The independent supervisory authority shall carry out its tasks independently; it is not bound by directives from other authorities. It is assigned to the DDPS for administrative purposes.
It has its own budget. It appoints its own staff.
It constitutes itself. It shall regulate its organisation and its working methods in its own procedural rules.
The employment contracts of the head and the staff of the independent supervisory authority are governed by the Federal Personnel Act of 24 March 20001. The head is not subject to the assessment system in accordance with Article 4 paragraph 3 of the Federal Personnel Act.2