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National Archives and Records Administration

Mission: To safeguard and preserve the records of our government, ensuring that the people can discover, use and learn from this documentary heritage. To support democracy, promote civic education and facilitate historical understanding of our national experience.

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Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 30
  56.0 29
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 77.4 22  of  29
Strategic Management 55.8 21  of  28
Teamwork 66.6 27  of  28
Effective Leadership 49.0 21  of  28
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 45.4 21  of  28
Effective Leadership - Fairness 44.8 16  of  28
Effective Leadership - Leaders 42.5 22  of  28
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 60.5 20  of  28
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 47.0 10  of  28
Training and Development 57.5 20  of  28
Support for Diversity 54.5 26  of  28
Pay and Benefits 62.0 24  of  28
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 43.9 17  of  28
Work/Life Balance 62.1 18  of  28
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
  54.9 56.5 No data
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 77.5 76.7 No data
Strategic Management 55.2 57.7 No data
Teamwork 65.3 67.2 No data
Effective Leadership 47.0 47.8 No data
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 45.9 42.4 No data
Training and Development 54.7 58.0 No data
Support for Diversity 51.5 52.8 No data
Pay and Benefits 61.3 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 44.4 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 63.0 66.5 No data
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match 77.5 76.7 No data
Strategic Management 55.2 57.7 No data
Teamwork 65.3 67.2 No data
Effective Leadership 47.0 47.8 No data
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 45.9 42.4 No data
Training and Development 54.7 58.0 No data
Support for Diversity 51.5 52.8 No data
Pay and Benefits 61.3 No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 44.4 No data No data
Work/Life Balance 63.0 66.5 No data
Scores by Demographic Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Female 58.3 24  of  29
Male 53.5 28  of  29
40 and over 56.1 26  of  29
Under 40 55.7 27  of  29
Asian No data 29
Black or African-American 46.9 29  of  29
Hispanic or Latino 46.2 29  of  29
Multi-racial 51.8 21  of  28
White 60.7 22  of  29
American Indian or Native American No data 20
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 54.9 No data No data
Under 40 54.9 No data No data
Asian 58.9 No data No data
Black or African-American 43.9 No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial 44.6 No data No data
White 59.6 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 National Archives and Records Administration 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 56.5 72.4 62.4 51.4
2007 54.9 71.8 61.7 50.6
2009 56.0 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

Number of Employees

 

Number of Employees in 2001: 2,419

Number of Employees in 2002: 2,487

Number of Employees in 2003: 2,457

Number of Employees in 2004: 2,494

Number of Employees in 2005: 2,526

Number of Employees in 2006: 2,504

Number of Employees in 2007: 2,399

Number of Employees in 2008: 2,450

Employees joined (2008): 191

Percentage joined (2008): 6.99%

Average joined (2004-2008): 178

Employees left (2008): 165

Percentage left (2008): 8.99%

Average left (2004-2008): 210

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 9.70%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in College Park, MD
Other Locations: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wyoming

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Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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