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Office of Management and Budget

Mission: To evaluate, formulate and coordinate management procedures and program objectives across the federal government. It also controls the federal budget and advises the President on budget proposals and legislation.

Scores and Rankings

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Index Score	Score	Rank of 35
	57.4	27
Best in Class Scores	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match	75.3	27 of 34
Strategic Management	61.0	17 of 34
Teamwork	67.1	16 of 34
Effective Leadership	52.1	26 of 34
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	44.0	29 of 34
Effective Leadership - Fairness	55.3	15 of 34
Effective Leadership - Leaders	46.3	25 of 34
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	60.4	30 of 34
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	45.8	26 of 34
Training and Development	45.0	32 of 34
Support for Diversity	53.0	28 of 34
Pay	59.1	25 of 34
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	33.0	24 of 34
Work/Life Balance	50.5	32 of 34

Index Score	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
	66.7	79.4	75.9	77.0	64.7
Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Employee Skills/Mission Match	78.8	87.9	84.5	82.9	83.3
Strategic Management	66.0	69.4	68.4	68.5	69.7
Teamwork	71.8	79.5	81.8	81.1	79.5
Effective Leadership	55.2	66.9	61.8	62.0	55.3
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	55.5	61.1	55.7	56.9	50.4
Training and Development	51.2	59.5	54.1	52.8	46.9
Support for Diversity	60.2	69.3	62.5	62.7	64.3
Pay	67.8	67.9	63.4
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	30.8
Work/Life Balance	54.9	60.3	54.4	62.7	61.3

Previous Years

Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Employee Skills/Mission Match	78.8	87.9	84.5	82.9	83.3
Strategic Management	66.0	69.4	68.4	68.5	69.7
Teamwork	71.8	79.5	81.8	81.1	79.5
Effective Leadership	55.2	66.9	61.8	62.0	55.3
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	55.5	61.1	55.7	56.9	50.4
Training and Development	51.2	59.5	54.1	52.8	46.9
Support for Diversity	60.2	69.3	62.5	62.7	64.3
Pay	67.8	67.9	63.4
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	30.8
Work/Life Balance	54.9	60.3	54.4	62.7	61.3

2010

Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	60.6	10 of 11
Male	55.9	12 of 12
40 and over	64.0	11 of 12
Under 40	52.9	11 of 11
Asian
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino
Multi-racial
White	62.9	9 of 11
American Indian or Native American

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	67.1
Male	70.0
40 and over	70.5	75.2
Under 40	68.2	84.5
Asian
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino		83.3
Multi-racial		75.3
White	72.0	83.6
American Indian or Native American

Previous Years

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	67.1
Male	70.0
40 and over	70.5	75.2
Under 40	68.2	84.5
Asian
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino		83.3
Multi-racial		75.3
White	72.0	83.6
American Indian or Native American

Staff/Manager Alignment

Score: -33

Less Aligned / Less Satisfied: Agencies in this group have Best Places Index scores that fall short of government-wide norms, as well as less-than-normal alignment between staff and managers on key workforce issues. These agencies should examine and understand the areas of high disconnect between staff and managers to ensure that managers understand staff issues and are prepared to support related agency changes efforts.

Trends

Index Scores	Best in Class Scores

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Year	Office of Management and Budget Index Score	Small Agency High Performing Average	Small Agency Average Index Score	Small Agency Low Performing Average
2003	64.7
2005	77.0	76.2	63.0	49.3
2007	75.9	77.2	62.4	43.7
2009	79.4	79.2	65.1	42.5
2010	66.7	84.8	68.8	50.3
2011	57.4	83.6	66.9	51.0

Comparative Data — Small Agency Averages

High Performing Average Scores	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
High Performing Average - Employee Skills	84.8	85.1	85.2	85.2	86.2
High Performing Average - Management	68.9	68.7	73.5	71.6	73.7
High Performing Average - Teamwork	77.9	77.8	80.5	76.4	81.5
High Performing Average - Leadership	61.0	63.0	66.6	67.9	73.9
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement	56.1	58.6	62.7	61.5	65.0
High Performing Average - Training and Development	73.5	72.4	74.3	72.7	73.7
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity	68.4	68.4	70.9	67.0	70.8
High Performing Average - Pay		74.4	75.2	78.6	75.6
High Performing Average - Family Friendly				53.3	52.8
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance	74.5	77.1	80.0	78.1	78.4

Average Index Scores	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
Average for Employee Skills	74.0	77.6	78.8	78.7	78.2
Average for Management	59.8	58.8	60.6	60.6	60.8
Average for Teamwork	70.8	71.3	72.8	67.0	67.7
Average for Leadership	52.3	52.2	54.0	57.2	58.0
Average for Rewards and Advancement	47.8	48.7	50.3	51.8	50.8
Average for Training and Development	61.8	59.6	60.4	61.1	59.2
Average for Support for Diversity	58.1	58.0	61.3	57.6	59.5
Average for Pay		63.0	62.2	67.3	62.3
Average for Family Friendly				41.2	38.7
Average for Work/Life Balance	67.9	67.3	67.2	66.2	64.3

Low Performing Average Score	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills	55.5	69.7	69.1	71.7	70.3
Low Performing Average - Management	50.9	45.3	42.7	48.3	50.3
Low Performing Average - Teamwork	63.5	62.5	61.2	54.4	56.9
Low Performing Average - Leadership	43.0	39.0	37.5	45.5	46.5
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement	39.7	35.9	33.6	40.3	39.3
Low Performing Average - Training and Development	51.8	44.5	42.0	44.6	44.0
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity	49.6	45.3	47.0	47.4	49.8
Low Performing Average - Pay		53.7	51.9	55.7	47.7
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly				25.8	24.3
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance	60.4	55.2	52.7	53.3	49.3

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

Number of Employees in 2001: 470

Number of Employees in 2002: 445

Number of Employees in 2003: 447

Number of Employees in 2004: 449

Number of Employees in 2005: 422

Number of Employees in 2006: 421

Number of Employees in 2007: 425

Number of Employees in 2008: 439

Number of Employees in 2009: 465

Employees joined (2010): 37

Percentage joined (2010): 7.80%

Average joined (2005-2010): 53

Employees left (2010): 40

Percentage left (2010): 8.50%

Average left (2005-2010): 52

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 21.80%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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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