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	Surface Transportation Board	85.9		0.00
2	Merit Systems Protection Board	82.9	77.3	7.30
3	Federal Maritime Commission	78.4	76.4	2.60
4	National Endowment for the Arts	76.6	72.1	6.20
5	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	76.2	74.1	2.90
6	Federal Housing Finance Board	75.5	74.9	0.80
7	Federal Trade Commission	75.4	73.4	2.70
8	Export-Import Bank of the United States	74.7	72.0	3.80
9	U.S. International Trade Commission	72.1	71.5	0.90
10	Federal Election Commission	71.3	73.6	-3.20
11	Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency	70.8	63.2	12.00
12	Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation	70.5	69.1	2.00
13	Commodity Futures Trading Commission	70.4	66.1	6.50
14	Federal Communications Commission	69.3		0.00
15	Overseas Private Investment Corporation	68.8		0.00
16	National Science Foundation	68.3	66.0	3.50
17	Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight	66.8		0.00
18	National Labor Relations Board	66.2	71.1	-7.00
19	Railroad Retirement Board	65.2	64.6	0.90
20	National Endowment for the Humanities	64.9	64.9	0.10
21	National Credit Union Administration	64.8	71.0	-8.70
22	Consumer Product Safety Commission	62.3	64.6	-3.60
23	National Transportation Safety Board	61.9	58.9	5.10
24	Corporation for National and Community Service	61.0	64.3	-5.20
25	Office of Management and Budget	60.3	54.4	10.90
26	Office of the U.S. Trade Representative	59.4		0.00
27	Agency for International Development	56.8	58.3	-2.50
28	Selective Service System	55.1	62.9	-12.30
29	Broadcasting Board of Governors	54.2	55.6	-2.50
30	International Boundary and Water Commission	49.2	62.7	-21.50
31	Federal Labor Relations Authority	48.4	48.9	-1.10
	Millennium Challenge Corporation		59.0	0.00
	Congressional Budget Office			0.00
	Farm Credit Administration		68.8	0.00
	Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services		76.9	0.00
	United States Holocaust Memorial Museum		68.4	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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