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

Scores by Strategic Management

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The strategic management category measures the extent to which employees believe that management ensures they have the necessary skills and abilities to do their jobs, is successful at hiring new employees with the necessary skills to help the organization, and works to achieve the organizational goals with targeted personnel strategies and performance management.

Rank Agency 2009 2007 % Change
1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 71.0 68.4 3.70Change arrow
2 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 62.8 59.0 6.40Change arrow
3 Department of Commerce 62.3 60.0 3.80Change arrow
3 Department of State 62.3 59.0 5.70Change arrow
5 Department of Veterans Affairs 61.6 58.6 5.10Change arrow
6 General Services Administration 61.1 60.9 0.40Change arrow
7 Social Security Administration 60.7 60.1 1.00Change arrow
8 Securities and Exchange Commission 60.4 62.8 -3.80Change arrow
9 Department of the Treasury 59.7 57.1 4.60Change arrow
10 Department of Labor 59.5 58.7 1.40Change arrow
11 Office of Personnel Management 59.3 56.6 4.70Change arrow
12 Department of Energy 58.9 56.0 5.10Change arrow
13 Department of the Army 58.7 59.0 -0.50Change arrow
14 Environmental Protection Agency 58.6 56.2 4.20Change arrow
15 Department of Justice 58.1 57.6 0.90Change arrow
16 Department of Education 57.1 52.3 9.20Change arrow
16 Department of Defense 57.1 56.6 0.90Change arrow
18 Department of Health and Human Services 57.0 56.2 1.40Change arrow
19 Department of the Air Force 56.5 56.9 -0.80Change arrow
20 Department of the Navy 56.0 53.6 4.50Change arrow
21 National Archives and Records Administration 55.8 55.2 1.10Change arrow
22 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 54.7 54.1 1.10Change arrow
23 Small Business Administration 53.9 46.3 16.50Change arrow
24 Department of Agriculture 53.3 53.9 -1.10Change arrow
25 Department of the Interior 52.6 52.2 0.80Change arrow
26 Department of Homeland Security 50.8 47.8 6.30Change arrow
27 Department of Housing and Urban Development 50.0 49.7 0.70Change arrow
28 Department of Transportation 47.8 49.3 -3.10Change arrow
No data Government Accountability Office No data No data 0.00Change arrow
No data Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation No data 53.6 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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