Performance record Investigative proceedings in federal administration number % Federal Ministry of the Interior 2,130 34.8 Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection 1,453 23.8 Federal Ministry of Justice 927 15.2 Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology 355 5.8 Federal Ministry of Finance 303 5.0 Federal Ministry of Family and Youth 216 3.5 Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy 191 3.1 182 3.0 149 2.4 Federal Ministry of Education 109 1.8 Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports 45 0.8 Federal Chancellery 33 0.5 Federal Ministry of Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs 21 0.3 6,114 100 Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management Federal Ministry of Health and Women‘s Affairs (excl. health and accident insurance) Total* * Additional seven cases did not fall into the area of responsibility of any of the Ministries. The AOB maintains them as files to be handled by the Chairperson of the AOB. Investigative proceedings within the regional and municipal administration in 2016 In addition to the federal administration, the AOB monitors and controls regional and municipal administration in seven Laender. Only the Laender Tyrol and Vorarlberg have set up their own regional ombudsman office. The AOB carried out a total of 3,147 investigative proceedings of regional and municipal administration in 2016. The distribution of the investigative proceedings across the Laender is not surprising. Almost 40% of all investigation cases are in the most populous Land of Vienna followed by Lower Austria with a share of 21.9% as well as Upper Austria and Styria with shares of around 11%. 15