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Civil Division (DOJ)

Mission: To represent the United States, its departments and agencies, Members of Congress, Cabinet officers and other federal employees. The Civil Division's litigation reflects the diversity of government activities, involving, for example, the defense of challenges to Presidential actions; national security issues; benefit programs; energy policies; commercial issues such as contract disputes, banking insurance, patents, fraud, and debt collection; all manner of accident and liability claims; and criminal violations of the immigration and consumer protection laws.

Parent Agency

Department of Justice - Score: 68.3

Scores and Rankings

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Index Score	Score	Rank of 241
	80.4	2
Best in Class Scores	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match	84.8	3 of 229
Strategic Management	71.7	3 of 229
Teamwork	75.9	11 of 229
Effective Leadership	70.1	5 of 229
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	65.1	5 of 229
Effective Leadership - Fairness	66.2	10 of 229
Effective Leadership - Leaders	72.2	1 of 229
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	72.5	23 of 229
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	61.1	6 of 229
Training and Development	74.2	9 of 229
Support for Diversity	64.4	35 of 229
Pay	57.3	177 of 229
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	30.9	165 of 229
Work/Life Balance	74.6	6 of 229

Index Score	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
	83.4	81.1	74.7	73.0
Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Employee Skills/Mission Match	85.0	86.5	84.0	85.9
Strategic Management	72.9	69.9	62.0	64.6
Teamwork	80.0	77.5	75.7	78.4
Effective Leadership	73.1	67.6	61.6	62.8
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	66.1	61.3	53.8	58.5
Training and Development	75.9	70.9	64.0	64.7
Support for Diversity	63.7	65.3	59.4	62.3
Pay	67.0	54.4	57.8
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	35.3
Work/Life Balance	78.3	72.0	63.1	58.7

Previous Years

Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005
Employee Skills/Mission Match	85.0	86.5	84.0	85.9
Strategic Management	72.9	69.9	62.0	64.6
Teamwork	80.0	77.5	75.7	78.4
Effective Leadership	73.1	67.6	61.6	62.8
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	66.1	61.3	53.8	58.5
Training and Development	75.9	70.9	64.0	64.7
Support for Diversity	63.7	65.3	59.4	62.3
Pay	67.0	54.4	57.8
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	35.3
Work/Life Balance	78.3	72.0	63.1	58.7

2010

Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	81.7	3 of 228
Male	85.4	3 of 226
40 and over	83.2	2 of 228
Under 40	83.8	6 of 219
Asian	92.2	2 of 79
Black or African-American	78.7	13 of 204
Hispanic or Latino
Multi-racial
White	85.8	2 of 227
American Indian or Native American

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	80.9
Male	89.2
40 and over	83.9	76.7
Under 40	87.6	84.7
Asian
Black or African-American	72.7
Hispanic or Latino		85.7
Multi-racial		79.1
White	90.3	84.4
American Indian or Native American		62.8

Previous Years

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	80.9
Male	89.2
40 and over	83.9	76.7
Under 40	87.6	84.7
Asian
Black or African-American	72.7
Hispanic or Latino		85.7
Multi-racial		79.1
White	90.3	84.4
American Indian or Native American		62.8

Staff/Manager Alignment

Score: 16

More Aligned / More Satisfied: This agency has Best Places Index scores that exceed government-wide norms, as well as greater-than-normal alignment between staff and managers on key workforce issues. These results suggest that an agency is well positioned to maintain and improve on current efforts and to recognize shared challenges in order to better address them.

Trends

Index Scores	Best in Class Scores

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Year	Department of Justice Index Score	Subcomponent High Performing Average	Subcomponent Average Index Score	Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003		69.3	61.0	51.9
2005	73.0	73.0	62.9	52.3
2007	74.7	73.8	61.9	49.0
2009	81.1	74.8	64.0	54.0
2010	83.4	76.7	65.6	54.4
2011	80.4	75.1	63.7	51.4

Comparative Data — Subcomponent Averages

High Performing Average Scores	2003	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
High Performing Average - Employee Skills	82.4	82.3	83.3	83.4	82.9	82.7
High Performing Average - Management	65.7	64.6	65.9	66.9	66.8	66.1
High Performing Average - Teamwork	73.7	77.2	78.7	79.1	74.9	74.5
High Performing Average - Leadership	64.6	69.5	70.7	71.3	66.5	65.9
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement	53.2	55.8	56.7	58.1	59.1	58.0
High Performing Average - Training and Development	67.7	70.5	71.3	72.0	72.8	71.4
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity	69.0	68.9	68.8	70.9	68.7	68.4
High Performing Average - Pay			81.9	83.1	78.5	73.7
High Performing Average - Family Friendly					55.5	52.6
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance	72.6	72.1	72.8	72.4	72.3	71.0

Average Index Scores	2003	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
Average for Employee Skills	78.4	77.6	77.7	78.5	78.1	77.7
Average for Management	59.1	56.9	56.6	58.6	57.5	57.7
Average for Teamwork	67.8	71.1	70.8	72.1	66.3	66.4
Average for Leadership	50.2	53.0	52.9	54.8	56.6	56.4
Average for Rewards and Advancement	45.4	47.0	46.9	48.5	49.0	48.2
Average for Training and Development	58.4	61.0	59.8	61.8	61.1	60.4
Average for Support for Diversity	61.7	60.0	59.4	62.3	58.9	59.3
Average for Pay			64.6	64.4	67.9	62.8
Average for Family Friendly					41.0	37.5
Average for Work/Life Balance	66.1	64.6	63.4	64.2	62.8	62.2

Low Performing Average Score	2003	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills	73.6	72.0	71.1	72.9	72.0	71.8
Low Performing Average - Management	52.2	48.8	47.3	50.2	49.0	50.2
Low Performing Average - Teamwork	61.8	65.1	63.3	65.5	58.1	58.8
Low Performing Average - Leadership	38.9	38.2	36.9	39.7	47.6	47.9
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement	37.7	38.0	36.3	39.3	39.9	39.5
Low Performing Average - Training and Development	50.3	51.0	48.1	52.4	50.1	49.2
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity	54.7	51.5	49.8	53.1	50.1	51.2
Low Performing Average - Pay			45.7	43.1	57.2	52.4
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly					27.8	23.8
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance	59.4	57.0	54.8	56.0	53.9	53.5

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

Number of Employees in 2001: 985

Number of Employees in 2002: 972

Number of Employees in 2003: No data

Number of Employees in 2004: No data

Number of Employees in 2005: No data

Number of Employees in 2006: No data

Number of Employees in 2007: No data

Number of Employees in 2008: No data

Number of Employees in 2009: No data

Employees joined (2010): No data

Percentage joined (2010): No data

Average joined (2005-2010): No data

Employees left (2010): No data

Percentage left (2010): No data

Average left (2005-2010): No data

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): No data

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.

http://www.usdoj.gov/civil/home.html

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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