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#127 out of 216

Defense Information Systems Agency (DOD)

Mission: To plan, develop, field, operate and support command, control, communications and information systems that serve the needs of the President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Combatant Commanders and other DoD components.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  62.6 127
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 72.9 201  of  216
Strategic Management 57.6 125  of  216
Teamwork 71.5 121  of  216
Effective Leadership 54.7 75  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 48.1 152  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 46.1 99  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 55.5 41  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 63.8 120  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 51.4 63  of  216
Training and Development 62.3 96  of  216
Support for Diversity 65.3 57  of  216
Pay and Benefits 72.6 39  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 56.5 31  of  216
Work/Life Balance 59.7 180  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  58.0 57.1 60.5
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 71.7 72.5 76.2
Strategic Management 54.1 56.2 58.4
Teamwork 68.3 71.3 64.7
Effective Leadership 52.9 51.2 49.1
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 49.4 50.4 47.9
Training and Development 58.9 59.2 58.9
Support for Diversity 62.0 61.5 59.8
Pay and Benefits 65.3 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 49.5 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 62.9 64.4 67.0
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 71.7 72.5 76.2
Strategic Management 54.1 56.2 58.4
Teamwork 68.3 71.3 64.7
Effective Leadership 52.9 51.2 49.1
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 49.4 50.4 47.9
Training and Development 58.9 59.2 58.9
Support for Diversity 62.0 61.5 59.8
Pay and Benefits 65.3 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 49.5 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 62.9 64.4 67.0
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 60.6 148  of  216
Male 64.1 117  of  214
40 and over 63.9 101  of  216
Under 40 58.0 157  of  199
Asian 61.9 58  of  74
Black or African-American 64.7 88  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 75.4 12  of  174
Multi-racial No data No data
White 62.5 137  of  215
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over 58.4 No data No data
Under 40 55.5 No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American 60.3 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White 59.0 No data No data
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over No data No data No data
Under 40 No data No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American No data No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White No data No data No data

Trends

Index Scores

Best in Class Scores

 




Year Defense Information Systems Agency (DOD) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 60.5 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 57.1 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 58.0 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 62.6 74.8 64.1 54.0

Comparative Data — Subcomponent Averages

High Performing Average Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
High Performing Average - Employee Skills 82.4 82.3 83.3 83.4
High Performing Average - Management 65.7 64.6 66.0 66.9
High Performing Average - Teamwork 73.7 77.2 78.7 79.1
High Performing Average - Leadership 57.1 59.9 61.9 62.6
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 53.2 55.8 56.8 58.1
High Performing Average - Training and Development 67.7 70.5 71.3 72.0
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity 69.0 68.9 68.8 70.9
High Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 74.8 76.8
High Performing Average - Family Friendly 57.2 60.0
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 72.6 72.1 72.8 72.5
Average Index Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
Average for Employee Skills 78.4 77.6 77.7 78.5
Average for Management 59.1 56.9 56.6 58.6
Average for Teamwork 67.8 71.1 70.8 72.1
Average for Leadership 49.7 51.7 51.7 53.5
Average for Rewards and Advancement 45.4 47.0 46.9 48.5
Average for Training and Development 58.4 61.0 59.8 61.8
Average for Support for Diversity 61.7 60.0 59.4 62.3
Average for Pay and Benefits 66.4 68.1
Average for Family Friendly 44.8 46.8
Average for Work/Life Balance 66.1 64.6 63.4 64.2
Low Performing Average Score 2003 2005 2007 2009
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills 73.6 72.0 71.1 72.9
Low Performing Average - Management 52.3 48.8 47.4 50.2
Low Performing Average - Teamwork 61.8 65.1 63.3 65.5
Low Performing Average - Leadership 42.9 43.7 41.9 44.8
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 37.7 38.0 36.3 39.3
Low Performing Average - Training and Development 50.3 51.0 48.1 52.4
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity 54.7 51.5 49.8 53.1
Low Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 57.2 58.8
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly 33.2 34.7
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 59.4 57.0 54.8 56.0

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

 

Number of Employees in 2001: 5,943

Number of Employees in 2002: 5,838

Number of Employees in 2003: 5,469

Number of Employees in 2004: 5,007

Number of Employees in 2005: 4,718

Number of Employees in 2006: 4,883

Number of Employees in 2007: 5,115

Number of Employees in 2008: 5,214

Employees joined (2008): 550

Percentage joined (2008): 12.41%

Average joined (2004-2008): 510

Employees left (2008): 484

Percentage left (2008): 9.20%

Average left (2004-2008): 512

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 12.00%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Falls Church, VA
Other Locations: Directorates in Falls Church and Arlington, VA. Field offices in Washington, D.C.; Annapolis, MD; Norfolk and Fort Belvoir, VA; Fort Huachuca, AZ; Miami and MacDill Air Force Base, FL; Peterson Air force Base, CO; Scott Air Force Base, IL; Offutt Air Force Base, NE; Wheeler Army Airfield, HI; and Vaihingen, Germany

http://www.disa.mil/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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