5 U.S.C. § 7101: Findings and purpose

safeguards the public interest, contributes to the effective conduct of public business, and facilitates and encourages the amicable settlements of disputes between employees and their employers involving conditions of employment; and the public interest demands the highest standards of employee performance and the continued development and implementation of modern and progressive work practices to facilitate and improve employee performance and the efficient accomplishment of the operations of the Government. It is the purpose of this chapter to prescribe certain rights and obligations of the employees of the Federal Government and to establish procedures which are designed to meet the special requirements and needs of the Government. The provisions of this chapter should be interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirement of an effective and efficient Government. leadership and management practices that contribute to agency performance; and leadership policies and practices; work environment; rewards and recognition for professional accomplishment and personal contributions to achieving organizational mission; opportunity for professional development and growth; and opportunity to contribute to achieving organizational mission. The Office of Personnel Management shall issue regulations prescribing survey questions that should appear on all agency surveys under subsection (a) in order to allow a comparison across agencies. The results of the agency surveys under subsection (a) shall be made available to the public and posted on the website of the agency involved, unless the head of such agency determines that doing so would jeopardize or negatively impact national security. For purposes of this section, the term ‘agency’ means an Executive agency (as defined by section 105 of title 5 , United States Code).”