Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ The Pres­id­ent of the Con­fed­er­a­tion heads the Fed­er­al Coun­cil.

² The Pres­id­ent of the Con­fed­er­a­tion:

a.

en­sures that the Fed­er­al Coun­cil ac­com­plishes its tasks in a timely, ap­pro­pri­ate and co­ordin­ated man­ner;

a^bis.³⁰

co­ordin­ates mat­ters of ma­jor im­port­ance in which two or more de­part­ments are in­volved or which are of ma­jor im­port­ance for the coun­try;

b.³¹

pre­pares dis­cus­sions for the Fed­er­al Coun­cil and the agenda of mat­ters to be dis­cussed and seeks con­cili­ation on con­tro­ver­sial is­sues;

b^bis.³²

may in­struct a mem­ber of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil to sub­mit a spe­cif­ic item of busi­ness to the Fed­er­al Coun­cil at a giv­en time;

c.

en­sures that the Fed­er­al Coun­cil or­gan­ises and car­ries out its su­per­vi­sion of the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion in an ap­pro­pri­ate man­ner;

d.

may at any time or­der in­vest­ig­a­tions in­to spe­cif­ic mat­ters and sug­gest ap­pro­pri­ate meas­ures to the Fed­er­al Coun­cil where ne­ces­sary.