Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement

Scores by Strategic Management

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The strategic management category measures the extent to which employees believe that management ensures they have the necessary skills and abilities to do their jobs, is successful at hiring new employees with the necessary skills to help the organization, and works to achieve the organizational goals with targeted personnel strategies and performance management.

Rank Agency 2011 2010 % Change
1 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 73.6 No data 0.00Change arrow
2 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 71.2 73.3 -2.80Change arrow
3 Department of State 63.2 61.7 2.40Change arrow
4 Social Security Administration 62.7 62.1 1.10Change arrow
5 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 62.1 63.5 -2.20Change arrow
6 General Services Administration 60.9 62.3 -2.30Change arrow
7 Office of Personnel Management 60.8 57.8 5.10Change arrow
7 Department of the Treasury 60.8 59.9 1.50Change arrow
9 Department of Commerce 60.2 59.5 1.30Change arrow
10 Department of the Army 58.3 58.8 -0.90Change arrow
11 Department of Veterans Affairs 58.1 56.0 3.80Change arrow
12 Department of Justice 58.0 56.9 2.00Change arrow
13 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 57.2 54.1 5.80Change arrow
14 Department of the Air Force 57.1 56.5 1.10Change arrow
14 Department of Education 57.1 52.3 9.10Change arrow
16 Department of Labor 57.0 57.2 -0.40Change arrow
16 Department of the Navy 57.0 56.7 0.50Change arrow
18 Environmental Protection Agency 56.7 56.3 0.70Change arrow
19 Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Defense Agencies, and Department of Defense Field Activities 56.3 No data 0.00Change arrow
20 Department of Energy 55.8 57.4 -2.70Change arrow
21 Department of Health and Human Services 55.7 56.7 -1.70Change arrow
22 U.S. Agency for International Development 54.7 53.7 1.80Change arrow
23 Small Business Administration 54.2 51.5 5.30Change arrow
24 Department of the Interior 52.5 52.9 -0.60Change arrow
25 Department of Agriculture 52.2 51.8 0.70Change arrow
25 National Archives and Records Administration 52.2 53.3 -2.00Change arrow
27 Department of Transportation 51.1 49.6 2.90Change arrow
28 Department of Homeland Security 50.4 51.2 -1.60Change arrow
29 Department of Housing and Urban Development 49.4 45.8 7.90Change arrow
30 Securities and Exchange Commission 47.9 53.1 -9.80Change 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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