DEOCS & DOCP: Survey Administrator FAQs

The DEOCS is a survey conducted by the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of People Analytics (OPA) to provide commanders and leaders with information they can use to improve their unit or organizational climate.  The DEOCS asks questions about an individual’s experiences within their unit, organization, Military Service Academy (MSA), or MSA preparatory school.  The survey also asks questions about an individual’s immediate supervisor, unit commander, organizational leader, Senior Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO)/Senior Enlisted Leader (SEL), the first cadet or midshipman in their chain of command (MSAs), or the first cadet or midshipman candidate in their chain of command (MSA preparatory schools).  The combined responses to these questions provide commanders and other leaders with important feedback about the current climate and help to identify emerging or existing challenges that may negatively impact their unit.

The DOCP survey is a customizable survey tool that provides commanders and Department of Defense (DoD) leaders the opportunity to receive feedback on their organizational climate.  This DOCP survey can be administered after a change of command or after the command has started implementing action items from the Comprehensive Integrated Primary Prevention (CIPP) Plan to address challenges identified during the annual Command Climate Assessment (CCA).  Up to 15 closed-ended questions and 1 open-ended question can be selected from the DOCP question bank to be included on the survey.

Command Climate Assessments (CCA) primarily serve as organizational development tools to help commanders and leaders build positive organizational climates.  CCAs allow commanders and leaders to identify areas for improvement and take appropriate actions to address these challenges within their organization.  CCAs also allow decision makers at the strategic level to direct resources to the units, organizations, or locations that are most in need of prevention support.

Annual CCA activities must include administration of a DEOCS.  All CCA activities must include consideration of multiple sources of information about risk and protective factors and additional data collection such as administrative records, reports, interview data, focus group data, or other existing data, in addition to current and previous DEOCS results.  Beginning in February 2024, the DOCP survey will be available as an optional supplemental data collection tool.  The DOCP can be administered once annually and must be conducted more than 90 days before or after the fielding of a DEOCS.

Change of command CCA activities should not include a DEOCS, provided one has been administered to the organization in the last year.  The incoming commander or leader is required to review the previous DEOCS results and assess the previous commander’s or leader’s progress in implementing the Comprehensive Integrated Primary Prevention (CIPP) Plan.  A DOCP survey can be administered if deemed appropriate by the command.  A CCA must include additional data collection such as administrative records, reports, interview data, focus group data, or other existing data, in addition to current and previous DEOCS and DOCP results.

The DEOCS and DOCP are available to all Department of Defense (DoD) agencies, however, a unit or organization must have at least 16 individuals, excluding the commander or leader, to request a survey.  If a unit or organization has fewer than 16 individuals, the commander or leader is encouraged to instead conduct focus groups to assess their unit or organizational climate or be included in the DEOCS or DOCP administration for a larger unit or organization.  Keep in mind that results are only generated for the DEOCS or DOCP if there are 16 or more survey participants.  While a DEOCS or DOCP can be conducted if a unit or organization has 16 participants, there is a strong likelihood that results will not be generated for the survey.  Contact your local Equal Opportunity Advisor (EOA), Command Climate Specialist (CCS), Equal Opportunity (EO) Service Headquarters, or Integrated Primary Prevention Workforce (IPPW) personnel to ensure you are complying with your Service’s command climate assessment policy.

All DEOCS must be completed online using a computer or mobile device (such as a smartphone or tablet).  Once a registration has been approved, the Office of People Analytics Defense Climate Portal (OPA DCP) will provide survey invitation e-mails that include a link to the survey.  Survey administrators should also distribute the survey link to any unit or organization members who did not have an e-mail listed on the roster as these individuals will not automatically receive e-mails from the OPA DCP.  Participation in the surveys is voluntary.  Participants will be prompted to enter their DoD ID, e-mail address, or phone number before being able to take the DEOCS or DOCP survey.  The surveys do not have to be completed in one sitting.  Participants will be prompted to create a four-digit personal identification number (PIN) before beginning the surveys and this PIN can be used to reenter the surveys.  For participants taking the DEOCS or DOCP for classified rosters, the survey must be completed in one sitting.

No.  Contractors with the federal government are considered members of the public for data collection purposes and are therefore ineligible to take the DEOCS or DOCP according to DoDI 8910.01, Volume 2, DoD Information Collections Manual: Procedures for DoD Public Information Collections.

