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Merit Principles Survey Data

Published by Merit Systems Protection Board | Merit Systems Protection Board | Catalog Last Checked: March 10, 2026 at 04:31 PM | Dataset Last Updated: September 30, 2025 at 01:10 PM
The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) has the statutory responsibility to assess the health of Federal merit systems and the authority to conduct special studies of the Federal civil service (see 5 U.S.C. 1204(a)(3) and 5 U.S.C. 1204(e)(3)). MSPB administers a periodic Merit Principles Survey (MPS) to help carry out those studies. Those studies, including summaries and analyses of data from the MPS, are officially submitted to the President and Congress and shared with Federal policymakers and agencies.

Resources

6 resources available

  • MPS 2021 Fact Sheet-Employees

    APPLICATION/PDF
  • List of MPS 2021 Questions

    APPLICATION/PDF
  • Representation of the MPS 2021 Survey Instrument

    APPLICATION/PDF
  • MPS 2021 Release Dataset (CSV)

    APPLICATION/CSV
  • MPS 2021 Methodology

    APPLICATION/PDF
  • MPS 2021 Data Dictionary

    APPLICATION/XLSX

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