Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement 2007 (header image goes here)
50.9
#211 out of 216

Defense Contract Management Agency (DOD)

Mission: To provide contract management services to the DoD to ensure that federal acquisition programs, supplies, and services are delivered on time, within cost, and meet performance requirements.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  50.9 211
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 71.4 211  of  216
Strategic Management 45.2 214  of  216
Teamwork 68.3 183  of  216
Effective Leadership 45.8 196  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 43.4 198  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 41.0 177  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 39.3 194  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 57.2 202  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 41.5 191  of  216
Training and Development 56.6 173  of  216
Support for Diversity 55.9 193  of  216
Pay and Benefits 60.8 189  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 52.1 69  of  216
Work/Life Balance 53.2 212  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  49.8 54.0 45.7
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 72.9 72.3 71.6
Strategic Management 44.5 48.2 47.0
Teamwork 67.5 66.7 63.8
Effective Leadership 45.2 45.9 40.4
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 41.8 40.5 30.5
Training and Development 56.0 58.9 53.9
Support for Diversity 53.5 55.4 51.9
Pay and Benefits 58.3 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 53.9 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 55.4 57.1 55.2
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 72.9 72.3 71.6
Strategic Management 44.5 48.2 47.0
Teamwork 67.5 66.7 63.8
Effective Leadership 45.2 45.9 40.4
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 41.8 40.5 30.5
Training and Development 56.0 58.9 53.9
Support for Diversity 53.5 55.4 51.9
Pay and Benefits 58.3 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 53.9 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 55.4 57.1 55.2
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 55.9 186  of  216
Male 47.7 211  of  214
40 and over 50.6 212  of  216
Under 40 55.4 173  of  199
Asian 65.3 53  of  74
Black or African-American 64.9 85  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 53.6 117  of  174
Multi-racial No data No data
White 47.8 211  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 49.5 No data No data
Under 40 53.5 No data No data
Asian 65.7 No data No data
Black or African-American 61.1 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White 47.9 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 Management Agency (DOD) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 45.7 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 54.0 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 49.8 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 50.9 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: 11,887

Number of Employees in 2002: 11,251

Number of Employees in 2003: 10,611

Number of Employees in 2004: 10,817

Number of Employees in 2005: 10,418

Number of Employees in 2006: 9,772

Number of Employees in 2007: 9,438

Number of Employees in 2008: 9,194

Employees joined (2008): 677

Percentage joined (2008): 2.80%

Average joined (2004-2008): 551

Employees left (2008): 954

Percentage left (2008): 8.63%

Average left (2004-2008): 820

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 3.80%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Alexandria, VA
Other Locations: 65 major office locations worldwide

http://www.dcma.mil/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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