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Agency Report
Department of State

Mission: To conduct the nation's foreign affairs and diplomatic initiatives. To oversee embassies and consulates, issue passports, monitor U.S. interests abroad and represent the United States before international organizations. The Department of State also works to create a more secure, democratic and prosperous world for the benefit of the American people and the international community.

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Scores and Rankings

• 2012
• Previous Years

	Score	Rank of 19
Index Score	68.2	3
Scores by Category	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Effective Leadership	59.5	3 of 19
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	52.5	3 of 19
Effective Leadership - Fairness	57.3	5 of 19
Effective Leadership - Senior Leaders	55.1	3 of 19
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	68.4	5 of 19
Employee Skills/Mission Match	78.9	5 of 19
Pay	62.1	6 of 19
Strategic Management	60.9	3 of 19
Teamwork	70.3	4 of 19
Training and Development	62.0	6 of 19
Work/Life Balance	60.0	14 of 19
Support for Diversity	61.4	3 of 19
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	51.5	4 of 19
Alternative Work and Employee Support Programs	73.5	14 of 18
Index Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	71.0	2 of 18
Male	74.4	2 of 18
40 and over	72.1	2 of 18
Under 40	74.6	4 of 18
American Indian or Native American	65.0	4 of 18
Asian	72.8	5 of 18
Black or African-American	68.0	6 of 18
Hispanic or Latino	70.9	4 of 18
Multi-racial	62.5	3 of 18
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	75.8	1 of 16
White	74.8	2 of 18
Employees with Disabilities	59.3	11 of 18
Veterans	67.8	3 of 18
Senior Executive Service (SES)	88.6	2 of 18

	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Index Score	70.0	70.8	69.1	67.9	66.6	59.0
Scores by Category	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Effective Leadership	61.0	61.1	60.3	56.9	58.7	49.2
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	55.0	54.8	56.9	52.6	51.7	37.7
Effective Leadership - Fairness	58.9	57.6	55.4	49.6	49.8	51.1
Effective Leadership - Senior Leaders	56.9	55.9	53.4	51.7	57.0	45.6
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	69.1	71.4	71.4	67.9	68.4	57.6
Employee Skills/Mission Match	80.3	80.6	80.2	78.9	76.8	76.1
Pay	65.8	71.2	59.5	64.0
Strategic Management	63.2	61.7	62.3	59.0	60.6	57.8
Teamwork	71.8	70.6	77.0	74.3	74.6	67.6
Training and Development	63.3	64.7	63.2	60.9	61.5	48.9
Work/Life Balance	59.9	61.3	62.2	61.4	65.7	61.9
Support for Diversity	63.5	63.6	65.3	64.7	64.7	62.9
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	52.2	52.4	52.8	51.2	48.8	43.1
Alternative Work and Employee Support Programs
Index Scores by Demographic	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Female	73.5	71.7	67.1
Male	75.0	75.2	70.6
40 and over	73.1	72.5	69.1
Under 40	77.1	76.2	69.2
American Indian or Native American
Asian	76.8	75.8	65.1
Black or African-American	70.6	69.9	68.3
Hispanic or Latino	71.3	82.2	67.1
Multi-racial	71.2	64.4	60.7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White	76.2	75.1	70.2
Employees with Disabilities
Veterans
Senior Executive Service (SES)

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees in 2001:  13,046

Number of Employees in 2002:  13,558

Number of Employees in 2003: 

Number of Employees in 2004: 

Number of Employees in 2005: 

Number of Employees in 2006:  7,480

Number of Employees in 2007:  8,015

Number of Employees in 2008:  8,434

Number of Employees in 2009:  8,627

Number of Employees in 2010:  8,963

Number of Employees in 2011:  9,443

Employees joined (2011):  822

Percentage joined (2011):  8.70%

Average joined (2005-2011):  691

Employees left (2011):  668

Percentage left (2011):  7.10%

Average left (2005-2011):  597

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service):  14.60%

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

Footnote: The Department of State has approximately 24,000 employees total. Civil and Foreign Service personnel participate in the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. Workforce data from FedScope does not include Foreign Service personnel.