Vol. 17 No. 3 (2015)

The specific aspects of the various functions of money in the economy during the Great Patriotic War are presented in the article. The implementing policies of the improving the public spending efficiency are considered. Besides, the role of money in the daily life of the population of the back industrial areas is briefly analyzed on the basis of the data from the historical research. The exact historical examples, characterizing personal financial contribution of the population to the «economic Victory» and a truly heroic attitude of the employees of the financial sector to their responsibilities connected not only with the hardship and privation but with the life and health risks, are given.

The material is devoted to the visit of the Dutch journalist Remco Reyding to the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, whose life’s work is to find relatives of the Soviet soldiers who died in the Nazi camps and were buried in his hometown.

The problems of the public catering system during the Great Patriotic War are considered in the article. With the help of the analysis of the documentary material it is proved that during the wartime the mechanism of the public catering was rebuilt to solve the wartime tasks - provision of the evacuated people, wounded people in hospitals, workforces of the defense enterprises. All these features had to be performed taking into account the introduction of the supplies rationing, their acute shortages, lack of the qualified personnel and equipment. However, alongside with the home-front workers, personnel of the canteens, evacuation centers, kitchens of the hospitals did everything to hasten the victory in the war.

The article is devoted to the International scientific-practical conference «The Victory in the Great Patriotic War as a historical event in the life of the Jewish people» organized by the Chair of state and confessional relations of the Institute of Public Administration and Management of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (119571, Moscow, Vernadskogo prosp., 82) with the support of the Russian Jewish Congress and the Charity Fund of the Mountain Jews STM EGI.

The discrepancy of the value bases of the society with the development goals set by the authorities is determined in the article as the central problem reducing the effectiveness of the governance in Russia. The specific differences and contradictions of the public management methodology with the spiritual foundations of the society, reflected in the national culture were the subject of the conducted analysis. The need for harmonization of different value systems on the national culture basis is proved by the author. The adoption and approval of the various models of the public management in politics and in the economy is proved to be made on the basis of a complex of the historical understanding of the society. At the same time it is stressed that these ideas evolve and are influenced by specific situations of the present time. This means the impossibility of the total transfer from the past to the present of even the successful experience of management decisions proved to be effective earlier. The modern choice of the Russian state of the market system as the basis of the economic relations and the growing world globalization determines the search for a compromise between the liberalism and the traditional system of values. This process can be successful, upon condition of the controlled synthesis of their own historical experience with the successful experience of other countries on the basis of cultural representations of the Russian society.

The political system of Russia based on the separation of powers can be considered formed. In the modern Russia, parliamentarism of the last century quarter evolves not only as the professional sphere of the organization and activities, but as an institution and improvement tool of the political system. However, the deputy activities as well as ministering to the representative corps, and as any other professional sphere, do require the special training. A new manual for the representatives of the legislative branch is considered in the article.

The option of creating of a single system (“standard”) of cooperation of sectoral ministries and regional municipal structures, including certain forms of the “incentives” for the heads of regional (local) authorities for their effective work of achieving the targets contained in the “May decrees” of the President of the Russian Federation is offered in the article. This system is to become a tool for their joint work in this direction. Today many regions face the problem of achieving the individual target values of these decrees that can’t be solved only at the level of a region or a municipality. This approach will help to solve the problems of achieving such performance.

The relevant for the most Russian companies topic of corporate on-boarding programs for controllers involved in preparation and carrying out internal controlling procedures within the company is discussed in this article. The internal audit application technologies were developed as part of the operating efficiency improvement, prevention of corruption and other violations of law. On the basis of the review of the different personnel on-boarding programs the author attempts to emphasize the most applicable forms for internal controlling. These methods will enable companies to perform related activities without having a negative impact on the fundamental principles of controlling. The proposed approach can be applied to the administrative regulation of anti-corruption enforcement.

There are many unsolved problems in the interaction system of the local government and institutions of the state administration and society in Russia that negatively affect the social and economic conditions and the function of the municipalities. The quality level of the solutions of these problems does not always satisfy the local population, as well as the business entities working on its territory. Entrepreneurship in modern conditions is not only a subject of the economic relations, but also an active social force, the interests of which apply to the issues of the socio-economic development of the territory where its activities are carried out. This determines the necessity of the interaction between the local authorities and businesses to address various issues in which their interests overlap. The study of such problems is very important from the point of view of the analysis of the social results of the development processes of the entrepreneurship institute at the local level and the role of the local government in it. Some significant issues of the interaction between the local governments and entrepreneurship in the Russian Federation based on the research, conducted by the sociological group of the Institute of Public Administration and Management of the RANEPA in 2014 are considered in the article.

