Fede­ral Act on the Use of Elec­tro­nic Means for the Per­for­mance of Offi­ci­al Duties (EMBAG): adopted in final vote 

Take-Aways (AI) EMBAG crea­tes a for­mal legal basis for the use of elec­tro­nic means in the Fede­ral Admi­ni­stra­ti­on and pro­mo­tes inter-agen­cy coope­ra­ti­on in eGo­vern­ment. Cloud use is gene­ral­ly con­side­red an admi­ni­stra­ti­ve auxi­lia­ry acti­vi­ty; out­sour­cing to the public cloud is con­tract data pro­ce­s­sing, data pro­tec­tion requi­re­ments remain bin­ding. The Fede­ral Act on the Use of Elec­tro­nic Means for the Per­for­mance of Offi­ci­al Duties (EMBAG) is inten­ded to lay the legal foun­da­ti­ons for a digi­tal trans­for­ma­ti­on in … Con­ti­n­ue rea­ding Fede­ral Act on the Use of Elec­tro­nic Means for the Per­for­mance of Offi­ci­al Duties (EMBAG): adopted in final vote