In addition to the federal government administration, the AOB also
monitors and controls all the regional and local government authorities in seven of the nine Federal States. Only the States of the
Tyrol and Vorarlberg have their own regional ombudsman. Overall
the AOB conducted 2,458 investigations of the regional and local
government authorities in 2009. In comparison to the previous year,
the number of investigated cases in these sectors has remained
constant (2008: 2,410).
Investigative Proceedings of the Regional
and Local Government Authorities
2009
2008
Vienna
816
796
Lower Austria
537
528
Upper Austria
313
318
Styria
302
336
Salzburg
185
135
Carinthia
157
168
Burgenland
148
129
2,458
2,410
TOTAL
It is not surprising that the most populous States, Vienna, Lower Austria and Upper Austria, occupy the top three places with regard to
the number of investigative proceedings. At the same time, there
is no uniform trend regarding the number of complaints. While the
number of cases in Vienna, Lower Austria, Salzburg and Burgenland
rose, the numbers declined in the other States in comparison to the
previous year.
Investigative
proceedings of
regional and local
government
authorities
Regional
focal points
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