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By: FEDweek StaffNASA won first place among large agencies for the 13th straight year in the latest rankings of the best places to work in the federal government from the Partnership for Public Service, with GAO on top for the fifth straight year among mid-sized agencies.
The rankings are based largely on responses to three questions in the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey related to their organization: whether they would recommend it as a place to work; how satisfied they are with it; and how satisfied they are with their jobs.
Among large agencies (15,000 or more employees), NASA was followed by EPA, HHS, the intelligence community, Commerce, and VA. Transportation, Army, Interior and Treasury followed. Compared with the prior rankings, the only change was that the EPA moved into the top 10—it had been a mid-sized agency previously, in fifth place in the 2023 rankings there—and the Air Force fell out.
The SSA once again was the lowest-ranked large agency, with Justice, State, DoD functions other than the military services, and DHS just above.
Among midsized agencies (1,000-15,000 employees) GAO was followed by GSA, FERC, SEC, National Credit Union Administration, SBA, Energy, OPM and the Library of Congress. FTC and OPM.
In that category, the NLRB scored the lowest. In ascending order, the next five were USAID, U.S. Agency for Global Media, FDIC, Education and National Archives and Records Administration.
Among small agencies (fewer than 1,000 employees) the National Indian Gaming Commission again rated highest, in the second year it was included in the rankings. It was followed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, National Endowment for the Humanities, CBO, Office of Special Counsel, FLRA, OMB, Farm Credit Administration, Surface Transportation Board and Consumer Product Safety Commission.
In that category, the Export-Import Bank again ranked lowest, with the next five above it in ascending order the Federal Maritime Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, FEC, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency and Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Among the 30 largest agency subcomponents ranked, NIH ranked highest and the Federal Bureau of Prisons lowest; among middle sized subcomponents, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ranked highest and State’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs lowest; and among the smallest, the Office of Negotiations and Restructuring in the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ranked highest and the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation in Transportation the lowest.
Overall, mid-size agencies had the highest median score (73.7), followed by small agencies (72.6) and large agencies (69.6).
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