Contact Jordan LaPier Director (202) 495-3320 jlapier@ourpublicservice.org Drop in Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey responses a lesson for HR December 4, 2018 The federal government saw a big drop in employee responses to its annual employee engagement survey, in just released data. Of the approximately 1.5 million employees asked to participate in the online engagement survey, only 41% did so — a 5% decrease from last year.