Beth Cobert, acting director at the Office of Personnel Management, has called on employees across the federal government to complete a voluntary survey that aims to seek feedback on their agencies, jobs and work environments.

Cobert wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey is one of the tools that could help agencies manage employee engagement as part of the President’s Management Agenda.

Responses to the 2015 FEVS have led OPM to create workshops for agency supervisors and employees, revamp employee resource groups, expand inclusion and diversity dialogues, and re-establish a mentoring program at the agency, she said.

“Each employee’s voice can inspire change,” wrote Cobert, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2016.

“Everyone’s responses help agencies identify areas that need attention.”

Responses to the first wave of surveys are due June 6, while the second and final batch of FEVS will close on June 14, according to Cobert.

The Government Accountability Office has said the Federal Air Marshal Service should incorporate risk into deployment decisions.

GAO said in a report published Tuesday the factors that affect FAMS’ allocation of its annual resources between domestic and international flights include travel budget and employee head count but not the risk associated with flights.

FAMS officials also choose geographic focus areas and resource allocation levels based on the judgement of subject matter experts and not the evaluation of risk, GAO added.

The government watchdog further noted FAMS does not document rationales for its international destinations.

The Transportation Security Administration‘s coverage score that FAMS uses to evaluate compliance with flight coverage and resource use goals includes 11 categories but leaves out some attributes of performance measures, the report noted.

GAO recommended for FAMS to integrate risk into its resource allocation method, run risk evaluation to support certain domestic deployment decisions and document the rationale for its choice of international flight locations.

FAMS should also name and define the TSA coverage score and report performance results for all categories, GAO said.

The Government Accountability Office has called on the Transportation Security Administration to update its assessment methods for airport security in order to help schedule resources for what TSA identifies as high-priority risks.

GAO said Tuesday TSA developed a comprehensive risk assessment of perimeter and access control security in May 2013 after the agency assessed potential threats, vulnerabilities and consequence components of airport and access control risks.

The government watchdog added that TSA failed to update the assessment method with new information based on the current airport security risk environment involving insider threat.

“Updating the risk assessment of airport security with information that reflects this current threat, among other things, would better ensure that TSA bases its risk management decisions on current information and focuses its limited resources on the highest-priority risks to airport security,” GAO said.

TSA also lacked a comprehensive assessment of the vulnerability related to TSA-regulated airports system due to budget constraints, according to GAO.

GAO also recommends TSA perform a system-wide assessment of airport vulnerability and update its strategy for airport perimeter and access control security.

A new Congressional Budget Office report says a proposed House bill that would require the National Science Foundation to subject its research facilities to audits would cost approximately $10 million from fiscal years 2017 through 2021.

CBO said in the report published Tuesday that the passage of the NSF Major Research Facility Reform Act of 2016 would not result in on-budget deficit growth “in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027.”

The proposed legislation also lacks private-sector or intergovernmental mandates based on the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would not have an impact on revenues and direct spending, CBO noted.

According to the report, the House bill contains provisions that would direct NSF to provide its staff with additional training and education to protect employees that report possible misappropriation of funds and require the foundation to pay management fees related to research awards.

The agency made the cost estimate based on the request of House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on April 27.