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Agency Report
National Science Foundation

Mission: To promote the progress of science, advance the national health, prosperity and welfare and secure the national defense.

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Scores and Rankings

• 2012
• Previous Years

	Score	Rank of 22
Index Score	61.4	12
Scores by Category	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Effective Leadership	52.5	13 of 20
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	46.4	12 of 20
Effective Leadership - Fairness	50.9	11 of 20
Effective Leadership - Senior Leaders	45.3	15 of 20
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	63.6	14 of 20
Employee Skills/Mission Match	76.2	10 of 20
Pay	55.8	15 of 20
Strategic Management	55.7	12 of 20
Teamwork	65.1	13 of 20
Training and Development	58.6	11 of 20
Work/Life Balance	56.2	15 of 20
Support for Diversity	55.8	15 of 21
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	44.5	11 of 20
Alternative Work and Employee Support Programs
Index Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	62.4	9 of 19
Male	67.8	9 of 19
40 and over	64.5	10 of 19
Under 40	65.0	8 of 19
American Indian or Native American
Asian	60.1	10 of 16
Black or African-American	60.7	10 of 19
Hispanic or Latino	62.8	8 of 17
Multi-racial
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White	69.2	8 of 19
Employees with Disabilities	53.4	11 of 18
Veterans	68.4	7 of 19
Senior Executive Service (SES)	82.9	4 of 9

	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Index Score	66.7	71.6	76.7	74.4	74.0	65.7
Scores by Category	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Effective Leadership	54.6	59.3	63.8	60.7	58.6	52.8
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	49.2	55.7	60.4	56.2	52.8	48.4
Effective Leadership - Fairness	54.7	55.1	57.5	51.6	52.7	43.6
Effective Leadership - Senior Leaders	48.8	55.6	61.4	56.9	53.7	49.2
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	62.9	66.8	71.1	71.2	69.2	63.3
Employee Skills/Mission Match	79.0	81.1	82.7	81.6	80.8	79.3
Pay	62.1	71.1	74.0	71.9
Strategic Management	55.8	58.2	67.0	64.3	63.2	63.6
Teamwork	63.3	65.7	77.1	73.6	72.4	67.7
Training and Development	61.5	64.9	71.3	68.4	66.1	63.9
Work/Life Balance	56.9	60.7	68.3	66.0	65.9	67.4
Support for Diversity	58.1	59.4	70.0	67.4	67.2	61.9
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	49.3	55.6	61.5	60.6	54.3	51.4
Alternative Work and Employee Support Programs
Index Scores by Demographic	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Female	68.1	73.4	75.5
Male	74.0	76.4	78.7
40 and over	69.8	74.9	76.8
Under 40	75.0	72.0	75.9
American Indian or Native American
Asian	75.6
Black or African-American	62.3	69.1	76.9
Hispanic or Latino
Multi-racial
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White	73.3	77.1	77.8
Employees with Disabilities
Veterans
Senior Executive Service (SES)

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees in 2001:  1,063

Number of Employees in 2002:  1,069

Number of Employees in 2003:  1,082

Number of Employees in 2004:  1,098

Number of Employees in 2005:  1,094

Number of Employees in 2006:  1,087

Number of Employees in 2007:  1,102

Number of Employees in 2008:  1,148

Number of Employees in 2009:  1,180

Number of Employees in 2010:  1,200

Number of Employees in 2011:  1,207

Employees joined (2011):  73

Percentage joined (2011):  6.00%

Average joined (2005-2011):  85

Employees left (2011):  92

Percentage left (2011):  7.60%

Average left (2005-2011):  85

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service):  9.00%

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