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Best Places to Work: Rating the Federal Government


There is not a lot of fanfare for this list, but personally it’s not all that helpful to a person with a Master in Public Policy. Ranking the OMB first is not that surprising given the relatively small size of the agency and that it is within the Office of the President itself. The GAO gets good marks, but apparently, there’s no breakdown of its ranking. And the CBO, as an arm of Congress, was not even considered.

It’s too bad there are not more surveys done of local or state agencies. Word is that morale in California state agencies is pretty low, but that it’s better at the county or city level.

This is not making it any easier to decide where a person with a degree in policy ought to hang his hat. Although the OMB website is quick to point out that nearly 90% of their positions are career, not political. And hey, it would be cool to say “I work at the White House”. (The offices for the OMB are actually in the Eisenhower Executive Building which is part of the complex but not inside the White House itself.) But it ranks dead last in “family friendly and benefits”. If it hadn’t it would be head-and-shoulders ahead of other agencies in the rankings. Good thing I don’t need maternity leave.
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