Reforms of the public administration are necessary conditions for social andeconomic development of the country, competitive national economy, citizens’involvement and responsibility. Each country is specifi ed a set of reformswhich refl ect their economy and society development standard as well as politicaland cultural features. As for the Russian Federation the following trends of the enhancing ofthe executive power functioning in general and some administrative processes(functions, services) in particular are topical: implementation of the administrationtechniques according to their results; promoting the management personnelpotential; and, defi nitely, the search of the ways to solve the issue of corruptionand the civil service ethics.