Overview Investigative proceedings in federal administration (initiated in 2013) number % Federal Ministry of the Interior 1,393 27,28 Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection 1,238 24,24 Federal Ministry of Justice 935 18,31 Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology 364 7,13 Federal Ministry of Finance 358 7,01 Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy 190 3,72 Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management 187 3,66 Federal Ministry of Family and Youth 187 3,66 Federal Ministry of Health (excl. health and accidental insurance) 75 1,47 Federal Ministry of Education and Women‘s Affairs 62 1,21 Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports 57 1,12 Federal Chancellery 38 0,74 Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs 23 0,45 5,107 100 TOTAL *Three cases did not fall into the remit of any of the Ministries and are therefore maintained as files to be handled by the Chairperson of the AOB Complaints up in regional and municipal administration According to the Federal Constitution, the Laender can mandate the AOB with monitoring public administration on a regional and municipal level as well as all Laender with the exception of the Tyrol and Vorarlberg made use of this. In total, the AOB performed 2,893 investigative proceedings of regional and municipal government administration in 2013. Complaints in this area went up by 15 % compared to last year (2012: 2,519). Unsurprisingly, the highest proportion of cases relates to Vienna (36 %), the Land with the highest population. Lower Austria ranks second with 20 % of cases followed by Styria (13 %) and Upper Austria (12 %). Complaints in all Laender with the exception of Carinthia went up compared to last year. The highest increases were identified in Upper Austria and Salzburg (+19 %), followed by Lower Austria (+18 %) and Vienna (+15 %). 14