Шарин В.И.

The adoption of the Federal law of 23.05.2016 № 143-FL "On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation in part of increasing the retirement age for certain categories of citizens" led to the formation of a new category of employees the seniors in public and municipal bodies. The aim of the research is based on the analysis of impact of public and municipal officials’ age on work efficiency to offer a set of measures to maintain the feasible level of residual work capacity. The following methods have been used in the research: system analysis, general scientific methods and questionnaire. According to the research, the issue of the decreased working capacity of the majority of senior officials is confirmed, and the need for additional measures to preserve and maintain work capacity for the service period is stated. Senior public and municipal officials will require special attention from the employer the state, otherwise the costs of their employment, given their age specifics, can exceed the benefits and make their employment economically and socially inefficient. The scientific novelty consists in researching the factors reducing the officials’ efficiency, as well as in the proposed set of measures aimed at maintaining the feasible level of their efficiency. The article can be of importance for managers and specialists of public authorities and municipalities and HR professionals. JEL classification: H10, H59, M38

Purpose: on the basis of studying the state of publicity in the activities of municipal bodies of external financial control, to propose a set of measures aimed at ensuring an acceptable level of publicity of their work. Methods: system analysis, general scientific methods.. Results : on the basis of the analysis of the activities of the municipal bodies of external financial control to implement the principle of publicity of activities, the reasons that determined the current level of publicity were revealed, and results were obtained that would suggest the corresponding set of measures aimed at raising the level of publicity Scientific novelty is to investigate the reasons for the non-observance of the principle of publicity by municipal bodies of external financial control, to identify the factors that generate and support these causes, to propose a set of measures aimed at increasing the level of publicity. The article will be useful to managers and specialists of municipal authorities, to practices of external municipal financial control.