For large agencies, NASA remained the number one best place to work in government, now for the 12th year in a row.

President Joe Biden's Cabinet includes Vice President Kamala Harris and the heads of the 15 executive departments — the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and ...

Federal employees by agency Most federal agencies, and therefore employees, are under the federal executive branch. Federal offices with the most personnel in 2022 were Defense-Military Programs (772,300), the Department of Veterans Affairs (411,600), and the Department of Homeland Security (202,800).

— The term “senior Government employee” means— (A) an officer or employee in the executive branch (including a special Government employee as defined in section 202 of title 18 ) who occupies a position classified at or above GS–15 of the General Schedule or, in the case of positions not under the General Schedule, for ...