Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement

Scores by Effective Leadership - Empowerment

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The Leadership - Empowerment category measures the extent to which employees feel empowered with respect to work processes and how satisfied they are with their involvement in decisions that affect their work.

Rank Agency 2011 2010 % Change
1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 67.2 68.9 -2.50Change arrow
2 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 64.0 No data 0.00Change arrow
3 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 61.0 62.6 -2.40Change arrow
4 Department of State 55.0 54.8 0.30Change arrow
5 General Services Administration 53.3 56.0 -4.90Change arrow
6 Department of the Army 53.1 53.8 -1.20Change arrow
7 Department of the Air Force 52.2 53.9 -3.10Change arrow
8 Office of Personnel Management 51.8 48.1 7.70Change arrow
9 Department of the Navy 51.7 52.8 -2.00Change arrow
10 Environmental Protection Agency 51.3 51.6 -0.50Change arrow
11 Department of Justice 50.9 50.7 0.40Change arrow
12 Department of Commerce 50.8 51.3 -0.90Change arrow
13 Social Security Administration 49.8 48.0 3.80Change arrow
14 Small Business Administration 48.1 46.6 3.10Change arrow
15 Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Defense Agencies, and Department of Defense Field Activities 47.9 No data 0.00Change arrow
16 Department of Health and Human Services 47.6 49.8 -4.20Change arrow
16 Department of the Treasury 47.6 48.1 -0.90Change arrow
18 Department of the Interior 47.5 48.5 -2.00Change arrow
19 Department of Energy 46.1 48.9 -5.60Change arrow
20 Department of Agriculture 45.5 45.3 0.30Change arrow
21 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 45.4 42.8 6.20Change arrow
22 Department of Veterans Affairs 45.1 43.7 3.20Change arrow
23 Department of Labor 45.0 45.8 -1.50Change arrow
24 U.S. Agency for International Development 44.7 47.6 -6.20Change arrow
25 Department of Education 43.0 42.9 0.50Change arrow
25 Department of Transportation 43.0 44.4 -3.00Change arrow
27 National Archives and Records Administration 40.5 43.2 -6.20Change arrow
28 Department of Housing and Urban Development 40.4 38.7 4.60Change arrow
29 Department of Homeland Security 39.5 42.4 -6.70Change arrow
30 Securities and Exchange Commission 37.7 40.7 -7.20Change arrow
No data Government Accountability Office No data No data 0.00Change arrow
No data Intelligence Community No data No data 0.00Change arrow
No data Smithsonian Institution No data No data 0.00Change arrow

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The Best Places to Work rankings — the most comprehensive and authoritative rating of employee satisfaction and commitment in the federal government — are produced by the Partnership for Public Service.

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