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National Archives and Records Administration

Mission: To safeguard and preserve the records of our government, ensuring that the people can discover, use and learn from this documentary heritage. To support democracy, promote civic education and facilitate historical understanding of our national experience.

Scores and Rankings

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Index Score	Score	Rank of 33
	53.0	33
Best in Class Scores	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match	75.2	24 of 30
Strategic Management	52.2	25 of 30
Teamwork	58.7	30 of 30
Effective Leadership	49.9	27 of 30
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	40.5	27 of 30
Effective Leadership - Fairness	49.8	25 of 30
Effective Leadership - Leaders	42.0	27 of 30
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	62.6	21 of 30
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	44.5	19 of 30
Training and Development	54.2	25 of 30
Support for Diversity	49.6	31 of 31
Pay	54.7	29 of 30
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	36.3	16 of 30
Work/Life Balance	62.1	11 of 30

Index Score	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
	57.1	56.0	54.9	56.5
Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Employee Skills/Mission Match	76.4	77.4	77.5	76.7
Strategic Management	53.3	55.8	55.2	57.7
Teamwork	59.2	66.6	65.3	67.2
Effective Leadership	51.5	49.9	47.9	48.8
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	46.5	47.0	45.9	42.4
Training and Development	56.7	57.5	54.7	58.0
Support for Diversity	50.9	54.5	51.5	52.8
Pay	56.6	54.5	54.9
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	39.5
Work/Life Balance	62.3	62.1	63.0	66.5

Previous Years

Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005
Employee Skills/Mission Match	76.4	77.4	77.5	76.7
Strategic Management	53.3	55.8	55.2	57.7
Teamwork	59.2	66.6	65.3	67.2
Effective Leadership	51.5	49.9	47.9	48.8
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	46.5	47.0	45.9	42.4
Training and Development	56.7	57.5	54.7	58.0
Support for Diversity	50.9	54.5	51.5	52.8
Pay	56.6	54.5	54.9
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	39.5
Work/Life Balance	62.3	62.1	63.0	66.5

2010

Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	55.3	30 of 30
Male	53.2	30 of 30
40 and over	52.7	30 of 30
Under 40	59.8	29 of 30
Asian	56.7	30 of 30
Black or African-American	50.3	30 of 30
Hispanic or Latino	55.3	30 of 30
Multi-racial	44.8	27 of 30
White	56.8	30 of 30
American Indian or Native American

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	57.6
Male	57.4
40 and over	57.2	58.3
Under 40	58.9	53.5
Asian	60.6	46.2
Black or African-American	48.3	51.8
Hispanic or Latino	51.7	60.7
Multi-racial	49.7	56.1
White	62.0	55.7
American Indian or Native American		46.9

Previous Years

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	57.6
Male	57.4
40 and over	57.2	58.3
Under 40	58.9	53.5
Asian	60.6	46.2
Black or African-American	48.3	51.8
Hispanic or Latino	51.7	60.7
Multi-racial	49.7	56.1
White	62.0	55.7
American Indian or Native American		46.9

Staff/Manager Alignment

Score: -4

Less Aligned / Less Satisfied: Agencies in this group have Best Places Index scores that fall short of government-wide norms, as well as less-than-normal alignment between staff and managers on key workforce issues. These agencies should examine and understand the areas of high disconnect between staff and managers to ensure that managers understand staff issues and are prepared to support related agency changes efforts.

Trends

Index Scores	Best in Class Scores

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Year	National Archives and Records Administration Index Score	Large Agency High Performing Average	Large Agency Average Index Score	Large Agency Low Performing Average
2003		65.0	60.8	55.9
2005	56.5	72.4	62.4	51.4
2007	54.9	71.8	61.7	50.6
2009	56.0	73.8	64.1	55.4
2010	57.1	78.6	66.5	57.6
2011	53.0	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

534

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Number of Employees in 2001: 2,419

Number of Employees in 2002: 2,487

Number of Employees in 2003: 2,457

Number of Employees in 2004: 2,494

Number of Employees in 2005: 2,526

Number of Employees in 2006: 2,504

Number of Employees in 2007: 2,399

Number of Employees in 2008: 2,450

Number of Employees in 2009: 2,556

Employees joined (2010): 248

Percentage joined (2010): 9.20%

Average joined (2005-2010): 185

Employees left (2010): 144

Percentage left (2010): 5.40%

Average left (2005-2010): 175

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 13.70%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in College Park, MD

Other Locations: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wyoming

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Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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