Friday, September 03, 2010
The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is happy to pass the baton to the Office of Postsecondary Education. Voted the worst agency to work for three times in a row, the FLRA finally has begun to turn things around internally, resulting in dramatically higher scores in the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government survey.
As for the Office of Postsecondary Education, which oversees government policy relating to colleges and universities, it registered the lowest overall rating of any of the 234 departments, agencies and agency subcomponents surveyed. Its score of 32.9 put it well behind other agencies of dissatisfaction, such as the Selective Service System (47.4), the International Boundary and Water Commission (48.0), the Broadcasting Board of Governors (49.5) and the Missile Defense Agency (49.5).
Diane Auer Jones headed the Office of Postsecondary Education towards the end of the administration of George W. Bush, but abruptly announced her resignation after only nine months in office. The agency was without a formal leader for more than a year and a half until President Barack Obama nominated Eduardo Ochoa to take over as assistant secretary in February 2010.
At the other end of the scale, the agencies with the highest employee satisfaction scores were the Surface Transportation Board (86.8), the Environment and Natural Resources division of the Department of Justice (86.7) and the Army Audit Agency (85.9).
-David Wallechinsky
Overall Index Scores for Employee Satisfaction and Commitment (Best Places to Work in the Federal Government)
Office of Postsecondary Education (Best Places to Work in the Federal Government)
How the Labor Relations Authority Got Its Groove Back -- And Made Employees Happy (by Joe Davidson, Washington Post)
Worst Government Agency Defends Title (by Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov)
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