Sec. 211. EXIT SURVEYS AT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
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## SEC. 211 EXIT SURVEYS AT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS **[**[38 U.S.C. 701 note](/us/usc/t38/s701)**]** ###
(a)Exit Surveys Required ####
(1)In General The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop and carry out a standardized exit survey to be voluntarily completed by career and noncareer employees and executives of the Department of Veterans Affairs who voluntarily separate from the Department. ####
(2)Consultation Such exit survey shall be developed in consultation with an appropriate non-Department entity with experience developing such surveys. ###
(b)Survey Content The survey shall include, at a minimum, the following: ####
(1)Reasons for leaving the Department. ####
(2)Efforts made by the supervisor of the employee to retain the individual. ####
(3)The extent of job satisfaction and engagement during the employment. ####
(4)The intent of employee to either remain employed within the Federal Government or to leave employment with the Federal Government. ####
(5)Such other matters as the Secretary determines appropriate. ###
(c)Anonymity of Survey Content The Secretary shall ensure that data collected under subsection (a)— ####
(1)is anonymized, including through the use of a location that allows for privacy; ####
(2)is not directly visible by another employee; and ####
(3)does not require the departing employee to input any personally identifiable data. ###
(d)Sharing of Survey Data The Secretary shall ensure that the results of the survey required by subsection
(a)are— ####
(1)aggregated at the Veterans Integrated Service Network level; and ####
(2)shared on an annual basis with directors and managers of facilities of the Department and the Veterans Integrated Service Networks. ###
(e)Annual Report ####
(1)In General Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently than once each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report containing the aggregate results of the exit survey under subsection
(a)covering the year prior to the report. ####
(2)Contents Each report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include, for the period covered by the report, the following: #####
(A)An analysis of the most common reasons employees choose to leave the Department. #####
(B)The steps the Secretary is taking to improve retention, particularly for mission-critical occupations. #####
(C)The demographic characteristics of employees choosing to leave the Department. #####
(D)Any legislative barriers to improving employee retention. #####
(E)The total number of employees who voluntarily separated from the Department and the number and percentage of whom took the exit survey under subsection (a).
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