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Agency Report
Missile Defense Agency (DOD)

Mission: To develop, test and field an integrated, layered, ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies and friends against all ranges of enemy ballistic missiles in all phases of flight.

http://www.mda.mil/

Parent Agency

Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Defense Agencies, and Department of Defense Field Activities - Score: 59.9

Scores and Rankings

• 2012
• Previous Years

	Score	Rank of 292
Index Score	51.7	265
Scores by Category	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Effective Leadership	54.5	167 of 290
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	40.7	258 of 290
Effective Leadership - Fairness	57.0	101 of 290
Effective Leadership - Senior Leaders	47.1	183 of 290
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	67.5	97 of 290
Employee Skills/Mission Match	71.0	268 of 290
Pay	65.4	67 of 290
Strategic Management	59.2	79 of 290
Teamwork	67.0	133 of 290
Training and Development	67.5	44 of 290
Work/Life Balance	60.5	174 of 290
Support for Diversity	61.7	71 of 290
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	43.2	194 of 290
Alternative Work and Employee Support Programs
Index Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	52.5	254 of 287
Male	53.8	259 of 290
40 and over	54.8	258 of 289
Under 40	50.0	221 of 249
American Indian or Native American
Asian
Black or African-American	65.0	106 of 236
Hispanic or Latino	51.3	150 of 159
Multi-racial	54.9	67 of 100
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White	51.6	267 of 290
Employees with Disabilities	45.3	187 of 205
Veterans	54.8	219 of 245
Senior Executive Service (SES)

	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Index Score	51.4	49.5
Scores by Category	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Effective Leadership	57.2	52.8
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	43.0	43.3
Effective Leadership - Fairness	60.5	57.6
Effective Leadership - Senior Leaders	49.2	44.4
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	70.5	63.5
Employee Skills/Mission Match	72.7	69.8
Pay	74.6	75.4
Strategic Management	58.4	55.1
Teamwork	68.9	65.3
Training and Development	69.5	62.0
Work/Life Balance	56.9	52.6
Support for Diversity	65.7	61.5
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	48.7	47.9
Alternative Work and Employee Support Programs
Index Scores by Demographic	2011	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Female	55.1	49.2
Male	52.8	50.8
40 and over	51.0	50.2
Under 40	60.5	49.2
American Indian or Native American
Asian
Black or African-American	73.2	51.9
Hispanic or Latino
Multi-racial
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White	50.1	48.7
Employees with Disabilities
Veterans
Senior Executive Service (SES)

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees in 2001: 

Number of Employees in 2002: 

Number of Employees in 2003:  586

Number of Employees in 2004:  673

Number of Employees in 2005:  671

Number of Employees in 2006:  807

Number of Employees in 2007:  1,020

Number of Employees in 2008:  1,199

Number of Employees in 2009:  1,429

Number of Employees in 2010:  1,990

Number of Employees in 2011:  2,188

Employees joined (2011):  372

Percentage joined (2011):  17.00%

Average joined (2005-2011):  388

Employees left (2011):  177

Percentage left (2011):  8.10%

Average left (2005-2011):  127

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service):  45.50%

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