This scientific work shows the theoretical and methodological foundations of the study of state policy in the field of the information economy in Ukraine. The author identified the essence of the information economy, developed the concept of substantiation of state policy in the field of the information economy in Ukraine, showed the gnostic parameters of public policy effectiveness: the degree of aggravation of economic problems and the effectiveness of mechanisms for solving them.
The informatization of state policy is studied. The author considered this as a structural and functional attribute of the transition to the information society, which sets new managerial and economic standards for sustainable social development, the success of information economy projects through the formation of a new type of economic consciousness, worldviews, new economic culture, and education.
This paper formulates the priorities for the implementation of state policy in the field of the information economy in Ukraine. These are priorities such as economic modernization and economic security. The author has developed criteria that determine the gnostic need to introduce optimization practices to ensure the strategic economic development of Ukraine. The author systematized the regulatory and legal support of state policy in the field of the information economy in Ukraine.
As a result, for the first time, it is proposed to consider the mechanisms of implementation of state policy in the field of the information economy in Ukraine as a set of measures and tools of organizational and economic, socio-cultural, regulatory, and motivational nature. The author substantiated that by using these mechanisms, public authorities exert influence on society to implement decisions on the development of the information economy in Ukraine. In this way, the achievement of the goals and objectives of public policy, which are defined by the state strategy, will be ensured.
The author substantiated that the mechanisms of implementation of state policy in the field of information economy should be based on the concepts of information development, digitalization, information, and digital transformation, and intellectual resource provision. Mechanisms should include purpose, tasks, principles, subjects of management, their functions, objects, methods, and tools for implementing mechanisms. The tools for implementing the mechanisms of state policy in the field of the information economy in Ukraine are the means, direct and indirect forms, methods, and techniques.
