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FedScope: Easy Stats on the Federal Workforce

Dataset Summary

Agency	Office of Personnel Management
Sub-Agency
Category	Federal Government Finances and Employment
Date Released	Oct-00
Date Updated	Updated quarterly
Time Period	Most recent 10 September files, most recent five years trend data, most recent 8 quarters of data
Frequency	Quarterly
Description	The Office of Personnel Management is the focal point for providing statistical information about the Federal civilian workforce. To satisfy customer's need for workforce data, FedScope was launched in the fall of 2000. This online tool allows customers to access and analyze the most popular data elements from OPM's Central Personnel Data File (CPDF)/Enterprise Human Resources Integration (EHRI). Customers include Federal government agencies, researchers, the media, and the general public. This self-service tool provides access to 5 years worth of employment, accession, and separation data. Access to detail level data is provided while protecting employee privacy and CPDF security. (more)

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Dataset Metrics

Number of Downloads

820

Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Tool Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Statistical
Keywords	Federal employment data, Executive branch employment data, Federal hiring and separation data, trend data, diversity data, statistsical data, Federal workforce data, FedScope, CPDF, EHRI
Unique ID	955

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	http://www.fedscope.opm.gov/
Agency Program Page	http://www.opm.gov/feddata/
Agency Data Series Page	http://www.fedscope.opm.gov/

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Federal agency, occupation, location, work schedule, pay plan, type of appointment, salary, length of service, age range, gender, occupational category
Granularity	U. S. State, U. S. Territory, and foreign country
Geographic Coverage	U. S. State, U. S. Territories, and foreigh countries having Federal employees

Data Description

Collection Mode	agency data submission
Data Collection Instrument	http://www.fedscope.opm.gov/datadefn/index.asp/
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://www.fedscope.opm.gov/datadefn/index.asp/

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.fedscope.opm.gov/
Additional Metadata	N/A

Statistical Information

Statistical Methodology	N/A
Sampling	N/A
Estimation	N/A
Weighting	N/A
Disclosure avoidance	N/A
Questionnaire design	N/A
Series breaks	N/A
Non-response adjustment	N/A
Seasonal adjustment
Statistical Characteristics

OMB Control No. 3090-0284