Transformation of the state civil service in the context of the administrative reform in post-Soviet federative Russia

Reform of the state civil service is one of the key areas of administrative reform in Russia. At the present stage this institution is only starting to acquire traits of a professional administrative staff machinery. In the process of the reform the state civil service was formed as a type of state service. At the same time, many problems are still to be solved. State employees are regarded by the society as a caste of officials The federal program of Reform and development of state civil service system of the Russian Federation (2009-2013) is called upon to solve this and many other problems.