Press Releases
21 / 05 / 2024
Press release
Annual report 2023 – The Swiss Federal Audit Office focuses on subsidies, ICT and digitalisation projects
In addition to numerous audit findings, the annual report of the Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) contains two summary reports on the overarching topics of subsidies and digital transformation. The findings from numerous audits on such topics are important for the strained federal budget as it looks to the future. During the reporting year, the...
17 / 05 / 2024
News - Transparency political funding
Transparency in political funding – final accounts from federal votes of 3 March 2024 are available
Bern, 17 May 2024 – The final reported receipts are available for voting campaigns of the popularvotes on 3 March 2024. They are greater than the budgeted figures disclosed before the ballot. TheSwiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) conducted material audits of four campaigns for these popularvotes and published a corresponding list. Intense voting campaign led...
10 / 05 / 2024
News - Transparency political funding
Transparency in political funding – budgeted receipts for popular vote of 9 June 2024 are available
Four proposals are to be put to a popular vote on 9 June 2024. The estimated receipts are now available and have been published in the electronic reporting register of the Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO). The SFAO always publishes the information 30 days before federal popular votes. Total volume of donations subject to reporting obligations amounts...
22 / 04 / 2024
News
Abklärung zum Vorwurf der unangemessenen Einflussnahme beim Vorhaben CISM 2025 in Bezug auf den Standort Goms als Austragungsort
Die Eidgenössische Finanzkontrolle (EFK) hat am 22. März 2024 an das Generalsekretariat VBS (GS-VBS) aufgrund einer Whistleblowing-Meldung geschrieben. Sie hat nach Prüfung verschiedener Unterlagen darin Abklärungsfragen gestellt. Das GS-VBS hat die Fragen der EFK in einem Brief beantwortet. Das Schreiben der EFK gelangte in Auszügen durch Medien an die Öffentlichkeit. Durch das GS-VBS wurde diesbezüglich...
19 / 01 / 2024
Press release - Transparency political funding
Transparency in political funding – final accounts from 2023 federal elections are available
Political funding at federal level is subject to new transparency requirements. The Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) now has the final reported receipts from the 2023 elections, together with a list of the people and organisations audited during the election campaign. The budgeted receipts for the campaigning in connection with the popular votes on 3...
11 / 01 / 2024
Press release
Whistleblowing: the number of reporting offices in public administrations has doubled
Between 2018 and 2022, the number of whistleblowing reporting offices almost doubled. This positive and welcome trend is revealed in a study commissioned by the Swiss Federal Audit Office from the Graubünden University of Applied Sciences (FHGR). The survey covered the Confederation, all the cantons and the seven largest Swiss cities. Whistleblowing is regarded as...
31 / 08 / 2023
Press release
SFAO audits on the Leopard 1 tank incidents
The Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) has made an initial assessment of the events surrounding transactions involving Leopard 1 battle tanks that became public on 21 August 2023. It has decided to conduct the following audits.
03 / 02 / 2023
Press release
Die Eidgenössische Finanzkontrolle startet eine neue akademische Zusammenarbeit mit der Universität Lausanne
Ab diesem Frühjahr bietet die Eidgenössische Finanzkontrolle (EFK) in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Institut de hautes études en administration publique (IDHEAP) der Universität Lausanne (UNIL) einen neuen Lehrgang an. Dieser richtet sich an Führungskräfte und Spezialisten im Bereich der Finanzaufsicht und der Rechnungsprüfung im öffentlichen Sektor sowie an weitere interessierte Personen. Der Lehrgang führt zu einem...
20 / 12 / 2022
Press release
“In these unstable times, our institution must be agile”
Pascal Stirnimann, the new Director of the Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO), has given a positive assessment of his first days at the helm of the federal financial supervisory authority. Many challenges lie ahead for this institution, which enjoys a high level of credibility within the federal government.
02 / 03 / 2021
Press release
Swiss Federal Audit Office gets good marks from French Cour des comptes
At the end of 2020, experts from the French Cour des comptes issued an audit report on the Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO). Their findings were presented to the Finance Delegation in February 2021. The results of this peer review were good. The French experts’ recommendations will be implemented by the SFAO management by the...
15 / 09 / 2020
Press release
Antikorruptionskonvention der OECD: Verbesserungen zum Schutz von Whistleblowern
Der von der OECD-Arbeitsgruppe zur Korruptionsbekämpfung verfasste Länderbericht Phase 4 über die Schweiz enthält eine Evaluation sowie Empfehlungen zur Umsetzung des Übereinkommens der OECD über die Bekämpfung der Bestechung ausländischer Amtsträger durch die Schweiz im internationalen Geschäftsverkehr. In der Phase 4 werden die besonderen Schwierigkeiten der Staaten bei der Verfolgung der Straftat der grenzüberschreitenden Bestechung...
15 / 09 / 2020
Press release
Öffentliche Unternehmen: Risiken für den Staat reduzieren
Eine verstärkte Aufsicht ist für eine bessere Risikoabdeckung bei der Führung öffentlicher Unternehmen unerlässlich, so die Botschaft der Finanzkontrollen der Kantone und des Bundes. An ihrer Jahreskonferenz machten sie deutlich, welche Risiken die Governance-Richtlinien und die Steuerungsinstrumente der Regierungen bergen.
24 / 03 / 2020
Press release
Swiss Federal Audit Office reorients its audit activities to support Federal Administration
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus in Switzerland, the Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) has suspended a large proportion of its audits in the field and discontinued its publications. It is reorienting its audit approach and using decentralised teams to monitor the measures foreseen by the Federal Council. Last week, the SFAO complied...
29 / 01 / 2020
Press release
Swiss Federal Audit Office’s priorities for 2020
The Finance Delegation and the Federal Council have acknowledged the 2020 annual programme of the Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO). This programme is drawn up completely independently by the SFAO, and is the result of a risk analysis spanning the entire scope of its portfolio, without exception. In 2020, the SFAO will work on around...