The Federal Chancellery (German: Bundeskanzleramt, abbreviated BKA) is a federal cabinet-level agency and government building, serving as the executive office and official residence of the Chancellor of Austria. It is located on the Ballhausplatz in the centre of Vienna, vis-à-vis the Hofburg Imperial Palace. Like Downing Street, Quai d'Orsay or—formerly—Wilhelmstrasse, the address has become a synecdoche for governmental power.