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October 2006

By Robert Elliott

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The percentage of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees who say they are satisfied or very satisfied with their jobs. The percentage of satisfied TSA staffers rose 24 percent from 2004, when the first survey was conducted. A further 69 percent of the respondents said they planned to stay within the five-year-old agency for the next 12 months.

Source: The Transportation Security Administration 2006 Organizational Satisfaction Survey

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