In announcing that the FEVS will not be conducted this year, OPM said next year’s version will be revised, including to drop questions the Biden administration had introduced regarding DEI, and to reintroduce a question removed by that administration regarding whether steps are taken in the employee’s work unit to deal with a poor performer who cannot or will not improve. Image: chaylek/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffWith OPM having canceled this year’s version of the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, the Partnership for Public Service—which incorporates FEVS results into its annual ratings of best and worst places in the government to work—has opened its own, similar survey.
The Partnership said it acted “to fill this critical gap and provide career federal employees with an opportunity to share their perspectives on their workplace, work unit, supervisor, organization and leadership. Federal civil servants should take this survey knowing that the Partnership will accurately reflect their perspectives.”
“Our government is most effective when it has an engaged workforce and accountable leaders. At a time of significant change for the federal workforce, we believe it is essential that government leaders, policymakers and the public hear directly from federal employees about how they view their jobs and workplaces,” it said.
The survey, which is now open through December 19, should be taken outside working hours, it said—in contrast to the FEVS, where agencies were encouraged to allow employees to use on-duty time in a bid to increase the response rate that had flagged in recent years.
“Any personally identifiable information or demographic data shared with us will be restricted to the Partnership’s data team and only be used in the survey administration and analysis process,” it added. “To maintain your confidentiality, all survey findings shared by the Partnership will be anonymized in a way that will prevent you or your responses from being identified. Following the Office of Personnel Management’s approach, data for demographic groups with less than 30 respondents will not be shared outside the Partnership.”
In announcing that the FEVS will not be conducted this year, OPM said next year’s version will be revised, including to drop questions the Biden administration had introduced regarding DEI, and to reintroduce a question removed by that administration regarding whether steps are taken in the employee’s work unit to deal with a poor performer who cannot or will not improve. That administration however had added a question asking what happens to poor performers and one asking whether employees believe they are held accountable for the quality of their work.
A survey similar to the FEVS started in the early 2000s and took largely its current form and became annual starting in 2010. The only prior change in the schedule was a delay in the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021.
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