During the current legislative period, the Federal Council wants to optimise Swiss institutions' ability to act and perform. For that purpose, it wants to implement the Personnel Strategy of the Federal Administration 2011-2015, among other things. This provides for the hiring of good staff in a more difficult market with scarcer funding. Furthermore, the Federal Council is striving to achieve a modern form of public management in a bid to make the Administration's structure more efficient and results-oriented.

The dossiers listed below describe important federal items of business in the area of management and personnel: