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Agency Report
Department of Agriculture

Mission: To provide leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science and efficient management. The Department of Agriculture's broad range of responsibilities also include the food stamp program, anti-poverty programs, conservation and natural resource protection, and an array of rural development programs.

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Subcomponents

Agricultural Research Service (USDA) - Score: 63.2
Departmental Administration (USDA) - Score: 59.4
Economic Research Service (USDA) - Score: 71.4
Farm Service Agency (USDA) - Score: 59.5
Food and Nutrition Service (USDA) - Score: 64.4
Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA) - Score: 67.5
Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA) - Score: 45.7
Forest Service (USDA) - Score: 53.4
Marketing and Regulatory Programs (USDA) - Score: 62.2
National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA) - Score: 45.2
Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA) - Score: 66.8
Office of General Counsel (USDA) - Score: 60.6
Office of the Inspector General (USDA) - Score: 64.0
Risk Management Agency (USDA) - Score: 67.0
Rural Development (USDA) - Score: 56.5

Scores and Rankings

• 2012
• Previous Years

	Score	Rank of 19
Index Score	57.4	16
Scores by Category	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Effective Leadership	50.7	16 of 19
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	42.3	17 of 19
Effective Leadership - Fairness	52.3	14 of 19
Effective Leadership - Senior Leaders	40.6	18 of 19
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	64.1	8 of 19
Employee Skills/Mission Match	76.3	16 of 19
Pay	55.1	16 of 19
Strategic Management	49.1	18 of 19
Teamwork	63.3	16 of 19
Training and Development	56.0	17 of 19
Work/Life Balance	56.9	16 of 19
Support for Diversity	59.8	6 of 19
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	41.4	15 of 19
Alternative Work and Employee Support Programs	75.2	9 of 18
Index Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	60.4	16 of 18
Male	59.7	17 of 18
40 and over	60.2	17 of 18
Under 40	59.9	15 of 18
American Indian or Native American	55.3	15 of 18
Asian	65.9	15 of 18
Black or African-American	64.4	13 of 18
Hispanic or Latino	62.6	15 of 18
Multi-racial	52.1	17 of 18
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	58.5	14 of 16
White	59.8	17 of 18
Employees with Disabilities	52.2	17 of 18
Veterans	57.5	17 of 18
Senior Executive Service (SES)	84.0	10 of 18

	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Index Score	61.8	62.0	60.6	61.6	62.7	60.8
Scores by Category	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Effective Leadership	52.7	51.8	50.5	51.6	51.7	50.2
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	45.5	45.3	47.0	47.5	46.5	46.2
Effective Leadership - Fairness	53.7	52.3	49.4	48.2	49.8	48.6
Effective Leadership - Senior Leaders	43.9	43.3	41.5	43.4	43.0	41.8
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	64.7	63.5	61.9	63.6	63.9	61.4
Employee Skills/Mission Match	78.5	77.0	77.8	78.4	78.6	79.6
Pay	59.0	65.7	62.2	63.0
Strategic Management	52.2	51.8	53.3	53.9	54.2	56.8
Teamwork	64.5	63.7	70.7	70.7	70.4	68.8
Training and Development	58.6	58.0	60.5	61.3	63.2	60.1
Work/Life Balance	57.9	58.7	59.8	60.9	64.0	63.5
Support for Diversity	61.0	60.7	64.8	63.6	63.3	65.6
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	44.0	44.2	43.8	43.4	42.8	42.1
Alternative Work and Employee Support Programs	81.0
Index Scores by Demographic	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Female	63.3	62.4	60.3
Male	65.1	63.9	60.7
40 and over	63.5	62.7	60.3
Under 40	66.9	65.4	61.6
American Indian or Native American	61.0	65.3	56.2
Asian	68.6	68.8	65.9
Black or African-American	65.8	62.1	63.5
Hispanic or Latino	67.7	62.7	60.1
Multi-racial	58.6	54.1	55.2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White	64.3	63.7	60.4
Employees with Disabilities
Veterans
Senior Executive Service (SES)

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees in 2001:  86,257

Number of Employees in 2002:  88,886

Number of Employees in 2003:  87,870

Number of Employees in 2004:  88,323

Number of Employees in 2005:  86,909

Number of Employees in 2006:  85,236

Number of Employees in 2007:  83,438

Number of Employees in 2008:  83,092

Number of Employees in 2009:  83,692

Number of Employees in 2010:  85,255

Number of Employees in 2011:  79,899

Employees joined (2011):  3,729

Percentage joined (2011):  4.70%

Average joined (2005-2011):  4,427

Employees left (2011):  6,142

Percentage left (2011):  7.70%

Average left (2005-2011):  5,771

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service):  11.20%

Demographics source: FedScope, U.S. Office of Personnel Management