Kazakhstan has officially approved a list of national registers whose data are recognized as reference for all state systems. The decision is aimed at eliminating situations where different agencies store conflicting information about the same person, company, or object, reports infohub.kz.
The essence of the innovation: if information is already contained in a national register, government bodies and state services are required to use it, rather than requesting the data again or turning to other information systems.
The approved list includes more than 120 registers covering key areas of Kazakh citizens' lives: birth, education, employment, cars, real estate, social benefits, court proceedings, and others.
Reference data includes surname, first name, patronymic, individual identification number (IIN), date of birth, address, information on real estate and land plots. The list also includes data on companies, transport, disabilities, civil registration records, orphans, adoptive parents, licenses, civil servants, education, healthcare, and public procurement.
For example, information about cars is taken from the register of motor vehicles of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, while data on driver's licenses comes from a specialized register for their issuance. Information on individuals and legal entities is assigned to the databases of the Ministry of Justice.
Separate national registers are provided for real estate and land cadastre, diplomas, applicants, students, teachers, and university graduates. The list includes registries of debtors, court acts, pre-trial investigations, administrative proceedings, and wanted persons.
Less obvious databases have also been recognized as national: registers of startups and innovative products, guides and travel agents, hotels, tourist routes, foreign tourists, populations attached to clinics, oil companies, and participants in the wholesale electricity market.
Owners of these systems are required to constantly update the information, ensure its completeness and accuracy, synchronize data with primary sources, and restrict access. They are also responsible for cybersecurity and the free exchange of reference data between state systems.
It is important to note: the decree does not mean creating all these databases from scratch. Many of them are already in operation. The document formalizes their status in the new architecture of the digital government and determines which systems' data state bodies should consider primary.