On April 26, the Office of Personnel Management announced the annual Federal Employment Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) will launch and hit email inboxes beginning in mid-May. OPM uses this tool to get a snapshot of federal employee opinions on employee engagement, morale, and factors related to their work experience. Agencies cite the results in making decisions affecting feds, and the Partnership for Public Service uses the data for its annual Best Places to Work in government rankings.

OPM Director Kiran Ahuja briefed agencies about the survey in a memo. “The FEVS remains a true data asset for every single participating agency, providing leadership with a reliable method for capturing and analyzing employee feedback, benchmarking successes, and identifying emerging opportunities and challenges, keys to retaining the best employees and recruiting talented new hires into the Federal government. Overall, the FEVS is one of the most powerful platforms for Federal employees to share their work experience, a voice critical to achieving effective agencies and responsive public service in times of significant change and adaptation. To promote candid feedback from agency employees, OPM prioritizes the confidentiality of participant responses and the protection of participants' personal data throughout the FEVS process. Survey results are aggregated for reporting purposes, and results for work units are only reported when ten or more employees in the unit participate,” Ahuja wrote.

To view OPM Director Ahuja’s memo outlining this year’s FEVS, click here.