Domestic and foreign policy of the country, including the language policy, leaves a special mark in the onomastic space. For this reason, the systematization and coordination of work in the field of onomastics is one of the significant areas of work of the department.
This work was continued in 2016. The names of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War were assigned to some streets of Karaganda (40 years of October, Shakhtostroitelnaya, Lugovaya and 137-registration quarter), Satpayev (untitled streets). And also the historical name Taldybulak was returned to the village of Lenino, Zhanaarka region. A decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on assigning the name of public figure Zhanaidar Saduakasov to the Tugisken secondary school was adopted. In general, the number of named and renamed onomastic objects was: 30 streets, 1 settlement.
In 2017, at meetings of the Republican Onomastic Commission, proposals were considered and positive conclusions were given on changing the names of 11 microdistricts, 22 streets, 3 objects, as well as at meetings of the Regional Onomastic Commission on the assignment and renaming of 7 settlements and 167 streets. It should be noted that the work was carried out to rename the names that do not correspond to the ideology of today: with regard to settlements - only the return of historical names; regarding the constituent parts (streets, avenues, microdistricts, etc.) - assignment of historical, traditional names close to the spirit of modern Kazakhstan, as well as the names of historical figures and persons who have contributed to the strengthening of the country's statehood.
The target indicator "The degree of satisfaction of the population with the work of the onomastic commissions in terms of compliance with the principles of transparency and public access to the discussion of the decision-making process", provided in the state program, has been achieved.
One of the key directions of the department's work is to strengthen control over the proper use of the state language in visual and outdoor advertising. To this end, together with employees of regional akims, media representatives, public organizations, within the framework of the months "Visual information and advertising - to the level of legal requirements", raids were carried out to identify violations of legislative requirements in the field of languages, entrepreneurs. In 2016, raids covered 5,000 objects of visual and outdoor advertising, more than a thousand violations were revealed, 60% of which have been corrected to date. Under the regional administration and city, district departments that are engaged in language policy, the service "Zhedel zheli" ("Callcenter") has been created and operates, which provides free consulting assistance to representatives of small and medium-sized businesses and advertising agencies. In 2017, out of 539 violations identified, 452 (84%) were corrected during road raids. In addition, on the basis of written statements received from individuals, unscheduled inspections were carried out at 5 objects, all offenses were eliminated.