Scores by Work/Life Balance

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The work/life balance category measures the extent to which employees consider their workloads reasonable and feasible, and mangers support a balance between work and life.

Rank	Agency	2009	2007	% Change
1	Nuclear Regulatory Commission	76.6	73.2	4.60
2	Securities and Exchange Commission	70.0	72.1	-2.90
3	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	67.3	66.4	1.30
4	General Services Administration	67.0	67.9	-1.30
5	Office of Personnel Management	66.2	60.2	9.90
6	Department of the Treasury	65.8	64.7	1.70
7	Department of Education	65.2	62.3	4.60
8	Department of the Army	64.9	63.8	1.70
9	Department of Energy	64.7	64.2	0.70
10	Department of Commerce	64.5	63.0	2.40
11	Environmental Protection Agency	64.3	63.1	1.90
12	Department of Defense	63.8	63.5	0.40
13	Department of the Air Force	63.6	64.1	-0.80
14	Department of the Navy	63.3	62.1	1.90
15	Department of Justice	63.2	62.0	1.90
16	Department of Health and Human Services	63.0	62.8	0.30
17	Department of State	62.2	61.4	1.30
18	National Archives and Records Administration	62.1	63.0	-1.40
19	Department of Labor	60.9	61.9	-1.70
20	Department of Veterans Affairs	60.5	58.9	2.60
21	Small Business Administration	59.9	52.4	14.40
22	Department of Agriculture	59.8	60.9	-1.80
23	Social Security Administration	59.5	62.5	-4.70
24	Department of Homeland Security	57.8	51.8	11.70
25	Department of the Interior	57.5	57.5	-0.10
25	Department of Housing and Urban Development	57.5	58.4	-1.60
27	Department of Transportation	55.8	56.2	-0.60
28	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	49.6	54.9	-9.70
	Government Accountability Office			0.00
	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation		64.9	0.00
	Intelligence Community			0.00

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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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