In 2025, only one fifth of surveyed Treasury employees were "completely" or "very" confident they could report rulebreaking without facing retaliation.
In the Office Of Personnel Management's (OPM) 2024 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS), a majority of Treasury employees reported they could report a rule violation without fear of reprisal and that favoritism and political influence were not tolerated. In 2025, after OPM cancelled FEVS, the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service (PPS) fielded a survey of federal employees with similar questions. These two surveys are not directly comparable due to methodological differences. But without an official government-administered survey, PPS is the best data available.
Source: Partnership for Public Service, Data Dashboard, https://bestplacestowork.org/data-dashboard/ // Office of Personnel Management, 2024 FEVS Agency report, https://www.opm.gov/fevs/reports/data-reports/
Note: The two questions reported on were taken from Q12 and Q19 in the case of PPS , and Q8 and Q45 in the case of FEVS. Question and response wording differ slightly between surveys. Responses of "Strongly Agree" and "Agree" are grouped; "Completely confident" and "Very confident" are also grouped.
