Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion is sub­or­din­ate to the Fed­er­al Coun­cil. It com­prises the de­part­ments and the Fed­er­al Chan­cellery.

² The in­di­vidu­al de­part­ments are di­vided in­to of­fices, which may be or­gan­ised in­to groups. Each has a Gen­er­al Sec­ret­ari­at.

³ The Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion also in­cludes de­cent­ral­ised ad­min­is­trat­ive units in ac­cord­ance with the terms of its or­gan­isa­tion­al dir­ect­ives.

⁴ Fed­er­al le­gis­la­tion may as­sign ad­min­is­trat­ive du­ties to en­tit­ies un­der pub­lic or private law which are not part of the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion.