Editorial

Resumen

The efforts of ANPAD, and particularly of its Editors’ Forum, in more actively promoting improvements in the quality of scientific publications in the Administration area inBrazilare well known. Concrete actions are laid down in its “Manual of Good Practices in Scientific Publication” and dealt with at the meetings of its Editors’ Forum – increasingly more substantial and productive, and in the SPELL undertaking, a repository of scientific articles, not forgetting the quantity of informal guidance provided by the members of the institution, on guidelines and the practices adopted by the various Brazilian periodicals on the theme.