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The Federal Authorities

The Swiss Parliament
The members of the Federal Council (from left to right): Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, Federal Chancellor Corina Casanova, Federal Councillor Eveline Widmer Schlumpf, Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer, Federal Councillor Micheline Calmy-Rey, Federal Councillor Hans-Rudolf Merz, President Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger (Vice-President)
Judiciary
Parliament (Legislative)
Federal Council (Executive)
Federal Administration (directory of the federal departments and offices)
Federal Chancellery

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

Federal Department of Home Affairs

Federal Department of Justice and Police

Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport

Federal Department of Finance

Federal Department of Economic Affairs

Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications

Federal Supreme Court (Judiciary)
Federal Supreme Court
Federal Criminal Court
Federal Administrative Court

Medienzentrum

Press releases


Landwirtschaft und Recht: Neue Grossbezüger der SuisseID
Verschiedene neue Grossbezüger setzen auf die im Mai 2010 vom Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft SECO lancierte SuisseID: So wird beispielsweise den Mitgliedern des Schweizerischen Anwaltsverbands ein Sichtausweis mit integrierter SuisseID angeboten. Die ersten Mitgliederausweise werden in diesen Tagen verschickt. Auch die Bundesämter entlang der Lebensmittelkette-Sicherheit unterstützen zusammen mit den Kantonen den elektronischen Geschäftsverkehr. Landwirtinnen und Landwirte können in Zukunft mit der SuisseID ihre Agrardaten verwalten.

Once again, increasing imports of illegal medicinal products - dangerous slimming products
During the first half of 2010, Swissmedic and customs once again have observed a considerable increase in medicinal products illegally ordered over the Internet. A particular cause for concern here is the multiplication of imports of the dangerous slimming product LiDa Daidaihua.

Reducing wastewater treatment costs and energy consumption
While Switzerland's wastewater treatment plants are of a high technical standard, the elimination of nutrients remains costly and energy-intensive. Eawag has now further developed a biological process which simplifies the removal of nitrogen from sludge digester liquid, reducing costs by 50% for this treatment step.

A new mobile service - http://mobile.bfs.admin.ch
(FSO) - Quick, effortless and ubiquitous access to the latest information is not a new requirement but the demand for it is increasingly urgent because of the rapid development of mobile internet-enabled devices. The Mini Statistics Portal (http://mobile.bfs.admin.ch), a new service launched by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) in July 2010, now provides the most important statistical figures also for mobile devices.





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