Drawing on the Office of Personnel Management’s Federal
Human Capital Survey of 150,000 executive branch employees,
the Partnership for Public Service and American University
have released their 2005 rankings for the best places to
work in government.
The top three overall are the Office of Management and
Budget, the National Science Foundation, and the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, and PPS said employees in
three-fourths of federal agencies — it ranked 30 agencies
and 220 subcomponents — “are more committed and engaged
in their work today than just two years ago.”
The rankings measure employee engagement and ten work
environment categories, as well as isolate trends among
demographic groups.
The other agencies in the top ten are the Government
Accountability Office, Securities and Exchange Commission,
NASA, General Services Administration, Environmental
Protection Agency, and Departments of Energy and State.
“Rankings such as these provide an excellent opportunity
for agencies to re-examine their workplaces from the
perspective of the front-line employees,” said National
Treasury Employees Union President Colleen M. Kelley.
“This analysis cuts to the heart of those things that
really matter to employees-issues of pay and benefits,
leadership, culture and diversity, training and developing
and work-life balance.”
