The number of federal workers fired every year by agencies fell from 0.57 percent in FY 2009 to 0.46 percent in 2013, according to data from the Office of Personnel Management and compiled by Federal Times. In comparison, the private sector fires nearly six times as many employees – about 3.2 percent.

There was a 26 percent increase in TSA employee misconduct between 2010 and 2012, a new report from the Government Accountability Office says.