NASA Ranked Fifth In Best Places To Work In The Federal Government
WASHINGTON -- NASA has been ranked fifth in the Partnership for Public Service 2010 ratings for the "Best Places to Work in the Federal
Government."
The 2010 survey is the fifth conducted by the partnership since 2003.
NASA has been rated in the top five in the federal government in four
of the surveys and sixth in the other. An award was accepted by
Associate Deputy Administrator Charles Scales on behalf of the agency
at a special briefing held by the partnership on Wednesday, Sept. 1.
The partnership is a nonprofit organization that works to revitalize
and transform the federal government by inspiring a new generation to
serve. The "Best Places" program is one of many the Partnership
sponsors to encourage government service.
The data used to develop these rankings were based on the Office of
Personnel Management's Employee Viewpoint Survey. Approximately
260,000 employees at 290 departments, agencies and sub-components
were surveyed.
NASA's workforce continues to score well on the survey among the 32
large federal agencies. The best places to work index is based on
employee responses to questions about whether they are satisfied with
their jobs and organization. A key factor is also whether employees
would recommend their organization to others as a good place to work.
In addition to this overall index, agencies and subcomponents also
were scored in workplace environment categories such as effective
leadership, employee skills/mission match and work/life balance. NASA
was among the leaders in several categories, including effective
leadership, support for diversity, teamwork, training and performance
based rewards. The complete listing of the rankings and scores for
federal components is available at:
http://www.bestplacestowork.
For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
Source: NASA
