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Agency Report
Department of Commerce

Mission: To promote economic growth and security in the United States through the development of technology, promotion of exports and gathering of economic information and analysis. The Department of Commerce creates conditions for economic growth and opportunity by promoting innovation, entrepreneurship, competitiveness and stewardship in the areas of manufacturing, transportation, communications and measurement.

http://www.commerce.gov

Subcomponents

Bureau of Economic Analysis (Commerce) - Score: 69.3
Bureau of Industry and Security (Commerce) - Score: 66.5
Bureau of the Census (Commerce) - Score: 63.6
Economic Development Administration (Commerce) - Score: 44.5
International Trade Administration (Commerce) - Score: 53.9
National Institute of Standards and Technology (Commerce) - Score: 68.6
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Commerce) - Score: 63.6
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (Commerce) - Score: 54.0
Office of the Inspector General (Commerce) - Score: 37.2
Office of the Secretary (Commerce) - Score: 53.9
Patent and Trademark Office (Commerce) - Score: 80.3

Scores and Rankings

• 2012
• Previous Years

	Score	Rank of 19
Index Score	67.9	4
Scores by Category	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Effective Leadership	58.6	4 of 19
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	51.7	4 of 19
Effective Leadership - Fairness	57.6	4 of 19
Effective Leadership - Senior Leaders	51.9	5 of 19
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	69.2	3 of 19
Employee Skills/Mission Match	77.8	13 of 19
Pay	62.9	5 of 19
Strategic Management	60.2	4 of 19
Teamwork	68.3	6 of 19
Training and Development	62.6	3 of 19
Work/Life Balance	64.2	3 of 19
Support for Diversity	61.3	4 of 19
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	52.7	2 of 19
Alternative Work and Employee Support Programs	80.9	2 of 18
Index Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	69.0	7 of 18
Male	70.8	3 of 18
40 and over	68.3	7 of 18
Under 40	75.0	3 of 18
American Indian or Native American	67.2	3 of 18
Asian	78.8	1 of 18
Black or African-American	69.3	4 of 18
Hispanic or Latino	70.3	6 of 18
Multi-racial	61.2	6 of 18
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	66.7	6 of 16
White	69.5	4 of 18
Employees with Disabilities	56.8	12 of 18
Veterans	63.7	12 of 18
Senior Executive Service (SES)	77.9	16 of 18

	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Index Score	67.5	68.3	66.5	63.5	64.0	62.4
Scores by Category	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Effective Leadership	57.5	56.8	56.6	53.1	52.0	50.4
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	50.8	51.3	51.8	50.0	47.9	46.0
Effective Leadership - Fairness	56.2	54.7	52.2	45.9	47.7	46.7
Effective Leadership - Senior Leaders	51.5	50.4	50.0	45.3	42.7	42.8
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	67.5	67.0	67.7	66.0	65.5	62.1
Employee Skills/Mission Match	78.3	77.9	78.6	77.4	78.1	77.8
Pay	63.7	68.7	64.3	61.9
Strategic Management	60.2	59.5	62.3	60.0	59.9	62.6
Teamwork	65.8	65.6	73.2	71.2	71.2	68.4
Training and Development	61.9	62.0	62.6	61.3	62.0	60.2
Work/Life Balance	62.6	63.3	64.5	63.0	63.4	66.6
Support for Diversity	59.9	59.1	63.1	60.7	61.3	65.0
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	52.7	52.6	52.4	50.5	51.5	49.0
Alternative Work and Employee Support Programs	82.2
Index Scores by Demographic	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Female	69.9	69.4	64.7
Male	72.0	71.4	67.7
40 and over	69.7	69.4	65.9
Under 40	75.1	73.8	67.8
American Indian or Native American	61.7	59.8
Asian	76.8	73.1	64.8
Black or African-American	69.7	68.3	65.2
Hispanic or Latino	71.5	68.8	69.3
Multi-racial	64.1	66.0	59.2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White	71.4	71.8	68.2
Employees with Disabilities
Veterans
Senior Executive Service (SES)

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees in 2001:  30,044

Number of Employees in 2002:  30,872

Number of Employees in 2003:  30,844

Number of Employees in 2004:  30,230

Number of Employees in 2005:  30,927

Number of Employees in 2006:  31,764

Number of Employees in 2007:  32,444

Number of Employees in 2008:  33,256

Number of Employees in 2009:  33,953

Number of Employees in 2010:  34,008

Number of Employees in 2011:  34,501

Employees joined (2011):  2,183

Percentage joined (2011):  6.30%

Average joined (2005-2011):  2,420

Employees left (2011):  1,983

Percentage left (2011):  5.70%

Average left (2005-2011):  2,055

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service):  13.00%

Demographics source: FedScope, U.S. Office of Personnel Management