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#28 out of 32

Federal Communications Commission

Mission: To ensure that the American people have available—at reasonable costs and without discrimination—rapid, efficient, nationwide and worldwide communication services whether by radio, television, wire, wireless, satellite or cable.

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Scores and Rankings

Index Score Score Rank out of 32
  55.0 28
Best in Class Scores Score Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match 67.4 30  of  31
Strategic Management 53.3 25  of  31
Teamwork 68.1 25  of  31
Effective Leadership 44.6 27  of  31
Effective Leadership - Empowerment 38.0 28  of  31
Effective Leadership - Fairness 35.5 26  of  31
Effective Leadership - Leaders 35.8 26  of  31
Effective Leadership - Supervisors 63.7 22  of  31
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement 46.3 22  of  31
Training and Development 60.8 17  of  31
Support for Diversity 57.5 22  of  31
Pay and Benefits 70.0 15  of  31
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits 52.3 10  of  31
Work/Life Balance 69.3 14  of  31
Index Score 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
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Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match No data No data No data
Strategic Management No data No data No data
Teamwork No data No data No data
Effective Leadership No data No data No data
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement No data No data No data
Training and Development No data No data No data
Support for Diversity No data No data No data
Pay and Benefits No data No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits No data No data No data
Work/Life Balance No data No data No data
Best in Class Scores 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Employee Skills/Mission Match No data No data No data
Strategic Management No data No data No data
Teamwork No data No data No data
Effective Leadership No data No data No data
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement No data No data No data
Training and Development No data No data No data
Support for Diversity No data No data No data
Pay and Benefits No data No data No data
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits No data No data No data
Work/Life Balance No data No data No data
Scores by Demographic 2007 Score 2005 Score 2003 Score
Female No data No data No data
Male No data No data No data
40 and over No data No data No data
Under 40 No data No data No data
Asian No data No data No data
Black or African-American No data No data No data
Hispanic or Latino No data No data No data
Multi-racial No data No data No data
White No data No data No data
American Indian or Native American No data No data No data

Trends

Index Scores

Best in Class Scores

 




Year Federal Communications Commission Index Score Small Agency High Performing Average Small Agency Average Index Score Small Agency Low Performing Average
2003
2005 76.2 63.0 49.3
2007 77.2 62.4 43.7
2009 55.0 79.2 65.1 42.5

Comparative Data — Small Agency Averages

High Performing Average Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
High Performing Average - Employee Skills 84.8 85.1 85.2
High Performing Average - Management 68.9 68.7 73.5
High Performing Average - Teamwork 77.9 77.8 80.5
High Performing Average - Leadership 58.3 61.5 65.0
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 56.1 58.6 62.7
High Performing Average - Training and Development 73.5 72.4 74.3
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity 68.4 68.4 70.9
High Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 77.7 79.8
High Performing Average - Family Friendly 58.7 60.1
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 74.5 77.1 80.0
Average Index Scores 2003 2005 2007 2009
Average for Employee Skills 74.0 77.6 78.8
Average for Management 59.8 58.8 60.6
Average for Teamwork 70.8 71.3 72.8
Average for Leadership 50.9 51.3 52.8
Average for Rewards and Advancement 47.8 48.7 50.3
Average for Training and Development 61.8 59.6 60.4
Average for Support for Diversity 58.1 58.0 61.3
Average for Pay and Benefits 70.4 70.5
Average for Family Friendly 43.6 46.2
Average for Work/Life Balance 67.9 67.3 67.2
Low Performing Average Score 2003 2005 2007 2009
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills 55.5 69.7 69.1
Low Performing Average - Management 50.9 45.3 42.7
Low Performing Average - Teamwork 63.5 62.5 61.2
Low Performing Average - Leadership 42.5 38.5 37.0
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement 39.7 35.9 33.6
Low Performing Average - Training and Development 51.8 44.5 42.0
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity 49.6 45.3 47.0
Low Performing Average - Pay and Benefits 64.4 63.4
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly 24.3 29.6
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance 60.4 55.2 52.7

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

 

Number of Employees in 2001: No data

Number of Employees in 2002: No data

Number of Employees in 2003: 1,935

Number of Employees in 2004: 1,855

Number of Employees in 2005: 1,768

Number of Employees in 2006: 1,741

Number of Employees in 2007: 1,709

Number of Employees in 2008: 1,708

Employees joined (2008): 91

Percentage joined (2008): No data

Average joined (2004-2008): 65

Employees left (2008): 94

Percentage left (2008): No data

Average left (2004-2008): 115

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 6.60%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Other Locations: The FCC's three Regional Offices, covering the Northeast, South Central, and Western regions of the nation are located in Chicago, IL, Kansas City, MO, and San Francisco, CA, respectively. The 16 District Offices are located in Atlanta, GA: Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Columbia, MD; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Detroit, MI; Kansas City, MO; Los Angeles, CA; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; and Tampa, FL.

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Male/Female Demographics Ethiniciy Demographics

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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