Handover of Power - Infrastructure

2 Departments

The departments are divided into sub-departments and enumerations are usually considered as their individual units. Many tasks of some departments are completely taken over by other ministries as a service.

2.1 Central Department

Part of the Central Department is the Reception Office with the Courier and Mail Room, which directs all concerns, broadcasts and visitors to the appropriate place in the ministry.

2.1.1 Staff

The Human Resources Department is responsible for staff development and planning. For this purpose, it takes care of the recruitment of junior staff, intern and trainee programmes as well as the selection procedures for employees and special selection procedures for applicants with disabilities. For politicians and employees, the department prepares a job plan. In all its tasks, it works in voting with the personnel board.7

All other personnel matters are transferred to the relevant ministries. The Ministry of Education is responsible for the training and further education of employees for the state service.8 The Ministry of Labour takes over the service law.9 This includes the labour and collective bargaining law of the employees of the state service, remuneration, personnel administration of all careers and employees, flexitime, holiday and sick leave, working time with or without flexitime in part-time or full-time at the place of work or in home work. The Ministry of Finance's Pay Office takes care of employees' salary, expenses, travel and relocation costs.10

The Ministry of Education provides childcare for all employees in the state service.11

The Ministry of Health is responsible for the occupational health service.12 It ensures occupational health management, deals with the treatment, education and prevention of occupational accidents, controls and provides occupational health and safety through the health auditors13 of the Company Auditing Agency14 .

2.1.1.1 Housing assistance for state service employees

Housing assistance for state service employees includes the provision of housing within 10km of the service. State housing can be rented or purchased with a preferential right. This excludes Planned Economy housing. Other housing can be found through the Real Estate Directory. If there is no housing, a home can be built through the housebuilding programme and purchased on a hire-purchase basis.

2.1.2 Organisation

The ministries of media, security, justice, finance, labour, state organisation provide audit services for quality management in the ministry, evaluation of work performance, revenues and expenditures, as well as corruption prevention, sabotage protection and, if necessary, disciplinary matters.15

The Ministry of Labour regulates procurement law and ensures corruption-free state orders and procurement.16 The Ministry of Finance organises the annual budget vote and ensures proper accounting in each ministry.17 It regulates budget procedures, budget law, staff budgets, departmental budgets, costs and cash management, and assists ministries in budget planning for the budget vote. The language service for translating talks or texts is provided by the Ministry of Education.18

The Ministry of Digital Affairs supports the supply of Information Technology.19 In voting with the Procurement Office of the Ministry of Labour, it takes care of the procurement, provision, maintenance and service of technical devices and software. Much of this is produced in-house to ensure data protection in information and communication technology. Information technology and digitalisation officers audit and advise the ministries. Digital appointment calendar and documentation services are provided as well as a digital policy archive including a library.

2.2 Management Department

The Management Department is the minister's department. With his office team, he provides policy planning and analysis for his ministry and coordinates the relationship between the nation and the municipality through exchanges with his deputies in the municipalities. He initiates cooperation with other ministries or citizens in committees and is supported by the Ministry of State Organisation.

The Ministry of Media Affairs, through its media service, provides press and public relations for the ministry, moderates civil dialogue, trains or provides a spokesperson for the minister, writes speeches and texts on request, and ensures the implementation of conferences and events.20

The Ministry of Digital Affairs is responsible for digital management and thus provides departmental management. It automatically produces business statistics, staff surveys and the current state of research through statistics. It automatically forwards proposals to the affected or empowered state employees. In document management, it ensures digitalisation and that ministries share forms with each other.21

2.3 Homeland Department

The Homeland Department oversees and supports the cooperation of the other departments and agencies with other ministries. Cooperation is always necessary when infrastructure projects are cross-cutting, such as the use of natural resources, rural and urban development, environmental protection and homeland protection. The Homeland Department oversees the State Utilities and Municipal Utilities Company and coordinates their cross-cutting operations in the areas of construction, transport and energy. Recreational facilities are planned in cooperation with the Ministry of Family Affairs. The construction and maintenance of recreational facilities is overseen by the Homeland Department. It operates the Real Estate Directory in cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Affairs and the Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources in cooperation with the Ministry of Education. In voting with the Minister of Infrastructure, it formulates templates for legal rules on homeland and environmental protection.

2.4 Building Department

The Building Department supervises and supports the Building Offices, Building Yards and the Construction Team in the performance of their duties. It operates the Infrastructure Directory in cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Affairs. Construction projects are notified and audited via the Infrastructure Directory. The Building Department is the interface between the Minister of Infrastructure and the building authorities as well as with all other ministries that wish to implement a building project. It coordinates nationwide building management between the ministries and the Building Yards. It supervises industrial communities and the housebuilding programme and reports regularly to the Minister of Infrastructure. In the event of a disaster, it coordinates the deployment of the mobile cities. In voting with the Minister of Infrastructure, it ensures the formulation of templates for law building specifications.

2.5 Traffic Department

The Traffic Department oversees the Traffic Office and the construction and operation of the digital infrastructure, earthworks and traffic networks. It supports the Traffic Office by coordinating cooperation with the responsible State Utilities or Municipal Utilities Company, Building Offices and Building Yards or Construction Team. It operates the Transport Directory in cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Affairs.

In voting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, all continental and international transport matters are forwarded to the responsible agency and compliance with international or continental requirements by the authorities is supervised. It formulates templates for transport and traffic law as well as for environmental protection and digital mobility in voting with the Minister of Infrastructure.

2.6 Energy Department

The Energy Department ensures security of supply, economic efficiency and environmental compatibility in energy supply and the development of new sources of electricity. It oversees the operation of the state's decentralised and centralised energy facilities. It operates the Energy Directory in cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Affairs. In voting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it refers all continental and international energy matters to the responsible agency and oversees the authorities' compliance with international or continental requirements. In voting with the Minister of Infrastructure, it formulates the law templates on the energy transition and on the consumption and supply of energy.

7 Ministry of State Organisation - 2.1.1.1 Personnel board

8 Ministry of Education - 2.1.1.1 Education and training for the state service

9 Ministry of Labour - 4 State enterprises, 13 Labour Directory

10 Ministry of Finance - 2.1.1.1 Staff remuneration

11 Ministry of Education - 2.1.1.2 Childcare for employees in the state service

12 Ministry of Health - 2.1.1.1 Occupational Health Service

13 Ministry of Labour - 20.7.2 Health auditor

14 Ministry of Labor - 20 Company Auditing Agency

15 Ministries of Media, Security, Justice, Finance, State Organisation - 2.1.2.1 Audit services

16 Ministry of Labour - 6 Procurement Office

17 Ministry of Finance - 8 state revenues, 9 state expenditure

18 Ministry of Education - 2.1.3 Language...