In 1975, through the efforts of the renowned researcher I. Ansoff, the formula of management by weak signals was introduced into scientific circulation, expressing a feature of corporate management that experiences difficulties in predicting the accuracy of changes occurring in conditions of increasing speed of changes in the business environment and responding to them. In addition to the speed of changes, the ability to respond may also be influenced by the uncertainty of incoming information and the lack of receptors in the receiving system that allow it to adequately perceive incoming information. The entry of global civilization into the 2020s era of instability and global threats has brought the problem of making state decisions under conditions of limited and distorted information to the forefront. The state's signaling system is formed in a mode of aligning the actions of governmental authorities with the real expectations of citizens based on an assessment of the feasibility of the efforts it undertakes aimed at improving people's quality of life. The purpose of the article is to identify the prospects for using the concept of weak signals in public administration and its use in the analysis of national government systems. As a research method, the article uses the analysis of the practice of response by the state authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation to crisis phenomena. The result of the study may be proposals for improving the signaling system in the field of public administration, recommendations for strengthening signals and their organization.

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