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This page contains a list of frequently asked questions about the DEOCS and DOCP and is intended to provide a high-level overview of the DEOCS and DOCP.
This page details how the Office of People Analytics (OPA) safeguards participants' Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and their responses, provides support to participants having trouble accessing the DEOCS and DOCP, provides tips for troubleshooting issues, and describes how DEOCS and DOCP results are reported.
These resources provide survey administrators, Equal Opportunity Advisors (EOA)/Command Climate Specialists (CCS), commanders, and leaders instructions for obtaining an OPA DCP account.
These resources provide a comprehensive list of the open-ended and closed-ended questions that can be included on the DEOCS. Up to ten closed-ended questions and up to five open-ended questions can be selected and added to the survey during DEOCS registration.
This resource provide instructions and guidance for creating a roster for a DEOCS or DOCP.
This document provides a template to assist with creating a DEOCS roster.
This guide provides an overview of the commander’s and leader’s role in conducting a DEOCS, including how requests are received, how to review and approve or deny a DEOCS or DOCP request, and how to review DEOCS or DOCP results.
This document provides an overview of user roles and user management capabilities within the OPA Defense Command Climate Portal. This includes information on adding proxies or transferring survey registrations or CIPP Plan registrations, designating new user roles, editing editing users, and creating new users.
This video provides instructions for how to add a proxy survey administrator or commander for a DEOCS or DOCP registration. Assigning a proxy grants an additional individual access to a survey registration, allowing them to view the registration and associated results. This video also provides information on transferring a survey registration.
This document displays the 2025 DEOCS questions with their related protective or risk factor.
A sample 2025 DEOCS for Service members.
A sample 2025 DEOCS for DoD civilian employees.
A sample 2025 DEOCS for Military Service Academy cadets and midshipmen.
A sample 2025 DEOCS for Military Service Academy cadet candidates and midshipmen candidates.
This document contains the Service-specific questions included on the DEOCS for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, National Guard, Coast Guard, United States Naval Academy, and the U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School. These are questions that are selected by Service leadership for inclusion on every DEOCS within the given Service component.
The Senior Enlisted Leader Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff provides a message to inspire individuals to participate in the DEOCS.
This poster is designed to help units and organizations promote their DEOCS and includes a QR code that links to the survey. Posters can be placed around the unit or organization or sent out digitally. The poster is available in two sizes. If printing the poster, please use the print versions.
8.5in. by 11in. 8.5in. by 11in.
11in. by 17in. 11in. by 17in.
These template social media posts include survey announcement graphics, survey reminder graphics, and survey closing soon graphics for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force/Space Force, Coast Guard, and DoD Civilians. Along with these graphics are template social media captions. These resources are designed to promote the DEOCS on unit/organization social channels.
Survey Live Survey Live Survey Live
Reminder Reminder Reminder
Last Chance Last Chance Last Chance
This document provides information on participant privacy when taking the DEOCS and DOCP.
This document provides an overview of the secure survey login system, help with addressing login issues, and details how participants' information is safeguarded.
This guide provides information on monitoring DEOCS and DOCP response rates, as well as strategies to increase response rates while a survey is open.
This document provides template e-mails for commanders and leaders to encourage DEOCS and DOCP participation.
This document provides survey administrators, commanders, leaders, and supervisors with an overview of the Response Rates and Reports section of the DEOCS System, including how to monitor response rates, how to download DEOCS reports, and how to create combined reports.
This video provides survey administrators, commanders, leaders, and supervisors instructions on how to monitor DEOCS and DOCP response rates as the survey is open.
This video provides survey administrators, commanders, leaders, and supervisors instructions on how to download DEOCS and DOCP reports in the OPA DCP.
This video provides survey administrators, commanders, leaders, and supervisors instructions on how to create combined DEOCS and DOCP reports in the OPA Defense Command Climate Portal.
This document provides best practices for interpreting written comments from the DEOCS and DOCP.
This resource provides best practices and guidance for conducting focus groups, interviews, and in-depth discussions during a Command Climate Assessment.
This resource provides sample command climate assessment focus group and interview questions for each of the 18 DEOCS factors.
This document provides an overview of the DOCP including survey content and results reporting.
This videos provides a walkthrough of DOCP survey registration in the DOCP System.
These resources provide a comprehensive list of the open-ended and closed-ended questions that can be included on the DOCP.
This document provides a template to assist with creating a DEOCS or DOCP roster.
This infographic provides information on the DOCP and the value a DOCP administration can provide.
This poster is designed to help units and organizations promote their DOCP and includes a QR code that links to the survey. Posters can be placed around the unit or organization or sent out digitally. The poster is available in two sizes. If printing the poster, please use the print versions.
These template social media posts are designed to be used during a DOCP that is being conducted during a change of command, as a progress check, or during a time of change within the command. These resources are designed to promote the DOCP on unit/organization social channels.
Change of Command Progress Check Adapting to Change
This document provides information on DOCP results including how results are calculated, how results are weighted, how demographic categories are created and reported, why data are not reportable, and considerations for creating combined subgroup reports.
This resources provides information on how to generate a DEOCS tracking table within the Tracking System of the OPA Defense Command Climate Portal.
These resources provide information on how to generate a DOCP tracking table within the Tracking System of the OPA Defense Command Climate Portal.
These resources provide information on how to generate CIPP Plan tracking tables within the Tracking System of the OPA Defense Command Climate Portal.