To gain insight into how the government and its employees are responding to this need for change, the Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte analyzed data from the 2011 Office of Personnel Management‘s (OPM) Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey to examine the views of the nation’s public servants toward innovation in the workplace, and to provide the basis for our Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® innovation rankings.

This Best Places to Work snapshot, an update from our analysis of the 2010 data, pinpoints from the employee perspective which agencies are innovating and which are struggling. It also illustrates the importance for leaders to empower employees to initiate change and reward them for their achievements.