Best Places to Work in the Federal Governement 2007 (header image goes here)
70.9
#4 out of 30

Intelligence Community

Mission: To create decision advantage for policy makers, warfighters, homeland security officials and law enforcement personnel by integrating foreign, military, and domestic intelligence capabilities.

The Intelligence Community (IC) is a federation of seventeen executive branch agencies and organizations that work separately and collaboratively to conduct intelligence activities necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and the protection of the national security of the United States. The IC is led by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Program Managers

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
Department of Justice National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
National Security Agency (NSA)

Departmental Components

Department of Justice Department of Energy (DoE) Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
  • Office of Intelligence & Analysis
Department of State (DoS) Department of the Treasury
  • Office of Intelligence and Analysis

Service Components

United States Army
United States Navy United States Air Force
United States Marine Corps
  • Intelligence Activity
United States Coast Guard

Scores and Rankings

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Family Friendly Culture and Benefits No data No data No data
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Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
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Trends

Index Scores

Best in Class Scores

 




Year Intelligence Community Index Score Large Agency High Performing Average Large Agency Average Index Score Large Agency Low Performing Average
2003 65.0 60.8 55.9
2005 72.4 62.4 51.4
2007 71.8 61.7 50.6
2009 70.9 73.8 64.1 55.5

Comparative Data — Large Agency Averages

High Performing Average Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
High Performing Average - Employee Skills 80.7 80.6 80.7 83.0
High Performing Average - Management 62.1 63.9 62.4 64.0
High Performing Average - Teamwork 71.6 76.5 75.9 77.6
High Performing Average - Leadership 54.1 58.3 58.2 60.7
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 50.5 53.5 53.3 56.3
High Performing Average - Training and Development 63.7 68.2 66.7 68.8
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity 67.0 67.4 66.7 68.8
High Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 74.3 72.9
High Performing Average - Family Friendly 56.4 57.6
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 69.5 70.0 69.5 69.4
Average Index Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
Average for Employee Skills 78.1 77.4 77.5 78.9
Average for Management 58.1 56.8 56.1 57.8
Average for Teamwork 68.3 71.3 70.7 71.7
Average for Leadership 49.1 50.2 50.3 52.1
Average for Rewards and Advancement 44.4 44.7 45.1 46.8
Average for Training and Development 57.5 59.9 58.6 60.7
Average for Support for Diversity 61.3 59.1 58.3 60.7
Average for Pay and Benefits 66.2 66.8
Average for Family Friendly 45.7 47.2
Average for Work/Life Balance 64.4 63.7 64.4 62.7
Low Performing Average Score 2003 2005 2007 2009
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills 74.9 73.3 72.8 75.7
Low Performing Average - Management 53.9 49.4 49.1 50.9
Low Performing Average - Teamwork 65.4 66.9 66.0 67.2
Low Performing Average - Leadership 45.6 42.7 42.5 45.4
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 39.3 36.6 36.6 40.1
Low Performing Average - Training and Development 51.4 50.3 49.0 53.4
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity 57.6 52.5 51.1 54.4
Low Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 58.8 60.5
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly 36.4 38.2
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 59.7 56.3 59.7 55.6

Workforce Size and Trends

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Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): No data

More About the Agency

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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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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