Scores by Effective Leadership - Empowerment

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The Leadership - Empowerment category measures the extent to which employees feel empowered with respect to work processes and how satisfied they are with their involvement in decisions that affect their work.

Rank	Agency	2009	2007	% Change
2	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	62.0	60.6	2.30
1	Nuclear Regulatory Commission	64.5	57.9	11.30
4	General Services Administration	55.0	55.2	-0.30
6	Department of the Army	52.9	53.3	-0.80
3	Department of State	56.9	52.6	8.10
7	Department of the Air Force	52.1	52.4	-0.60
8	Department of Defense	51.9	51.5	0.70
5	Environmental Protection Agency	53.5	51.5	3.80
24	Securities and Exchange Commission	43.9	50.5	-12.90
11	Department of Energy	50.9	50.2	1.40
9	Department of Commerce	51.8	50.0	3.60
10	Department of the Navy	51.5	49.3	4.40
12	Department of Health and Human Services	49.1	48.1	2.10
22	Department of the Treasury	45.2	47.9	-5.60
16	Department of Agriculture	47.0	47.5	-0.90
14	Department of Labor	48.5	47.2	2.60
13	Department of Justice	48.7	47.1	3.50
19	Department of Veterans Affairs	46.4	46.9	-1.10
15	Department of the Interior	47.3	46.7	1.30
18	Social Security Administration	46.5	43.7	6.50
25	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	43.6	43.7	-0.30
26	Department of Housing and Urban Development	41.5	43.6	-4.80
28	Department of Transportation	40.0	42.5	-5.80
21	National Archives and Records Administration	45.4	42.2	7.50
20	Office of Personnel Management	46.1	42.1	9.60
23	Department of Education	44.7	41.5	7.70
17	Small Business Administration	46.9	41.3	13.70
	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation		38.5	0.00
27	Department of Homeland Security	40.4	34.1	18.50
	Government Accountability Office			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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