In order to determine and assess the interim results of the implementation of the Strategy of the state anti-drug policy of the Russian Federation until 2020 some specific aspects of these activities are analyzed and drawbacks are identified. In order to achieve this goal the legal, institutional and functional framework of the national system of drug control and combating illicit trafficking is studied by the authors. The main factors influencing the implementation of the anti-drug activities in key areas are summarized: supply reduction, demand reduction, the improvement of the international cooperation in the anti-drug field. Some proposals for the further neutralization of the drug addiction determinants in the Russian Federation and for the development of additional effective approaches to the legal solution of the existing social problems are formulated, the characteristic of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation in the sphere mentioned - above is given.

Transition of the financial regulator of Russia to the model of money supply regulation through use of interest rate policy and first practical steps had negative consequences for the real sector of economy. The econometric model presented in this article defines a span of loan rates for the end-use borrowers, this span can support investment activity in Russia and mitigate the consequences of crisis processes. The authors also describe key principles of interest rate policy that should be followed during their implementation in actual conditions.

Certain provisions of the Budget Code of the Russian Federation are discussed in the article, namely the formation and use of the budget reserve funds. The main purpose of the Reserve Fund of the Russian Federation is noted to cover the country's budget deficit when the world oil prices drop below a certain level. The approaches and procedures regarding the legal regulation and use of the reserve funds are analyzed in the article; a new concept for managing the financial resources of such funds is proposed, as well as financial and social effect of implementing the proposed mechanism for allocation of funds. The proposed alternative mechanism of managing reserve funds resources is stated to increase significantly the profitability of capital investments.

One of the important aspects of the problem of accessibility of state and municipal services is the low level of awareness of citizens about the presence of their respective rights to receive them. Often citizens do not even know that they could, for example, be entitled to receipt of a particular benefit, are eligible for any benefits under certain existing life situation. Typically, the channels of obtaining such information are not public authorities and organizations, newspapers, neighbors, acquaintances, relatives, which is in the modern state of law is not entirely true. One of the main functions of the state should be to ensure equal access to information about their rights and proper «useful» information to citizens about them. Therefore it is especially important to the State of the implementation of the of the information function. The main purpose of this article therefore is - the identification of the main factors of low level of information accessibility and the development of management decisions to improve information accessibility of public services with the use of information and communication technologies. Proposed by the authors is the use of models of information and communication technologies for legal awareness of citizens aimed at the implementation of the information function of the state within the concept of the state public service.

The problem of the interaction between authorities and people in the remote areas of Siberia is considered in the article. Definitions of the terms «digital emigrants», «digital natives» with the meaning of the different generations of the users of the digital technologies are formulated. The article is based on the research of the municipal authorities of Khakassia and South of the Krasnoyarsk region. The purpose of this article is to draw attention to the work of the municipal authorities with the populations in the remote areas of Siberia.

The article considers current issues of restructuring of work with the personnel reserve in the state civil service and formation of reserves of the management personnel in the framework of programs of subjects of the Russian Federation. Possibilities of creating an effective institute of personnel reserve are discussed, as well as the ways of solving current problems during its formation.

This article is based on the results of research work “Efficiency improvement and staff composition optimization of public administration” conducted in 2014 as a part of the state assignment by the employees and experts of the Center for Public Administration Technologies, Institute for Applied Economic Studies of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, among others - Yuzhakov V.N., Alexandrov O.V., Dobrolyubova E.I., Klochkov E.N., as well as the employees of the Urals Institute of Management of RANEPA - Zerchaninova T.E., Vasilieva E.I., Ruchkin A.V., Nikitina A.S. The article analyzes current status of public administration in the Russian Federation, its structure, numerical composition and key problems of the inner structure of organs. In order to solve the above - mentioned problems and to improve public administration performance related to implementation of state programs the author suggests to set differentiated limits on the maximum ratio of public servants of the federal executive authorities engaged in implementation of administrative and managerial functions.

