The trends of activities of the Committee on the Development of Information Society:
1) to prepare and consider drafts of laws and other legal acts regulating the development of information society, to consider and submit proposals related to the issues of the development of new (innovation) technologies and information and knowledge society;
2) to consider and submit to the Seimas the conclusions and proposals regarding formation of a policy of the development of information society, preparation and implementation of a long-term strategy of the development of new (innovation) technologies and information society;
3) to co-ordinate activities of state institutions and agencies as well as other organisations when preparing drafts of laws and other legal acts on the issues within the Committee's remit;
4) to analyse international legal acts and international practice related to the development of information and knowledge society, to submit proposals and conclusions to the Seimas;
5) to review the use of the funds appropriated for the development of information and knowledge society in each programme of the manager of budgetary appropriations, and to evaluate the effectiveness of investments;
6) to submit proposals regarding the compliance of drafts of laws and other legal acts prepared by the Seimas Committees and the national strategy of the development of information and knowledge society;
7) to exercise parliamentary scrutiny on the issues within the Committee's remit, to hear information and reports of the ministries and other state institutions and agencies on the implementation of the laws and other legal acts adopted by the Seimas, which are related to the issues within the Committee's remit.
