Merit Principles Survey Data
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.
2021 MPS Related Documents
- MPS 2021 Methodology
- MPS 2021 Fact Sheet—Agencies
- MPS 2021 Fact Sheet—Employees
- List of MPS 2021 Questions
- Representation of the MPS 2021 Survey Instrument
- MPS 2021 Data Dictionary
2021 MPS Data Files and Formats
- MPS 2021 Release Dataset (SPSS)
- MPS 2021 Release Dataset (SAS)
- MPS 2021 Release Dataset (CSV)
- MPS 2021 SAS format file (numeric)
- MPS 2021 SAS format file (character)