The research dedicated to the complex expert assessment of the web-site «Gossluzhba» (Civil service) is presented in the paper. The assessment made was aimed at understanding how the web-site works and how useful it is, what the prospects of its development and what the strong and weak points of the web-site are. The developed recommendations made on the basis of the acquired results are aimed at popularization of the web - site and informational materials supply and functionality improvement.

In the interview of the deputy chief editor of «Public Administration» Tatiana Ilarionova with the director of the Center for Governance and Public Policy of the Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada), Professor Piotr Dutkiewicz the current problems of the educational process at the university, the use of the information technology for the personnel training, as well as the new requirements applied to teachers in the changing world are discussed.

The problematic subject matter of the competence-based approach realized in the training programs, the professional retraining and the civil servants advanced training is characterized in the article. The content of the competence-based approach to the organization of the vocational training of the students and the trainees mastering professional programs is demonstrated in the research. Useful judgements and recommendations for the educational practice are formulated.

The article considers one of the pressing issues of our time - the process of ethnic self-determination. A large number of conflicts precipitated the disintegration of the USSR. Some of these evolved into armed confrontations, others into limited armed conflicts or tensions. Clearly it can be said that the most violent conflicts of the late XX - early XXI centuries in Europe occurred in the Balkans and the post-Soviet environs. The author analyzes the conflicts in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, the Moldovan - Transnistrian conflict, as well as the current developing conflict in Ukraine. It considers the evolution of the approaches by Russia towards the settlement of these conflicts as well as its involvement.

Necessity and possibilities of creation of special economic zones in the Republic of Abkhazia are discussed in the article; such proposals can be heard in the Republic for several years. The author notes the role of special economic zones in achieving the high rates of socio-economic growth. However, such projects haven’t been launched in Abkhazia for various reasons. The analysis of these reasons indicates a lack of investment legislation development, the difficult financial situation in the country aggravated by social problems, and foreign policy factors, which create serious obstacles in the export-import economy. However, a promising production development and positive effects from creation of such zones in Abkhazia are mentioned.

The best legislative practices in the field of attracting (restriction) of the directforeign investment are considered in the article. The U.S. law, the activities of the Committee on foreign investment in the United States (CFIUS ), the Brazilian legislation for the restricting of the directforeign investment, the laws of the People’s Republic of China are analyzed by the author.

The experience of international and regional cooperation in the Barents region is considered in the article. The cross-border regional relations are becoming particularly topical in the period of current anti-Russia’s sanctions. However, a zone of confidence and stability has been formed in the region during 20 years which is based on the commitment of all member-countries of the Council of the Barents Euro-Arctic region to the principles of indivisible and universal security, the need to settle all their disputes through negotiations and on the basis of reasonable compromises that allows, despite the existing political controversy, to support each other and promote cooperation in the North.

The analysis of the theoretical foundations of economic security in the investment sphere is considered in the article. The essence of the concept of the «investment sphere» is revealed for this reason. Different interpretations of the term «investment security» in Russian and Western literature are considered, as well as the most common approaches to the determination of the economic security of the state. In addition, the role of the public authorities in ensuring of the investment security is defined by the author.

The variety of approaches to the study of the different types of the political ideologies and their branches are examined in the article by the author. The basic ideologies of the modern era are analyzed. They are compared on such fundamental issues as the evolution of development, the basic values and principles, the set of recognized rights and freedoms of citizens, the attitude towards the role of the government and individuals in the life of the society and the views on the origin of the state.

This article discusses key ideas of the concepts of communication theory with regard to the influence of mass media and mass communication on human consciousness. Although there is still no consensus about the nature of such influence, the importance of studying mass media is ever growing, as they have unique opportunities of simultaneous transferring of a large flow of information to millions of people around the world. Suggestions of formation of municipal information sources to increase the human capital of young people and young generation involvement in civil society strengthening and municipal district life are developed by the author.

The forecasting of the rating of the television programs is considered in the article. The existing methods for determining the rating of programs are reviewed, their drawbacks are analyzed. An alternative rating method of the program based on the integration of the methods and means of the analysis of the historical statistics, cognitive modeling and network expert assessment is proposed.

The European, Asian and Russian experience of the implementation and development of the system of «green» public procurement are examined in this article. The barriers and benefits of the implementation of the system are analyzed. The advantages of environmentally friendly production of goods and services, the concept and the price of the product life cycle are discussed. The results of the study are summarized in the conclusion and the conclusions about the possibility of the further development of the system of «green» public procurement in the context of the Russian market are drawn.