Yes.  Previous restrictions have been removed and foreign nationals who are DoD government employees are now eligible to participate in the DEOCS and DOCP according to DoDI 6400.11, DoD Integrated Primary Prevention Policy for Prevention Workforce and Leaders.

The administration of the DEOCS as a confidential survey (i.e., using the secure login system) does not change anything about the survey registration process or the reporting of DEOCS results.  However, the switch does impact how participants access the survey.  Because survey administrators provide a participant roster when registering a survey, with the secure login, if an e-mail address is provided, the DEOCS system now sends invitation e-mails directly to participants.  This eliminates the need for survey administrators to send passcode(s) and be the primary survey messenger.  In the secure login, participants are now required to match to an active survey roster, entering their DoD ID, e-mail, or phone number.  This requirement ensures that only individuals on the roster are taking the survey.  The DOCP uses the same login system.  For more information on the confidential process, navigate to https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/Defense-Climate-Portal-Survey-Resource-Center/ and under DEOCS, DEOCS Promotion and Participation, click on the document titled “Secure Survey Login.”

The DoD is committed to safeguarding the information of all participants who take the DEOCS or DOCP.  The DEOCS and DOCP systems have privacy policies and secure technology in place to protect all personally identifiable information (PII). 

All participant answers are protected and kept confidential to the extent that the law permits.  Under state and federal law, certain circumstances may require OPA to break confidentiality.  For example, if a participant indicates a direct threat to harm themself or others within their responses. 

Survey administrators, commanders/leaders, and commander supervisors are able to review response rates, but not see who has completed the survey.  If a DEOCS or DOCP included multiple subgroups designated by leadership and only one subgroup did not have enough responses to be reportable, it will be combined with the reportable subgroup that had the lowest number of participants.  For example, if subgroups included on a DEOCS/DOCP were “Administration” with three participants, “Operations” with six participants, and “Logistics” with nine participants, the “Administration” subgroup results would be combined with the “Operations” subgroup results. 

Except for open-ended responses, all data are reported in the aggregate.  To further protect participants’ privacy, results are only reported for closed-ended questions if at least five participants respond to that question.  Results are only reported for open-ended responses if at least 16 participants respond.  While open-ended responses are only reported with other comments from people in the unit or organization, they are not edited.  Participants are repeatedly urged to make sure they do not use PII in their responses.  Additional measures that we encourage participants take to protect their own privacy include being aware of the environment in which they take the survey and not leaving the survey unattended.

For combined reports, if only one subgroup out of the selected had results that were not reportable for a given factor, demographic category, or question, all results for the given item(s) will not be displayed.  This protects the one nonreportable subgroup.  For example, if nine of the 10 subgroups selected for a combined report have reportable results for Cohesion, but one has a not reportable result for Cohesion, the combined report must exclude results for Cohesion.

Moreover, OPA’s data security systems have been designed with overlapping layers of security to protect participants’ information from cyber-attacks.  Response data and PII are encrypted during data collection and stored in a secure network isolated by firewalls and other security measures; PII is never stored in the same file as survey responses.  OPA actively monitors all digital traffic and inspects its systems to ensure participants’ information stays secure.  All systems comply with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Risk Management Framework (RMF) security standards, as required by the DoD. 

The DEOCS and DOCP are available to all Department of Defense (DoD) agencies and they are registered by a survey administrator on behalf of a unit’s or organization’s commander or leader.  A survey administrator is typically a trained military EO professional, however, commanders and leaders can authorize any responsible member of their organization to serve in this role.

The survey administrator is the individual who oversees the entire command climate assessment process at a unit or organization.  This includes registering a DEOCS or DOCP survey, adding a customized set of questions to the DEOCS, if desired, coordinating outreach to participants (i.e., invitation and reminder e-mails), and tracking response rates.  This individual also receives the DEOCS/DOCP results and is typically involved with their review and interpretation.  They then help inform the development of a corresponding Comprehensive Integrated Primary Prevention (CIPP) Plan by the Integrated Primary Prevention Workforce (IPPW) personnel.  A survey administrator is typically a trained military EO professional, however, commanders and leaders can authorize any responsible member of their organization to serve in this role.

Yes.  Survey administrators may share registrations.  If the survey administrator is not available during the DEOCS or DOCP process, they can also designate a proxy administrator.  For more information about sharing a registration or designating a proxy survey administrator, navigate to https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/Defense-Climate-Portal-Survey-Resource-Center/ and under DEOCS or DOCP, Manage Users and Permissions, click on the document titled “User Roles and the DEOCS and DOCP Process.”

