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Strategic Management

The Strategic Management category measures the extent to which employees believe that management ensures they have the necessary skills and abilities to do their jobs, is successful at hiring new employees with the necessary skills to help the organization, and works to achieve the organizational goals with targeted personnel strategies and performance management.

How we calculate the Strategic Management score
Government-wide Scores
Agency Index Scores
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Rank Agency 2013 2012 Change
1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 63.6 62.4 1.20 Change
2 Department of State 59.4 60.9 -1.50 Change
3 Department of Commerce 58.6 60.2 -1.60 Change
4 Intelligence Community 58.5 61.2 -2.70 Change
5 Department of Health and Human Services 55.9 56.4 -0.50 Change
6 Department of Veterans Affairs 55.0 53.7 1.30 Change
7 Department of Justice 54.7 55.9 -1.20 Change
7 Department of the Treasury 54.7 58.8 -4.10 Change
9 Department of Labor 54.6 56.4 -1.80 Change
10 Social Security Administration 54.5 58.9 -4.40 Change
11 Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Defense Agencies, and Department of Defense Field Activities 53.2 54.8 -1.60 Change
12 Department of the Navy 53.1 55.9 -2.80 Change
13 Department of Transportation 52.6 52.3 0.30 Change
14 Department of the Air Force 52.3 56.0 -3.70 Change
15 Department of the Army 50.4 55.5 -5.10 Change
16 Department of the Interior 48.4 52.3 -3.90 Change
17 Environmental Protection Agency 48.1 54.7 -6.60 Change
18 Department of Agriculture 47.7 49.1 -1.40 Change
19 Department of Homeland Security 45.0 47.9 -2.90 Change

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Category scores may not be available for agencies that did not participate in the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.