Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ The of­fices are the ad­min­is­trat­ive units charged with deal­ing with the busi­ness of the Ad­min­is­tra­tion.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil sets out in or­din­ances the way in which the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion is or­gan­ised in­to of­fices. It as­signs the of­fices areas of busi­ness which are closely re­lated if pos­sible and de­term­ines their tasks.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil as­sign the of­fices to the de­part­ments ac­cord­ing to the cri­ter­ia of man­age­ment, co­her­ence of tasks and ma­ter­i­al and polit­ic­al bal­ance. It may re­as­sign the of­fices at any time.

⁴ The heads of de­part­ment de­term­ine the or­gan­isa­tion­al struc­ture of the of­fices in their de­part­ment. With the con­sent of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil, they may or­gan­ise the of­fices in­to groups.

⁵ The of­fice dir­ect­ors de­term­ine the de­tailed or­gan­isa­tion of their of­fices.