The Role of Social Control to Improve the Effectiveness of Public Authorities

The characteristic forms of social control. The problems of the relationship of social control and the effectiveness of the enforcement public authorities. The promising ways to improve the forms of social control in order to gain influence on the results

Improving the Quality of Life in the Historical Center of Saint-Petersburg (in the Case of Vasileostrovsky District)

The article gives a description of the term «quality of life» and its indicators. The article presents the existing legislation concerning people’s quality of life as one of the priorities of the state. The article considers target areas of Strategy-2030 of economic and social development of St. Petersburg, and in particular the improvement of the urban environment as one of the most important factors determining the well-being of the city. Urgency of the problem is shown on example of the Vasileostrovsky district, and the article identify measures to improve the quality of the urban environment, allowing to achieve a result, indirectly improve the quality of life of the district’s population

Improving the Process of Implementation of Administrative Procedures of the Saint-Petersburg Service of State Construction Supervision and Expertise Based on the Use of Information Computer Technologies

The article presents a brief analysis of measures to use information and communication technologies in the organization of administrative procedures of the Saint-Petersburg Service of state construction supervision and expertise, and also describes proposals for the improvement of this work. The issues of legal support of the use ICT in the activities of the supervisory authority were considered