The Best and Worst Places to Work in the Federal Government

PURPOSE:

• To examine the health of agencies continuing to rank at the top and at the bottom of the Best Places to Work

BACKGROUND:

• The Office of Personnel Management administers the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey which provides federal workers the ability to offer opinions on engagement, motivation, job satisfaction, agency leadership, and other employment related topics.
• The rankings are produced by The Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit, non-partisan organization that works with agencies to make the federal government more efficient and effective.
  • In 2015, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ranked 1^st out of 19 for large agencies for a fourth year in a row.
  • In contrast, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ranked last at 19^th out of 19 for large agencies.