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53.2
#207 out of 216

Office of the Secretary of the Interior (Interior)

Mission: To assist the Secretary of the Interior in communicating the mission and activities of DOI to government agencies and the general public.

Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 216
  53.2 207
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 74.7 188  of  216
Strategic Management 54.9 169  of  216
Teamwork 64.7 205  of  216
Effective Leadership 48.3 182  of  216
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 46.8 172  of  216
Effective Leadership - Fairness 40.0 183  of  216
Effective Leadership - Leaders 44.6 164  of  216
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 58.9 186  of  216
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 45.6 156  of  216
Training and Development 53.2 200  of  216
Support for Diversity 57.8 176  of  216
Pay and Benefits 67.0 127  of  216
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 42.0 146  of  216
Work/Life Balance 55.9 200  of  216
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  52.0 60.9 60.3
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 73.4 78.0 80.6
Strategic Management 53.4 57.0 66.5
Teamwork 63.3 66.9 63.1
Effective Leadership 44.5 47.5 56.2
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 41.7 42.8 45.9
Training and Development 48.7 51.4 57.6
Support for Diversity 54.3 56.6 57.4
Pay and Benefits 67.7 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 41.4 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 58.1 65.1 74.0
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 73.4 78.0 80.6
Strategic Management 53.4 57.0 66.5
Teamwork 63.3 66.9 63.1
Effective Leadership 44.5 47.5 56.2
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 41.7 42.8 45.9
Training and Development 48.7 51.4 57.6
Support for Diversity 54.3 56.6 57.4
Pay and Benefits 67.7 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 41.4 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 58.1 65.1 74.0
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 52.5 204  of  216
Male 53.9 200  of  214
40 and over 53.2 204  of  216
Under 40 52.9 181  of  199
Asian No data No data
Black or African-American 42.7 187  of  188
Hispanic or Latino 57.0 107  of  174
Multi-racial 44.3 39  of  43
White 54.9 197  of  215
American Indian or Native American 56.3 11  of  15
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 51.1 No data No data
Under 40 55.1 No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American 46.3 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White 53.2 No data No data
American Indian or Native American 58.5 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 Office of the Secretary of the Interior (Interior) Index Score Subcomponent High Performing Average Subcomponent Average Index Score Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003 60.3 69.3 61.0 51.9
2005 60.9 73.0 62.9 52.3
2007 52.0 73.8 61.9 49.0
2009 53.2 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: 1,864

Number of Employees in 2002: 2,019

Number of Employees in 2003: 2,131

Number of Employees in 2004: 2,321

Number of Employees in 2005: 2,456

Number of Employees in 2006: 2,720

Number of Employees in 2007: 2,747

Number of Employees in 2008: 2,733

Employees joined (2008): 270

Percentage joined (2008): 12.13%

Average joined (2004-2008): 288

Employees left (2008): 297

Percentage left (2008): 9.12%

Average left (2004-2008): 258

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 12.90%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.

http://www.doi.gov/secretary/

Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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