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Agency Report
Federal Railroad Administration (DOT)

Mission: To promulgate and enforce rail safety regulations; administer railroad assistance programs; conduct research and development in support of improved railroad safety and national rail transportation policy; provide for the rehabilitation of Northeast Corridor rail passenger service; and consolidate government support of rail transportation activities.

http://www.fra.dot.gov

Parent Agency

Department of Transportation - Score: 63.6

Scores and Rankings

• 2012
• Previous Years

	Score	Rank of 292
Index Score	76.9	11
Scores by Category	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Effective Leadership	66.6	20 of 290
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	64.2	7 of 290
Effective Leadership - Fairness	62.1	47 of 290
Effective Leadership - Senior Leaders	60.5	28 of 290
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	76.2	15 of 290
Employee Skills/Mission Match	83.3	15 of 290
Pay	57.0	197 of 290
Strategic Management	62.9	43 of 290
Teamwork	72.8	37 of 290
Training and Development	63.6	78 of 290
Work/Life Balance	67.6	53 of 290
Support for Diversity	67.4	24 of 290
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	55.3	32 of 290
Alternative Work and Employee Support Programs
Index Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	68.0	88 of 287
Male	79.5	14 of 290
40 and over	77.1	16 of 289
Under 40	78.8	22 of 249
American Indian or Native American
Asian
Black or African-American	78.6	10 of 236
Hispanic or Latino	76.7	16 of 159
Multi-racial
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White	78.3	16 of 290
Employees with Disabilities	78.8	2 of 205
Veterans	82.3	4 of 245
Senior Executive Service (SES)

	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Index Score
Scores by Category	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Effective Leadership
Effective Leadership - Empowerment
Effective Leadership - Fairness
Effective Leadership - Senior Leaders
Effective Leadership - Supervisors
Employee Skills/Mission Match
Pay
Strategic Management
Teamwork
Training and Development
Work/Life Balance
Support for Diversity
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement
Alternative Work and Employee Support Programs
Index Scores by Demographic	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Female
Male
40 and over
Under 40
American Indian or Native American
Asian
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino
Multi-racial
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White
Employees with Disabilities
Veterans
Senior Executive Service (SES)

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees in 2001: 

Number of Employees in 2002: 

Number of Employees in 2003:  770

Number of Employees in 2004:  801

Number of Employees in 2005:  787

Number of Employees in 2006:  808

Number of Employees in 2007:  791

Number of Employees in 2008:  807

Number of Employees in 2009:  820

Number of Employees in 2010:  841

Number of Employees in 2011:  856

Employees joined (2011):  71

Percentage joined (2011):  8.30%

Average joined (2005-2011):  60

Employees left (2011):  60

Percentage left (2011):  7.00%

Average left (2005-2011):  56

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service):  17.80%

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