Now the tota l nu mber of feder a l executive bod ies i n the Ru s sia n Feder ation is comparable with the number of central governments of foreign countries. At the same ti me, ef f iciency of cur rent expen ses on publ ic adm i n istration i s fa r from optimum and the efficiency of public administration in Russia is traditionally estimated significantly lower than in OECD countries. In this regard is actual the task on search of reserves for optimization and increase of the efficiency of budget expenses on public administration. For this purpose it is necessary to develop and to approve the unified techniques of assessment of personnel requ i rement s, of t he optim i zation of number a nd m ater ial s ti mu lation i n feder al executive bodies taking into account the implementation of program and target methods of public administration. The aforesaid determines the need of carrying out a complex research of indicators of number and labour compensation of federal government employees with the purpose of elaborating specific decisions, concerning the determination of optimum structure of the state power and the establishment of money compensation of government employees.