Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil de­term­ines the ap­pro­pri­ate or­gan­isa­tion of the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion and ad­apts it to cir­cum­stances. It may di­verge from the or­gan­isa­tion­al pro­vi­sions of oth­er fed­er­al acts un­less the Fed­er­al As­sembly ex­pressly places lim­it­a­tions on its or­gan­isa­tion­al powers.²¹

² It shall en­cour­age ef­fi­ciency and in­nov­at­ive abil­ity with­in the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion.

³ It su­per­vises the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion in a con­tinu­ous and sys­tem­at­ic man­ner.

⁴ It mon­it­ors the de­cent­ral­ised ad­min­is­trat­ive bod­ies and oth­er bod­ies charged with car­ry­ing out fed­er­al ad­min­is­trat­ive tasks which are not them­selves part of the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion.

⁵ It de­term­ines, as ap­pro­pri­ate, the stra­tegic goals for the fol­low­ing autonom­ous units:

a.

en­tit­ies un­der pub­lic or private law which:

1.

are not part of the cent­ral Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion,

2.

were cre­ated un­der fed­er­al le­gis­la­tion or over which the Con­fed­er­a­tion has con­trol by vir­tue of its cap­it­al or vot­ing rights, and

3.

are del­eg­ated fed­er­al ad­min­is­trat­ive du­ties;

b.

the ETH Do­main.²²