Government and
Administration Organisation Ordinance
(GAOO)

¹ The Fed­er­al Chan­cellery, in co­oper­a­tion with the de­part­ments, shall be re­spons­ible for in­form­ing the Fed­er­al As­sembly, the can­tons and the pub­lic about the Fed­er­al Coun­cil’s de­cisions, in­ten­tions and meas­ures. It shall at­tend to the re­quired plan­ning and draw up prin­ciples for the Fed­er­al Coun­cil's com­mu­nic­a­tion policy.

² The de­part­ments and the Fed­er­al Chan­cellery shall be re­spons­ible for in­tern­al and ex­tern­al in­form­a­tion and com­mu­nic­a­tion on their busi­ness. They shall place these in the over­all con­text of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil's com­mu­nic­a­tion policy. They shall reg­u­late the in­form­a­tion tasks of the units sub­or­din­ate to them.

³ The Fed­er­al Chan­cellery, in co­oper­a­tion with the Con­fer­ence of In­form­a­tion Ser­vices, shall be re­spons­ible for the co­ordin­a­tion of in­form­a­tion and com­mu­nic­a­tion and may is­sue dir­ect­ives for this pur­pose.

⁴ If ne­ces­sary, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may cent­ral­ise in­form­a­tion and com­mu­nic­a­tion with the Pres­id­ent of the Con­fed­er­a­tion, the Fed­er­al Chan­cellery, a de­part­ment or an­oth­er des­ig­nated of­fice. The des­ig­nated body shall be giv­en ap­pro­pri­ate powers of to is­sue dir­ect­ives.