As of December 2022, on new DEOCS registrations, if applicable, the EOA/CCS personnel listed on the registration will now have a DEOCS account created for them.  This will allow the EOAs/CCSs to view the DEOCS registration, monitor the survey while it is in the field, and download DEOCS results.  If an EOA/CCS wants to access previous DEOCS results, they will need to be individually added as a proxy survey administrator for any DEOCS registrations they wish to view.  EOAs/CCSs will also be able to view any DOCP registrations they are listed on.  For more information about designating a proxy survey administrator, navigate to https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/Defense-Climate-Portal-Survey-Resource-Center/ and under DEOCS or DOCP, Manage Users and Permissions, click on the document titled “User Roles and the DEOCS and DOCP Process.”

To register a survey, survey administrators must go to the Office of People Analytics Defense Climate Portal (OPA DCP) website: https://www.drcedirect.com/all/eca-portal-v2-ui/#/login/deocs.

The OPA Defense Climate Portal is a comprehensive website where commanders and leaders, their supervisors, and survey administrators can register a DEOCS or DOCP (survey administrators), approve or deny a new DEOCS or DOCP (commanders and leaders), monitor response rates (all), view and download survey results (all), and upload and register an initial and updated CIPP Plan (IPPW personnel).  For more information about the OPA Defense Climate Portal, including how to request an account, navigate to https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/Defense-Climate-Portal-Survey-Resource-Center/ and under DEOCS, Create a New DEOCS Request, click on the document titled “How to Request a DEOCS Portal Account.”

Yes.  When registering a survey, the survey administrator is required to enter the commander’s or leader’s name and e-mail.  Once the administrator has submitted the survey request, the commander receives an e-mail and must approve or deny the request.  Once approved, the DEOCS or DOCP will begin on the specified start date.

Yes.  The commander or leader of the unit or organization requesting the DEOCS or DOCP must approve the survey submitted by the survey administrator.  In the OPA DCP, the survey administrator will be asked to enter the commander’s or leader’s name and e-mail address.  The commander or leader will then receive an e-mail asking them to log in to the DCP and approve or deny the survey request.  Once the commander or leader has done this, the survey administrator will be notified and—if approved—the DEOCS or DOCP will begin on the specified start date.

Because the DEOCS and DOCP are an assessment of a commander’s or leader’s unit or organizational climate, it is necessary for the survey administrator to acknowledge that they have (1) obtained consent from the commander/leader to request a survey and (2) obtained consent from the commander/leader to receive the DEOCS or DOCP report.  During survey registration, the survey administrator will enter the commander’s /leader’s name and e-mail, and an e-mail will be sent to the commander/leader asking them to approve or deny the survey request.  The commander/leader can either approve or deny the DEOCS or DOCP request in the DCP or in the e-mail they receive. 

The annual fielding window for the DEOCS is from August 1 to November 30.  Surveys must be registered, approved by commanders or leaders, and start by October 31.

The DOCP must not be administered more than once a year or within the 90 days before or after a DEOCS administration.  As long as these requirements are met, the DOCP can be administered anytime throughout the year allowing for the survey to be utilized when it is most useful for the unit or organization.

It is possible in certain unique circumstances; however, the unit or organization must provide justification for doing so to OPA (i.e., deployment, unit/organization training schedule, operational demands).  If possible, the DEOCS should be administered within the parameters of the annual fielding window.

To help ensure that all members of a unit or organization have ample opportunity to complete the DEOCS or DOCP, we recommend that the surveys be made available for at least 20 business days (i.e., four work weeks).  However, the survey administrator should closely monitor survey response rates and keep leadership informed so that, should response rates trend lower than desired, the survey end date can be extended (through the OPA Defense Climate Portal) if appropriate.  Response rates can be monitored through the DEOCS or DOCP Response Rates and Reports Dashboard.

OPA does not recommend a specific number of responses for your unit or organization.  However, the higher the completion rate, the greater confidence you can have in your unit’s or organization’s results.  Keep in mind that a DEOCS or DOCP must have 16 or more survey participants for results to be reported and any subgroups must have five or more participants for results to be reported by subgroup.  For more information on reportable results, navigate to https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/Defense-Climate-Portal-Survey-Resource-Center/ and under DEOCS, Interpreting DEOCS Results, click on the document titled “Data Overview.”

