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

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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 83.5 81.9 2.00Change arrow
2 Government Accountability Office 80.2 77.2 3.90Change arrow
3 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 75.3 75.6 -0.50Change arrow
4 Environmental Protection Agency 73.0 69.2 5.50Change arrow
5 Social Security Administration 72.0 72.7 -1.00Change arrow
6 General Services Administration 70.4 69.0 2.00Change arrow
7 Department of State 69.2 66.1 4.70Change arrow
7 Securities and Exchange Commission 69.2 75.5 -8.30Change arrow
9 Department of Justice 68.8 69.7 -1.30Change arrow
10 Department of Commerce 67.8 64.7 4.80Change arrow
11 Department of Energy 67.3 66.7 1.00Change arrow
12 Department of Labor 66.2 63.6 4.10Change arrow
13 Department of the Air Force 64.6 63.0 2.50Change arrow
14 Department of the Navy 64.2 63.5 1.20Change arrow
15 Department of the Army 63.9 68.4 -6.60Change arrow
16 Department of Defense 63.8 65.3 -2.30Change arrow
17 Department of the Interior 63.7 61.1 4.20Change arrow
18 Department of Health and Human Services 63.5 63.6 -0.10Change arrow
19 Department of Veterans Affairs 63.1 60.0 5.10Change arrow
19 Office of Personnel Management 63.1 58.7 7.40Change arrow
21 Department of Agriculture 61.6 62.9 -2.10Change arrow
22 Department of the Treasury 60.3 64.3 -6.30Change arrow
23 Department of Education 58.0 50.9 14.00Change arrow
24 Small Business Administration 57.7 45.4 27.20Change arrow
25 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 57.2 52.9 8.20Change arrow
26 Department of Homeland Security 56.5 51.0 10.90Change arrow
27 National Archives and Records Administration 55.7 54.9 1.50Change arrow
28 Department of Transportation 50.2 51.4 -2.30Change arrow
29 Department of Housing and Urban Development 49.9 49.7 0.30Change arrow
No data Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation No data 62.6 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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