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Farm Credit Administration

Mission: To ensure a safe, sound, and dependable source of credit and related services for agriculture and rural America.

Scores and Rankings

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Index Score	Score	Rank of 35
	77.5	5
Best in Class Scores	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match
Strategic Management
Teamwork
Effective Leadership
Effective Leadership - Empowerment
Effective Leadership - Fairness
Effective Leadership - Leaders
Effective Leadership - Supervisors
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement
Training and Development
Support for Diversity
Pay
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits
Work/Life Balance

Index Score	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
			60.5	67.7
Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Employee Skills/Mission Match			72.4	73.5
Strategic Management			55.3	61.2
Teamwork			75.8	72.2
Effective Leadership			55.4	51.9
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement			51.6	40.9
Training and Development			71.3	72.7
Support for Diversity			62.1	69.9
Pay			65.0
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits
Work/Life Balance			68.8	74.5

Previous Years

Best in Class Scores	2007	2005
Employee Skills/Mission Match	72.4	73.5
Strategic Management	55.3	61.2
Teamwork	75.8	72.2
Effective Leadership	55.4	51.9
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	51.6	40.9
Training and Development	71.3	72.7
Support for Diversity	62.1	69.9
Pay	65.0
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits
Work/Life Balance	68.8	74.5

2010

Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female
Male
40 and over
Under 40
Asian
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino
Multi-racial
White
American Indian or Native American

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Female
Male
40 and over
Under 40
Asian
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino
Multi-racial
White
American Indian or Native American

Previous Years

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Female
Male
40 and over
Under 40
Asian
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino
Multi-racial
White
American Indian or Native American

Trends

Index Scores	Best in Class Scores

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Year	Farm Credit Administration Index Score	Small Agency High Performing Average	Small Agency Average Index Score	Small Agency Low Performing Average
2003
2005	67.7	76.2	63.0	49.3
2007	60.5	77.2	62.4	43.7
2009		79.2	65.1	42.5
2010		84.8	68.8	50.3
2011	77.5	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: 254

Number of Employees in 2002: 252

Number of Employees in 2003: 259

Number of Employees in 2004: 268

Number of Employees in 2005: 248

Number of Employees in 2006: 245

Number of Employees in 2007: 243

Number of Employees in 2008: 251

Number of Employees in 2009: 261

Employees joined (2010): 30

Percentage joined (2010): 11.00%

Average joined (2005-2010): 22

Employees left (2010): 19

Percentage left (2010): 7.00%

Average left (2005-2010): 18

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 21.20%

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Headquartered in McLean, VA

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Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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