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 Federal Maritime Commission 80.0 65.3 22.50Change arrow
2 Surface Transportation Board 74.1 No data 0.00Change arrow
3 Merit Systems Protection Board 74.0 73.7 0.50Change arrow
4 Office of the U.S. Trade Representative 69.8 No data 0.00Change arrow
5 Office of Management and Budget 69.4 68.4 1.40Change arrow
6 Federal Trade Commission 68.5 64.5 6.20Change arrow
7 Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency 68.0 61.1 11.20Change arrow
8 Overseas Private Investment Corporation 67.4 No data 0.00Change arrow
9 National Science Foundation 67.0 64.3 4.20Change arrow
10 Federal Housing Finance Board 66.4 64.5 3.00Change arrow
11 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 64.4 62.1 3.80Change arrow
11 Corporation for National and Community Service 64.4 64.0 0.60Change arrow
13 National Credit Union Administration 63.5 65.8 -3.50Change arrow
14 Commodity Futures Trading Commission 63.2 49.5 27.60Change arrow
15 National Endowment for the Arts 63.1 57.2 10.40Change arrow
16 Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight 62.6 No data 0.00Change arrow
17 U.S. International Trade Commission 61.5 60.4 1.90Change arrow
18 National Transportation Safety Board 61.4 52.5 17.00Change arrow
19 Export-Import Bank of the United States 60.9 66.5 -8.40Change arrow
20 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 59.4 59.6 -0.30Change arrow
21 Federal Election Commission 59.0 58.6 0.60Change arrow
22 Consumer Product Safety Commission 58.7 56.7 3.60Change arrow
23 Agency for International Development 58.2 56.6 2.80Change arrow
24 National Labor Relations Board 55.7 60.9 -8.60Change arrow
25 Federal Communications Commission 53.3 No data 0.00Change arrow
26 Railroad Retirement Board 52.5 51.4 2.10Change arrow
27 National Endowment for the Humanities 51.9 50.3 3.10Change arrow
28 International Boundary and Water Commission 47.5 55.8 -14.90Change arrow
29 Broadcasting Board of Governors 39.4 41.6 -5.30Change arrow
30 Selective Service System 38.8 53.0 -26.90Change arrow
31 Federal Labor Relations Authority 35.9 33.8 6.40Change arrow
No data Millennium Challenge Corporation No data 65.7 0.00Change arrow
No data Congressional Budget Office No data No data 0.00Change arrow
No data Farm Credit Administration No data 55.3 0.00Change arrow
No data Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services No data 69.1 0.00Change arrow
No data United States Holocaust Memorial Museum No data 55.6 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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