Innovative have changed the configuration of government institutions, set new tasks for the legal regulation of public governance. The article considers the modification of the roles of the state, business and the expert community in the public governance of foreign countries caused by digital transformation.

The purpose of the research is to identify the features of the institutional basis of digitalization, the specifics of their manifestation and administrative-law regulation in foreign countries.

Based on the comparative legal analysis of the documents of the United Nations, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the European Forum for Future Studies, national legislation and its implementation practice in Australia, Great Britain, Germany, India, Italy, Kenya, China, USA, France, Sweden, South Africa, Japan, the author highlights the functions and activities of the state in conditions of digital transformation. The influence of the concepts of new public management, e-government, digital state, government as a platform, e-democracy, deliberative democracy, smart government on the processes of digitalization and the activities of actors of public governance is shown. In the article there are revealed the technologies of foresight and triple helix, providing the solution of the tasks of strategic and current development through cooperation of the state, business and academic community.

Conclusions are drawn: on preserving of organizational and increasing importance of the regulatory functions of the state in public governance, including in the digital sphere; the increasing role of academia in the process of making publicly significant decisions; the need to involve lawyers in the process of preparing and testing IT programs affecting public administration and human rights and freedoms, citizens duties and responsibilities.