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Department of the Interior

Mission: To protect and provide access to our nation's natural and cultural heritage and to honor the country's responsibilities to Indian tribes and island communities. The Department of the Interior's duties include managing federal lands, such as national parks and forests, running hydroelectric power systems and promoting the conservation of natural resources.

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Scores and Rankings

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Index Score	Score	Rank of 33
	62.9	18
Best in Class Scores	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match	78.7	13 of 30
Strategic Management	52.5	24 of 30
Teamwork	61.3	27 of 30
Effective Leadership	51.9	24 of 30
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	47.5	18 of 30
Effective Leadership - Fairness	51.3	23 of 30
Effective Leadership - Leaders	44.0	25 of 30
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	62.2	22 of 30
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	45.7	17 of 30
Training and Development	57.3	22 of 30
Support for Diversity	54.6	26 of 31
Pay	59.7	18 of 30
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	34.8	21 of 30
Work/Life Balance	55.6	27 of 30

Index Score	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
	65.4	61.1	59.1	62.8	62.0
Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Employee Skills/Mission Match	79.0	78.1	77.6	78.5	80.0
Strategic Management	52.9	52.6	52.2	53.3	58.7
Teamwork	62.2	68.2	67.6	68.8	66.1
Effective Leadership	52.9	49.0	47.9	48.8	49.8
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	47.2	44.2	42.3	43.5	43.9
Training and Development	59.6	57.7	55.8	57.7	56.7
Support for Diversity	53.9	56.7	54.5	54.9	60.5
Pay	65.8	61.3	61.6
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	37.1
Work/Life Balance	57.5	57.5	57.5	59.5	63.1

Previous Years

Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Employee Skills/Mission Match	79.0	78.1	77.6	78.5	80.0
Strategic Management	52.9	52.6	52.2	53.3	58.7
Teamwork	62.2	68.2	67.6	68.8	66.1
Effective Leadership	52.9	49.0	47.9	48.8	49.8
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	47.2	44.2	42.3	43.5	43.9
Training and Development	59.6	57.7	55.8	57.7	56.7
Support for Diversity	53.9	56.7	54.5	54.9	60.5
Pay	65.8	61.3	61.6
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	37.1
Work/Life Balance	57.5	57.5	57.5	59.5	63.1

2010

Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	65.5	15 of 30
Male	65.8	17 of 30
40 and over	65.1	16 of 30
Under 40	68.2	14 of 30
Asian	67.6	22 of 30
Black or African-American	69.8	10 of 30
Hispanic or Latino	62.4	24 of 30
Multi-racial	59.0	15 of 30
White	66.9	15 of 30
American Indian or Native American	60.4	9 of 19

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	65.8	59.6
Male	66.9	63.2
40 and over	65.8	60.6
Under 40	69.4	61.5
Asian	70.3	61.1
Black or African-American	60.1	56.7
Hispanic or Latino	67.1	61.8
Multi-racial	63.8	60.5
White	67.7	63.7
American Indian or Native American	63.0	58.1

Previous Years

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	65.8	59.6
Male	66.9	63.2
40 and over	65.8	60.6
Under 40	69.4	61.5
Asian	70.3	61.1
Black or African-American	60.1	56.7
Hispanic or Latino	67.1	61.8
Multi-racial	63.8	60.5
White	67.7	63.7
American Indian or Native American	63.0	58.1

Staff/Manager Alignment

Score: 4

More Aligned / Less Satisfied: Agencies in this group have Best Places Index scores that fall short of government-wide norms, but greater-than-normal alignment between managers and staff on key workforce issues. Despite weaker Best Places index scores, managers who recognize staff concerns may be more apt to support agency changes and drive related improvements.

Trends

Index Scores	Best in Class Scores

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Year	Department of the Interior Index Score	Large Agency High Performing Average	Large Agency Average Index Score	Large Agency Low Performing Average
2003	62.0	65.0	60.8	55.9
2005	62.8	72.4	62.4	51.4
2007	59.1	71.8	61.7	50.6
2009	61.1	73.8	64.1	55.4
2010	65.4	78.6	66.5	57.6
2011	62.9	78.5	65.3	56.2

Comparative Data — Large Agency Averages

High Performing Average Scores	2003	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
High Performing Average - Employee Skills	80.7	80.6	80.7	83.0	81.6	82.4
High Performing Average - Management	62.1	63.9	62.4	64.0	64.6	66.6
High Performing Average - Teamwork	71.6	76.5	75.9	77.6	73.3	75.0
High Performing Average - Leadership	54.9	59.7	59.4	61.7	63.9	66.3
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement	50.5	53.5	53.3	56.3	56.8	58.0
High Performing Average - Training and Development	63.7	68.2	66.7	68.8	69.6	70.9
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity	67.0	67.4	66.7	68.8	66.4	72.0
High Performing Average - Pay			71.3	71.7	75.2	73.2
High Performing Average - Family Friendly					54.9	53.6
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance	69.5	70.0	69.5	69.4	68.1	70.4

Average Index Scores	2003	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
Average for Employee Skills	78.1	77.4	77.5	78.9	78.1	78.1
Average for Management	58.1	56.8	56.1	57.8	56.6	57.5
Average for Teamwork	68.3	71.3	70.7	71.7	65.7	66.5
Average for Leadership	49.9	51.3	51.3	53.3	55.0	55.8
Average for Rewards and Advancement	44.4	44.7	45.1	46.8	47.5	47.2
Average for Training and Development	57.5	59.9	58.6	60.7	59.9	60.2
Average for Support for Diversity	61.3	59.1	58.3	60.7	57.5	59.3
Average for Pay			64.4	63.6	67.1	62.8
Average for Family Friendly					41.3	38.8
Average for Work/Life Balance	64.4	63.7	64.4	62.7	61.5	61.1

Low Performing Average Score	2003	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills	74.9	73.3	72.8	75.7	73.7	73.7
Low Performing Average - Management	53.9	49.4	49.1	50.9	50.0	50.2
Low Performing Average - Teamwork	65.4	66.9	66.0	67.2	60.2	60.0
Low Performing Average - Leadership	46.3	43.6	43.4	46.5	48.5	49.0
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement	39.3	36.6	36.6	40.1	40.8	38.8
Low Performing Average - Training and Development	51.4	50.3	49.0	53.4	49.8	51.0
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity	57.6	52.5	51.1	54.4	51.2	51.2
Low Performing Average - Pay			56.6	56.2	58.3	56.1
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly					30.3	26.8
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance	59.7	56.3	59.7	55.6	55.3	53.8

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

954

The number of mission-criticial jobs the Department of the Interior is expected to hire by the end of September 2012. Learn More at Where the Jobs Are 2009 »

Number of Employees in 2001: 57,525

Number of Employees in 2002: 58,857

Number of Employees in 2003: 59,318

Number of Employees in 2004: 59,100

Number of Employees in 2005: 58,310

Number of Employees in 2006: 56,745

Number of Employees in 2007: 55,530

Number of Employees in 2008: 55,336

Number of Employees in 2009: 56,460

Employees joined (2010): 3,588

Percentage joined (2010): 6.30%

Average joined (2005-2010): 3,178

Employees left (2010): 4,090

Percentage left (2010): 7.20%

Average left (2005-2010): 4,334

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 9.70%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Other Locations: Anchorage, AK; Omaha, NE; Denver, CO; Oakland, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA and Washington, D.C.

http://www.doi.gov/

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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