Happy with your health insurance? Overwhelmed by the options available to you? Disappointed by the wellness program in your office? The Office of Personnel Management wants to know.

This fall about 40,000 federal employees will be asked to share their thoughts in the 2015 Federal Employee Benefits Survey.

“The purpose of the FEBS is to measure the importance, adequacy and value of employee benefits to ensure that available benefits align with best practices and employee needs,” said OPM Acting Director Beth Cobert in a Nov. 30 memo. “The FEBS will also help to evaluate whether or not federal employees understand the flexibilities and benefits available to them.  Additionally, due to the ongoing focus on health and wellness programs across all federal agencies, the survey will capture information regarding employee tobacco use and health demographics.”

The confidential survey will be hosted by OPM, The employees randomly chosen for the survey will receive an email and have four weeks to complete the survey online. The results of the survey will eventually be released governmentwide and posted on OPM’s website.

OPM started the survey in 2004 to measure federal employees’ impressions of the various benefits afforded to them and to allow them to weigh in on which ones they use and don’t use.

That first year, about 35 percent of the 39,000 employees randomly picked for the survey responded with answers.

The survey was also conducted in 2006, 2011 and 2013.

In the most recent survey, results showed positive results across the board with regard to the Thrift Savings Plan and dramatically low scores for the Federal Flexible Spending Account Program (FSAFEDS), as well as the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP).

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