The United States Office of Personal Management (OPM) administers the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS). OPM defines the FEVS survey as a tool that measures employees’ perceptions of whether—and to what extent—conditions of success exist in their agencies. OPM first collected …

FEVS 101: What is the FEVS and Why Should You Care About It? Read more »

The annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) has many useful metrics for federal agencies to monitor. And, since it is a government-wide assessment, it enables apples-to-apples comparisons between agencies. Agencies can also compare their scores to previous iterations of the …

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The annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) is a valuable measure for making comparisons between federal agencies, departments and even year-over-year assessments. However, government organizations need to do more than just compare themselves to static benchmarks—they need to delve deeper into the …

How to Identify the FEVS Questions to Improve Employee Satisfaction Read more »

If your agency is like most, your current performance management (PM) practices likely rely on manually collecting annual evaluations or other time-consuming, paper-based procedures. Even if you’ve managed to partially automate certain processes with database templates or other basic electronic methods, you’ve …

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Agencies use performance management programs to inform employee decisions related to compensation, transfers, promotions and workforce cuts. A key goal of any performance management program is to distinguish top performers from the rest of the pack in order to reward the top …

What’s Fair? Managing Perceptions of Performance Management Programs Read more »

In our last blog, we discussed the importance of developing a strong leadership bench by shaping the right employees into future leaders with targeted training and succession planning. High-performing agencies not only have great talent but also know how their …

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