Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ Un­der the lead­er­ship of the Fed­er­al Chan­cel­lor, the Con­fer­ence of Sec­ret­ar­ies Gen­er­al dir­ects co­ordin­a­tion activ­it­ies in the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion.

² Where no spe­cial co­ordin­at­ing body ex­ists for spe­cif­ic tasks or items of busi­ness, the Con­fer­ence is re­spons­ible for these co­ordin­a­tion activ­it­ies, in par­tic­u­lar in pre­par­ing items of Fed­er­al Coun­cil busi­ness.

³ It may in terms of a Fed­er­al Coun­cil de­cree deal with in­ter­de­part­ment­al is­sues and pre­pare these for the Fed­er­al Coun­cil.

⁴ The Sec­ret­ary Gen­er­al of the Fed­er­al As­sembly may take part in the Con­fer­ence of Sec­ret­ar­ies Gen­er­al in an ad­vis­ory ca­pa­city.⁵⁶