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NASA was named Thursday as the 2023 Best Place to Work in the Federal Government \u2013 large agency \u2013 for the 12th year in a row by the Partnership for Public Service. The title serves as a reflection of employee satisfaction with the workplace and functioning of the overall agency as NASA explores the unknown and discovers new knowledge for the benefit of humanity.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce again, NASA has shown that with the world\u2019s finest workforce, we can reach the stars,\u201d said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. \u201cThrough space exploration, advances in aviation, groundbreaking science, new technologies, and more, the team of wizards at NASA do what is hard to achieve what is great. That\u2019s the pioneer spirit that makes NASA the best place to work in the federal government. With this ingenuity and passion, we will continue to innovate for the benefit of all and inspire the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
The agency\u2019s workforce explored new frontiers in 2023, including shattering an American record for longest astronaut spaceflight, announcing the Artemis II crew, launching the Deep Space Optical Communications experiment, partnering on a sustainable flight demonstration later designated as X-66, and celebrating a year of science gathered from the agency\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope. Feats beyond our atmosphere persisted with NASA\u2019s OSIRIS-Rex (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security \u2013 Regolith Explorer) mission \u2013 the first U.S. mission to collect an asteroid sample. Insights from the asteroid data will further NASA\u2019s studies on celestial objects, while the agency also continues its pursuit to return astronauts to the Moon as part of the Artemis campaign.<\/p>\n
Along with being the 65th anniversary of the agency, 2023 brought new climate data with the launching of the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center and Earth Information Center, new perspectives on Earth\u2019s surface water through NASA\u2019s SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) mission, and accrued air quality data from NASA\u2019s TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution) mission.<\/p>\n
The Partnership for Public Service began to compile the Best Places to Work rankings in 2003 to analyze federal employee\u2019s viewpoints of leadership, work-life balance, and other factors of their job. A formula is used to evaluate employee responses to a federal survey, dividing submissions into four groups: large, midsize, and small agencies, in addition to their subcomponents.<\/p>\n
Read about the Best Places to Work for 2023 online.<\/p>\n
To learn more about NASA\u2019s missions, visit:<\/p>\n
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Faith McKie \/ Cheryl Warner
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600
faith.d.mckie@nasa.gov \/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov<\/p>\n<\/div>\n