Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to modify and republish in full a system of records previously titled "OPM/Central-21, Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey" which will be renamed "OPM/Central-21, Annual Employee Survey." The modification is necessary to reflect the replacement of OPM's centrally administered Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) with the Annual Employee Survey (AES). Under the revised model, executive agencies administer the AES to their own employees and provide OPM and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) only de- identified data for governmentwide analysis and reporting. OPM/Central- 21 will cover identifiable records OPM maintains when administering the AES to OPM employees and retained records from prior FEVS administrations. It will not cover identifiable AES records maintained by other agencies.

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