The DEOCS contains 73 decisions points, on average, that measure 10 protective factors and 9 risk factors to help unit and organization commanders and leaders, as well as DoD leadership, better understand the current climate within and, in the case of DoD leadership, across units and organizations.  Survey administrators, commanders/leaders, and commander supervisors can preview any survey in full using a new functionality in the DEOCS Portal.  Additional information about the factors measured on the DEOCS is below:

Protective Factors

• Cohesion
• Connectedness
• Engagement & Commitment
• Fairness
• Inclusion
• Leadership Support
• Morale
• Safe Storage for Lethal Means
• Transformational Leadership
• Work-Life Balance  

Risk Factors

• Alcohol Impairing Memory
• Binge Drinking
• Passive Leadership
• Racially Harassing Behaviors
• Sexist Behaviors
• Sexually Harassing Behaviors
• Stress
• Toxic Leadership
• Workplace Hostility

These 19 protective and risk factors are assessed because they are related to the DEOCS’ six strategic target outcomes (STOs)—personnel issues identified as strategically important to the Department of Defense (DoD).  For more information about each of these factors, navigate to https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/DefenseClimate-Portal-Survey-Resource-Center/ and under DEOCS, Interpreting DEOCS Results, click on the document titled “Factor Rating Interpretation Guide.”

In addition to questions assessing the protective and risk factors, the DEOCS contains a subset of questions that are asked only of Military Service Academy (MSA) and MSA Preparatory School participants and focus on Academy life.  
Finally, survey administrators also have the option to customize their survey in two ways—by selecting up to ten closed-ended questions (also known as LDQs due to historical naming conventions) and up to five open-ended questions (also known as SAQs due to historical naming conventions)—from a custom question bank. 

DEOCS 5.1 is a streamlined or shortened version of DEOCS 5.0.  The total number of survey items has been reduced by nearly 30%, with the average decision points for participants reduced from 101 on DEOCS 5.0 to 73 decision points on DEOCS 5.1.  Along with fewer questions, similar survey questions are now presented together so participants can more quickly and easily respond.  These changes reduce survey burden for the roughly one million individuals that take the survey annually.  Even though there are fewer questions, the 19 protective and risk factors are still adequately measured.  Furthermore, DEOCS 5.0 results can be compared to DEOCS 5.1 results except for Safe Storage of Lethal Means.  The question used to calculate Safe Storage of Lethal Means has significantly changed due to feedback from DEOCS users and this change is substantial enough so that the 5.0 factor cannot be compared to the 5.1 factor.  For sample surveys, navigate to https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/Defense-Climate-Portal-Survey-Resource-Center/ and under DEOCS, Sample Surveys, select the relevant DEOCS 5.1 sample survey.

The DEOCS is primarily a tool for commanders and other organizational leaders that provides insight into their unit/organization.  Although it also informs high-level DoD leadership, unlike many other surveys, its administration is decentralized and tailored to the unit level. 

The DOCP is a fully customizable survey that contains at least one, and up to 15, closed-ended questions and one optional open-ended question selected by the unit or organization from a bank of approved questions.  Depending on the questions selected, the DOCP can include a single selected question designed to evaluate one topic or multiple questions that will gather data on multiple aspects of organizational climate.  The DOCP also includes 12 fixed demographic questions and one fixed open-ended question.  The custom questions are identified by keyword(s) that include DEOCS factors as well as other organizational climate topics such as Domestic Abuse, Alcohol/Substance Use, and Gender Issues.  For a full list of DOCP keywords, please navigate to https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/Defense-Climate-Portal-Survey-Resource-Center/ and under DOCP, DOCP Overview, click on the document titled “DOCP Talking Paper.”

Yes.  With the survey preview function, survey administrators and commanders can view a draft of their survey during DEOCS or DOCP registration before the survey is fielding.  This draft incorporates language from the information entered by the survey administrator during registration.  The draft includes all core survey questions, any selected custom questions, and Service-specific questions (if applicable).

No.  Questions cannot be created by the unit/organization to be included in their survey.  For previous versions of the DEOCS, units/organizations were allowed to customize and create their own locally developed questions.  However, this has been changed to comply with 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, also known as the Paperwork Reduction Act, which states that all government survey content must be reviewed and approved by the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) before a survey is sent to potential participants.  Prior versions of the DEOCS were granted an exception but DEOCS 5.1 is fully compliant with this policy.

