DoD has produced an analysis of how it stands compared to other agencies in the recently issued results of the 2006 government-wide federal employee survey, showing that it is in about the midrange of many indicators and significantly higher or lower than average in only a few.
OPM recently issued rankings of only the top 10 agencies in four categories it created as an analytical tool that combine responses to a number of different questions, but according to a DoD slide presentation, the department ranks: 12th in leadership and knowledge management; 14th in job satisfaction; 15th in talent management and 19th in results-oriented performance culture. DoD ranked above the government-wide average in each, by from one to three percentage points.
In no items in the survey did DoD employees respond positively by at least 5 percentage points higher than in the comparable 2004 survey, but on four items there were decreases of at least 5 percentage points. Those were satisfaction with child care subsidies, alternative work schedules, retirement benefits and work/life programs.
Similarly, DoD says it ranks at least 5 percentage points above the government-wide average in employees feeling encouraged to come up with new and better ways of doing things and in preparation for potential security threats. It fell below by the same margin only on satisfaction with the flexible spending account program—a government-wide benefit that is not in DoD’s control.
