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Democrats Push 2026 OPM Survey After Diversity Questions Dropped

6/23/2026

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A coalition of 23 House and Senate Democrats wrote Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor requesting the 2026 questionnaire, deployment schedule, and response-collection changes.
OPM cancelled the 2025 survey, stripping diversity and demographic questions to follow President Donald Trump’s anti-diversity executive orders.
The agency now uses quarterly pulse surveys that lack question text and raw data, unlike the statutory employee survey, as the spring window closes.

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Story summary

A coalition of 23 House and Senate Democrats wrote Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor requesting the 2026 questionnaire, deployment schedule, and response-collection changes.
OPM cancelled the 2025 survey, stripping diversity and demographic questions to follow President Donald Trump’s anti-diversity executive orders.
The agency now uses quarterly pulse surveys that lack question text and raw data, unlike the statutory employee survey, as the spring window closes.