The subject matter of the article is the measures taken by the public administration bodies and municipal authorities to improve the quality of public and municipal services. The goal of the article is to assess the governments efforts to increase the quality, accessibility of public services...

Licensing is one of the main administrative tools used for state regulation of the economy. It can serve as a fairly accurate "barometer" of the administrative burden, which the government provides the business with.This article analyzes the licensing of certain types of economic activities in...

The Russian concept of administrative reform aimed at increasing efficiency of power by putting in order, involving the executive power in the work. It is within the framework of reforming that an institution of administrative regulation actually emerges and develops. Relations regulated by the...

Introducing performance management principles was acknowledged as one of the directions of the administrative reform in the Russian Federation according to the Concept of administrative reform in the Russian Federation in 2006-2010 approved in 2005 and extended in 2008.The article reviews the...

Worksite wellness programs have become very popular in developed countries. They produce benefits to employees, employers and the whole society by providing ways to change behavior associated with risk factors (such as smoking, alcohol consumption, poor diet, physical inactivity, stress etc.)....

The article makes a comparison of effectiveness between two Federal programs of public administration reforming in Russia (2003-2007, and 2009-2013). It substantiates the statements: 1) the existing international ratings are not meant for revealing public administration reforming eff ectiveness;...

All modern states face a problem of population ageing which translates in a lower labour force participation and a growing average age of labour force, as well as an increasing pension burden for the working population. Meanwhile, in many countries of the world one could observe a trend of...

The topic of the article is a resumptive conceptualization of institutional and discursive innovations connected with updating and practical ensuring of a new quality of public openness of the state.The authors concern is the formation of the complete, internally differentiated subsystem of...

This article is devoted to the analysis of threats to competition, arising within the tariff regulation in network industries under deregulation. In certain cases incorrectly established regulated tariffs can negatively influence both regulated activity and downstream markets and, as a result,...

The article presents the results of the five-year e-Government development monitoring in St. Petersburg Administration. The research was focused on the civil servants readiness to use e-government technologies in their work. The study was conducted with using questionnaires in the period of...