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54.0
#202 out of 216

Defense Contract Audit Agency (DOD)

Mission: To provide standardized contract audit services to the DoD and several other government agencies. The Defense Contract Audit Agency also provides accounting and financial advisory services regarding contracts and subcontracts to all DoD offices responsible for procurement and contract administration.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  54.0 202
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 74.3 191  of  216
Strategic Management 61.5 60  of  216
Teamwork 76.8 30  of  216
Effective Leadership 50.8 160  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 45.3 185  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 42.9 157  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 44.0 171  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 66.3 67  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 48.4 102  of  216
Training and Development 73.7 10  of  216
Support for Diversity 63.2 94  of  216
Pay and Benefits 71.2 63  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 52.8 64  of  216
Work/Life Balance 61.9 152  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  61.1 65.1 62.1
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 74.7 77.1 77.3
Strategic Management 66.8 69.9 71.7
Teamwork 77.5 79.6 77.3
Effective Leadership 54.8 55.1 52.7
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 49.0 50.0 49.2
Training and Development 75.7 78.2 74.8
Support for Diversity 64.4 62.4 67.1
Pay and Benefits 67.6 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 50.5 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 66.3 69.4 71.9
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 74.7 77.1 77.3
Strategic Management 66.8 69.9 71.7
Teamwork 77.5 79.6 77.3
Effective Leadership 54.8 55.1 52.7
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 49.0 50.0 49.2
Training and Development 75.7 78.2 74.8
Support for Diversity 64.4 62.4 67.1
Pay and Benefits 67.6 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 50.5 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 66.3 69.4 71.9
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 58.9 160  of  216
Male 48.9 210  of  214
40 and over 53.3 203  of  216
Under 40 55.8 169  of  199
Asian 54.4 69  of  74
Black or African-American 51.8 179  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 52.9 120  of  174
Multi-racial No data No data
White 54.6 198  of  215
American Indian or Native American 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 59.7 No data No data
Under 40 64.8 No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American 61.8 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White 60.8 No data No data
American Indian or Native American No data 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
American Indian or Native American No data No data No data

Trends

Index Scores

Best in Class Scores

 




Year Defense Contract Audit Agency (DOD) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 62.1 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 65.1 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 61.1 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 54.0 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: 3,859

Number of Employees in 2002: 3,936

Number of Employees in 2003: 3,876

Number of Employees in 2004: 3,867

Number of Employees in 2005: 3,917

Number of Employees in 2006: 3,826

Number of Employees in 2007: 3,920

Number of Employees in 2008: 3,992

Employees joined (2008): 565

Percentage joined (2008): 10.04%

Average joined (2004-2008): 445

Employees left (2008): 469

Percentage left (2008): 11.94%

Average left (2004-2008): 415

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 21.60%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Fort Belvoir, VA
Other Locations: Regional offices in Irving, TX; Smyrna, GA; Philadelphia, PA; Lowell, MA; and La Miranda, CA; more than 300 field audit offices and suboffices throughout the United States, Europe, and the Pacific

http://www.dcaa.mil/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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