Communications within the state administration as the foundation of a nation’s resilience: the case of Poland

The purpose of this article is to present the role and current state of communications among the agencies of the modern administration of the Republic of Poland. The article addresses legal, organisational, and technical aspects of communication within the state administration. It highlights serious systemic deficiencies related to the functioning of existing communication systems in the civilian structures of the state, which may affect Poland’s ability to respond effectively to emerging threats to national security. The fundamental problem here is the lack of a unified state perspective on the establishment and operation of communication between its various components, namely security agencies, emergency services, and public administration. It is therefore necessary to urgently modernise the state communications subsystem for crisis management purposes in the context of contemporary challenges.