The article deals with the one of the tools of performance management — assessment of public authorities, namely the analysis of the legal provision of this tool. For analyzing from all public bodies were chosen executive authorities of the Russian Federation. An approbation of estimation procedure of executive authorities started with lower levels of executive system of the Russian Federation — executive bodies of subjects of the Russian Federation and local self-government. A number of laws which introduced in legal system of the Russian Federation the criteria and indicators of the effectiveness of the above authorities was adopted. Practical application of the adopted documents proved inviability of adopted documents, the inability to objectively evaluate activity of executive authorities of the Russian Federation and local authorities. Major efforts to change the volume and content of the fixed performance were carried out. The article analyzes the newly adopted documents.

The nationwide trend of improving public authorities’ efficiency has put the education system under new performance conditions — commitment of educational institutions to improve their efficiency. The article describes methodological aspects of evaluating educational organizations, identifies components of evaluation activities’ logical structure. The main emphasis is on legal mediation of educational organizations’ appraisal. The author examines legal basis of educational organizations’ appraisal, highlights types of documents on issues relating to quality appraisal and performance evaluation of educational organizations. The author analyzes both the federal regulatory level, and regional, municipal, and local levels of the regulatory impact. The author notes key legal problems of the emerging system of educational institutions’ performance evaluation at various levels of public authority. The author considers some negative consequences of the introduction of the system of educational organizations’ performance appraisal.

The authors investigate the current issues of drug provisioning regulation for disabled persons. The research aim is to study the existing mechanism that regulates relations in connection with the medicinal care delivery for persons with disabilities. The objectives of the study are the defect identification in the regulation of the above-mentioned sphere, the study and synthesis of issues arising in law-enforcement and law-enforcement practice related to the provisioning disabled persons with drugs and medical goods. It is noted that the drug provisioning for persons with disabilities is not only an essential element of medical care, but also refers to the social security system. The current regulation of this sphere is not a single orderly system, but is a fragmented set of norms contained in regulatory acts of different sectoral affiliations. The regulation defects of relations in connection with the drug provisioning for persons with disabilities, resulting in the rights infringement of this socially vulnerable category of citizens, are identified. The author analyses the formed legal positions of the courts on issues related to the rights execution by persons with disabilities in the field of drug provisioning. The attention is drawn to the need for timely adjustment of interrelated legislative acts' norms, due to changes mediating the introduction of new technologies in the areas of health and social protection. The ultimate goal of improving the normative regulation of the analysed sphere of relations should be a balanced system for the drug provisioning for people with disabilities, ensuring that their constitutional rights to proper medical care and social support are respected.

This article discusses how to ensure the quality of the executive authorities and the availability of public services in the social sphere.

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