From Listening to Action: Preparing for What's Next in FEVS
OPM has proposed decentralizing the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, handing agencies ownership of survey design, timing, and content, with a smaller shared set of core questions to keep governmentwide trends visible, and a new 90-day window to report results to OPM and OMB.
This is a real shift, and one worth getting ahead of. The stakes go beyond morale: When federal employees are heard and see their feedback lead to real change, that improvement shows up downstream too, in shorter customer wait times, fewer processing errors, and a better experience for the people who depend on agencies for critical services.
The rule is still proposed, not final, but there’s no reason to wait to get ready. Join Qualtrics and Dr. Sydney Heimbrock, Qualtrics Chief Industry Advisor for Government, along with partner Federal Management Partners (FMP) to talk through what to prioritize for the 2026 cycle. FMP will bring lessons learned from helping agencies design, administer, and act on employee surveys, including bringing programs in-house.
Join this webinar to learn
- What changes when your agency owns survey design and timing, and the decisions that come with that: what to ask, how to assure high participation, and how to keep results comparable year over year
- How to make manager follow-through the measure of success, backed by role-based dashboards and science-backed suggestions that turn survey results into action
- How connecting the annual survey to other moments in the employee lifecycle, onboarding, training, exit, gives agencies a fuller picture for workforce planning
How connecting the annual survey to other moments in the employee lifecycle, such as onboarding, training, and exit, gives agencies a fuller picture for workforce planning.
Speaker Details
Dr. Sydney Heimbrock
Sydney is Chief Industry Advisor for Public Sector. Her government career culminated as executive lead of the President's Management Agenda Human Capital Strategy. Sydney founded the OPM Innovation Lab to bring human centered design to government.
Steven Gethard
Steven Gethard is a Qualtrics Solution Engineer focused on supporting U.S. federal government customers. With nearly 6 years at Qualtrics, plus prior experience implementing experience management programs for government agencies, he brings deep expertise in our technology capabilities and how they map to your mission.
Nathan Bailey
Nathan Bailey is a Managing Director at Federal Management Partners (FMP) and leads the firm's Analytics, Technology, and Transformation Center of Excellence. During his nearly 20 years with FMP, Nathan has helped federal agencies improve employee engagement, workforce effectiveness, and organizational performance through workforce analytics, employee listening, technology-enabled transformation, and organizational assessments. He has led large-scale employee survey, analytics, and action-planning initiatives across the federal government.
Veronica Hinton
Event Topic
Employee Training & Development, Management, Human ResourcesRelevant Audiences
All Federal Government