Vol. 71 No. 4 (2020)

A equipe editorial da Revista do Serviço Público (RSP) apresenta ao leitor o quarto
número de seu septuagésimo primeiro volume, encerrando o ciclo de publicações da RSP
neste atípico ano de 2020.

The insurgency of the new coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) has attracted the attention of the public, authorities and academics. To date, no chemical treatment has proven efficient in clinical tests to combat the virus. The hope for the resumption of socioeconomic activities is found in the discovery...

The aim of this paper is to describe and to systematize the changing understandings about
personnel expenses in the estimations of the fiscal deficits of the states and of the Federal District
in Brazil. Data regarding the total personnel expenses of the 26 states and of the Federal...

This paper analyses the relationship between municipal state capacities and human development in
Brazil. For that, we built a framework that indicates types of municipal management capacities and
how to measure them. Using logistic regression, frequency distribution, and geospatial...

This article aims to analyze the behavior of the budget of the Brazilian states. The purpose of the
analysis was to verify the adherence of the budgets of the state governments in the light of the
Theory of Punctuated Equilibrium. The analysis was based on the budgets data of the states...

This article aims to develop a diagnosis of the implementation of strategic planning in the state
governments. For that, it focuses on the analysis of the states ´' Pluriannual Plans (PAPs) during the
2016-2019 period, preparing an index to measure the degree to which they reach the...

This article aims to evaluate, in the periods between 2010 and 2017, whether the effects of the
economic policy to encourage consumption in Brazil, which began in 2007, impacted the total
generation of urban solid waste (MSW). And it is intended to analyze whether Federal Law...

Risk management is presented as an essential tool for achieving the objectives of institutions. In
the public sector, it can assist in the management of resources, which improve the execution of
services to the citizen. This study aimed to investigate the scientific production of risk...

This research sought to investigate the contribution of the system of special teaching evaluation
performance adopted by the Federal Institute of Sertão Pernambucano for the professional
development of its professors and its People Management practices and policies. The...

This study explores the prevailing trend, regarding Public Administration models, observed in the
training of public management specialists, based on the perspective of alumni of the program of
advanced public management (GPA) of the State of Santa Catarina’s (Brazil) school of...

This article analyzes the main reasons leading evasion of Specialists in Public Policies and
Government Management of Minas Gerais, by the year 2009 and the changes made from the Law
no 18.974 / 2010 and its possible contribution to the retention of these professionals. It is a...