Best Places to Work

The Partnership for Public Service's 2009 rankings are out, and the top 20 large agencies are, in order:

1. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

2. Government Accountability Office

3. National Aeronatics and Space Administration

4. Intelligence Community

5. Department of State

6. Environmental Protection Agency

7. Department of Justice

8. General Services Adminsitration

9. Social Security Administration

10. Department of Commerce

11. Securities and Exchange Commission

12. Department of Veterans Affairs

13. Department of the Army

14. Department of the Navy

15. Department of the Air Force

15. Defense Department (Tie)

17. Department of the Treasury

18. Department of Labor

19. Department of Energy

20. Office of Personnel Management.