Staffing and Non-Partisanship Survey 2018

The SNPS is an important tool for understanding public servants' perceptions of the public service staffing system as well as their awareness of their legal rights and responsibilities regarding political activities. The information gathered in the survey will be used to identify current and emerging trends at government-wide and organizational levels, to inform potential improvements to staffing policies and practices, and better target efforts to safeguard non-partisanship within the federal public service. The survey will provide vital information to managers, human resources advisors and Deputies to improve staffing within their own organizations, and to the Public Service Commission (PSC) on the staffing system as a whole. The information will also be used to support reporting to Parliament via the PSC's Annual Report.

The survey is conducted every two years.

In an effort to make our datasets more easily understood and user-friendly, the PSC has created an accompanying descriptive video, outlining the variables, key considerations and providing an example and demonstration of how the dataset can be used. The video can be found at the following link Staffing and Non-Partisanship Survey (video).

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Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 17:29 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 17:29 (UTC)
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