Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

The Fed­er­al Chan­cel­lor:

a.

ad­vises and sup­ports the Fed­er­al Pres­id­ent and the Fed­er­al Coun­cil in plan­ning and co­ordin­a­tion at gov­ern­ment level;

b.

cre­ates and su­per­vises work plans and busi­ness rosters for the Fed­er­al Pres­id­ent;

c.³⁴

takes part in the pre­par­a­tion and con­duct of Fed­er­al Coun­cil meet­ings and is re­spons­ible for keep­ing the minutes and pre­par­ing of­fi­cial cop­ies of the de­cisions;

c^bis.³⁵

mon­it­ors on be­half of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil the pro­gress of its busi­ness and of Fed­er­al As­sembly man­dates as well as the con­sist­ency of the con­tent of busi­ness and man­dates with the le­gis­lature plan, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil’s an­nu­al ob­ject­ives and oth­er fed­er­al plans, and may sub­mit pro­pos­als to the Fed­er­al Coun­cil there­on in the event of new de­vel­op­ments;

c^ter.³⁶

en­sures that a long-term and con­tinu­al ana­lys­is is made of the situ­ation and en­vir­on­ment and provides the Fed­er­al Coun­cil with reg­u­lar re­ports there­on;

d.

pre­pares the Fed­er­al Coun­cil’s re­ports to the Fed­er­al As­sembly on the key as­pects of gov­ern­ment policy and the man­age­ment of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil;

e.

ad­vises the Fed­er­al Pres­id­ent and the Fed­er­al Coun­cil in terms of the over­all man­age­ment of the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion and as­sumes su­per­vis­ory roles;

f.

sup­ports the Fed­er­al Coun­cil in its deal­ings with the Fed­er­al As­sembly;

g.³⁷

ad­vises and sup­ports the Fed­er­al Coun­cil in its ef­forts to re­cog­nise and re­spond to crises in good time.