use the methodology and tools of an express assessment, which are based on the dynamics of wages at the enterprises of the region, as operational control over the processes taking place in the economy of the regions. This is due to the fact that in a market economy there is a clear direct relationship between the timeliness and size of wages paid to employees and the state of corporate businesses. The aim of this study is to select the optimal data acquisition scheme for an express assessment of the sustainable development of the regions. For this purpose, a comparative analysis of three schemes for obtaining paper-based data was applied, using personal accounts on the Internet and the information system of the Federal State Statistics Service using the system of interdepartmental electronic exchange in terms of the following indicators: completeness, delay and discreteness of the wages reflection and the number of enterprises in the region in the digital spatio-temporal model and complexity of organizational measures. It has been established that in the near future, it will the most effective to use the scheme for obtaining data from the Internet, which provides high completeness of reflection of the source data and minimizes the delay time of an express assessment relative to the real state of the regional economy. This creates objective conditions for the rapid identification of trends in the regional economy and contributes to the timely formation of legislative initiatives and the adoption of managerial decisions by the regional legislative and executive authorities to improve the legal framework conducive to business development in the region. The data collected by state statistics bodies as per the form No. P-4 “Information on the wages and number of employees” can also serve as a source for an express assessment. However, the federal law currently prohibits state statistics from providing access to this information to regional executive bodies.