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The 2022 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey
(FEVS): Results and Issues for Congress
January 19, 2023
Background
The publication of the results of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) in the 2022 Office of
Personnel Management Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey Results: Governmentwide Management
Report marks the 20th anniversary of the FEVS, an organizational climate survey administered annually
by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The FEVS assesses how employees perceive the
policies, practices, procedures, and leadership of their agencies. OPM first administered the FEVS, which
was originally titled the Federal Human Capital Survey (FHCS), in 2002. It then administered the FHCS
in 2004, 2006, and 2008. In 2010, the FHCS was revised and renamed the FEVS.
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 codified the requirement for all executive
agencies to participate in an annual survey of its employees, which OPM refers to as the Annual
Employee Survey (AES). The AES includes specific items that must be asked of each executive agency.
These provisions are currently located in Title 5, Section 7101 note, of the United States Code. The
implementing regulations, at Title 5, Part 250, Subpart C, of the Code ofFederal Regulations, list 16
AES-required employee questions, which OPM incorporates into the FEVS each year. Each agency may
also include additional survey questions that are unique to the agency. When agencies participate in the
FEVS, they fulfill their survey obligations as required by law and regulation.
Administration of the FEVS
OPM administers the FEVS electronically to employees of executive agencies. It may also be
administered to agencies outside of the executive branch that accept invitations to participate in the
survey. OPM invites eligible employees to participate via email and sends reminder emails to encourage
participation, though participation is voluntary for all employees. Full- and part-time permanent, non-
seasonal employees are eligible to participate. Contractors are not eligible to participate. Participants must
complete at least 25% of the survey's questions for their responses to count. Individual responses to the
FEVS are kept confidential. OPM publishes the results of the FEVS in its Governmentwide Management
Reports, which includes item results, index scores, trends, and information on who responded to the
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