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78.2
#6 out of 216

Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys and U.S. Attorneys (DOJ)

Mission: The U.S. Attorney's office conducts most of the trial work in which the United States is a party, including prosecuting criminal cases brought by the federal government (including all criminal cases in the District of Columbia) and represents the government in both prosecution and defense of civil cases. The executive office facilitates coordination between the Offices of the U.S. Attorneys and other units of DOJ.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  78.2 6
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 86.7 1  of  216
Strategic Management 67.7 12  of  216
Teamwork 76.9 28  of  216
Effective Leadership 62.3 13  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 55.8 41  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 54.8 22  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 63.4 11  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 70.1 28  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 57.4 17  of  216
Training and Development 73.7 10  of  216
Support for Diversity 64.9 67  of  216
Pay and Benefits 65.3 150  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 35.0 200  of  216
Work/Life Balance 71.3 17  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  73.8 75.9 71.4
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 84.4 85.3 84.4
Strategic Management 62.9 64.8 66.6
Teamwork 73.5 75.1 70.2
Effective Leadership 58.1 56.4 52.9
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 51.7 52.3 47.9
Training and Development 71.3 70.3 67.1
Support for Diversity 60.8 61.0 61.0
Pay and Benefits 63.5 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 32.4 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 60.5 67.2 65.5
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 84.4 85.3 84.4
Strategic Management 62.9 64.8 66.6
Teamwork 73.5 75.1 70.2
Effective Leadership 58.1 56.4 52.9
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 51.7 52.3 47.9
Training and Development 71.3 70.3 67.1
Support for Diversity 60.8 61.0 61.0
Pay and Benefits 63.5 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 32.4 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 60.5 67.2 65.5
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 75.7 10  of  216
Male 82.2 6  of  214
40 and over 78.7 4  of  216
Under 40 76.7 24  of  199
Asian 75.5 14  of  74
Black or African-American 71.0 27  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 77.5 5  of  174
Multi-racial 77.3 1  of  43
White 80.0 6  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 75.6 No data No data
Under 40 68.7 No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American 63.1 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White 75.7 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 Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys and U.S. Attorneys (DOJ) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 71.4 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 75.9 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 73.8 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 78.2 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: 9,620

Number of Employees in 2002: 9,834

Number of Employees in 2003: 9,927

Number of Employees in 2004: 10,156

Number of Employees in 2005: 10,042

Number of Employees in 2006: 9,862

Number of Employees in 2007: 9,702

Number of Employees in 2008: 10,043

Employees joined (2008): 622

Percentage joined (2008): 2.84%

Average joined (2004-2008): 423

Employees left (2008): 661

Percentage left (2008): 8.41%

Average left (2004-2008): 775

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 11.10%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Other Locations: 94 U.S. Attorneys' offices located throughout the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Marianas Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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