Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement 2007 (header image goes here)

Scores by 40 and over

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The demographic categories measure the performance of agencies and agency subcomponents related to employee satisfaction and commitment, according to a given demographic group. Not all agencies have data for demographic groups, due to small sample sizes.

Rank Agency 2009 2007 % Change
1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 79.8 74.7 6.90Change arrow
2 Government Accountability Office 77.8 73.5 5.90Change arrow
3 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 71.0 68.4 3.80Change arrow
4 Department of State 69.1 68.6 0.70Change arrow
5 Department of Justice 67.6 68.6 -1.50Change arrow
6 Environmental Protection Agency 67.1 64.4 4.20Change arrow
7 General Services Administration 66.6 64.8 2.70Change arrow
7 Department of Veterans Affairs 66.6 62.4 6.70Change arrow
9 Department of Commerce 65.9 63.0 4.60Change arrow
10 Social Security Administration 65.2 64.5 1.00Change arrow
11 Department of the Army 64.7 63.8 1.40Change arrow
12 Securities and Exchange Commission 64.4 69.2 -6.90Change arrow
13 Department of the Treasury 64.0 62.4 2.60Change arrow
14 Department of the Navy 63.6 60.5 5.10Change arrow
15 Department of Defense 63.5 62.3 1.90Change arrow
16 Department of the Air Force 63.4 64.1 -1.10Change arrow
17 Office of Personnel Management 62.6 53.9 16.20Change arrow
18 Department of Labor 62.3 61.4 1.50Change arrow
19 Department of Energy 62.1 59.7 4.00Change arrow
20 Department of Health and Human Services 62.0 60.5 2.50Change arrow
21 Department of the Interior 60.5 58.6 3.20Change arrow
22 Department of Agriculture 60.3 61.3 -1.60Change arrow
23 Department of Housing and Urban Development 59.2 58.3 1.60Change arrow
24 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 57.7 57.9 -0.30Change arrow
25 Small Business Administration 56.4 43.0 31.10Change arrow
26 National Archives and Records Administration 56.1 54.9 2.20Change arrow
27 Department of Homeland Security 56.0 49.2 13.80Change arrow
28 Department of Education 55.9 52.5 6.40Change arrow
29 Department of Transportation 53.0 53.1 -0.20Change arrow
No data Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation No data 58.8 0.00Change arrow
No data Intelligence Community No data No data 0.00Change arrow

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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 and American University's Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation (ISPPI).

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