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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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For the second year in a row, the Surface Transportation Board (Board) has
been ranked the top small federal agency for innovation by the Partnership
for Public Service in the PPS's July 2012 Best Places to Work in the
Federal Government® Analysis: Achieving a Culture of Innovation report.
The
Board
achieved a 2011 innovation score of 87.7 out of 100, a 7.8-percent
increase
over the agency's prior score. The government-wide score was 63.2 out of
100.
The
Board's
distinction in innovation follows earlier PPS rankings of the Board as one
of
the
federal
government's "Best Places to Work" for three years in a row (2009, 2010,
and
2011).
The
Board
attributes its top ranking to the active encouragement of employee
suggestions
during weekly open-door meetings with the Chairman, and recognition of the
best
staff
proposals with the Board's own "genius" award, presented annually.
"Once
again, the Partnership's recognition of the Board is a tribute to each and
every
employee here at the agency, and to the skills that each brings to the
workplace,"
said Chairman Daniel R. Elliott III.
The
Board
is an economic regulatory and adjudicatory agency charged by Congress
with,
among other things, resolving railroad rate and service disputes and
reviewing
proposed railroad restructuring transactions. Though administratively
affiliated
with the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Board is decisionally
independent.
To learn more about future career opportunities at the Board, visit the
agency's
site at
http://www.stb.dot.gov
, or
USAJOBS®
at
http://www.usajobs.com/
.
The
PPS
report
can be viewed and downloaded at
http://www.ourpublicservice.org/OPS/
.
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