In a way, yes.  In addition to the core questions that are asked of all participants, survey administrators can select up to ten closed-ended questions (also known as LDQs) and up to five open-ended questions (also known as SAQs) from a custom question bank when registering their survey.  The questions in the custom question bank are provided in the DEOCS System and are also posted on the Defense Climate Portal Survey Resource Center here: https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/Defense-Climate-Portal-Survey-Resource-Center/ (see “Custom Question Bank” under DEOCS, Create a New DEOCS Request).

Yes.  The DOCP is a customizable survey tool and commanders and leaders select the questions that are included on the survey from the DOCP question bank.  To access the DOCP Question Bank, navigate to https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/Defense-Climate-Portal-Survey-Resource-Center/ and under DOCP, Create a New DOCP Registration, click on the document titled “DOCP Question Bank.”

Yes.  In addition to the core questions that are asked of all participants, survey administrators can select up to ten closed-ended questions (also known as LDQs) and up to five open-ended questions (also known as SAQs) from a custom question bank when registering their survey.  The questions in the custom question bank are provided in the DEOCS System and also posted here: https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/Defense-Climate-Portal-Survey-Resource-Center/ (see “Custom Question Bank” under DEOCS, Create a New DEOCS Request).

Self-reported sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data provides valuable insight into the lives of members of the DoD and provides support for evidence-based policymaking.  These measures needed to adapt to remain useful for commanders, leaders, and the DoD.  On DEOCS 5.0, there was a single question that asked participants if they were male or female.  On DEOCS 5.1, questions cover sex assigned at birth, how participants currently describe their gender, and participants sexual orientation.  These updated questions help ensure that no population of military members is overlooked.

The DoD collects information from its members across a variety of surveys to understand experiences and identify ways to improve DoD culture and policy.  After completing the DEOCS, participants can check to see if they are eligible to take other DoD surveys for this purpose.  Responses to these other surveys are independent from DEOCS responses.  For example, if a participant takes the Workplace Gender Relations (WGR) survey from the prompt at the end of the DEOCS, WGR responses will not be included in the DEOCS results and will not be provided to leadership as part of the DEOCS report for the unit/organization.

Reports can take up to two weeks after the survey end date to be available.  Results are typically available in the OPA Defense Climate Portal within 72 hours.  

The survey administrator, the requesting commander or leader, and their supervisor will receive an e-mail notification when results are available to download in the OPA Defense Climate Portal.  Each of these users can download their results.  Results can be found in the Response Rates and Reports section of the DEOCS and DOCP systems.  For instructions on use of the Interactive Dashboard, navigate to https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/Defense-Climate-Portal-Survey-Resource-Center/ and under DEOCS, Viewing DEOCS Reports, click on the document titled “How to Use the Interactive Dashboard.”

There have been substantial updates to the DEOCS Interactive Dashboard for DEOCS 5.1.  The “Factor Ratings” tab, the “Custom Items” tab, and the “Item Summary” tab are no longer present.  DEOCS 4.1 reports are no longer available for download on the Interactive Dashboard.
New features include the “Combined Results” tab where DEOCS results for different units and organizations can be combined, the “Interpretation Guide” tab that includes information on each DEOCS factor, and the ability to create unique subgroup rollup reports in the “Download” tab.  Information on combining reports and creating subgroup rollups can be found in the “Combined Results” tab and the “Download” tab of the Interactive Dashboard respectively.

Survey administrators, EOAs/CCSs, requesting commanders and leaders, and their supervisors can all access survey results through the OPA Defense Climate Portal.

Incoming commanders and leaders are required to review previous DEOCS reports for their unit or organization according to DoDI 6400.11, DoD Integrated Primary Prevention Policy for Prevention Workforce and Leaders.  You can be added to a previous DEOCS administration as a proxy user.  This allows you access to DEOCS registration information and results.  For information on being added as a proxy, navigate to https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/Defense-Climate-Portal-Survey-Resource-Center/ and under DEOCS, Manage Users and Permissions, click on the document titled “User Roles and the Defense Climate Portal.”

Survey results are presented in the DEOCS reports available in the DEOCS System.  Graphs and tables are used to display results.  Factors are organized into two main groups: 1) protective factors and 2) risk factors, with both favorable and unfavorable results for all factors.  An “alert” feature calls attention to factors of concern for your unit or organization.  Factor results are also displayed by demographic category and tables that show results for each question on the survey are provided.  For instructions on use of the Interactive Dashboard and how to download reports, navigate to https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/Defense-Climate-Portal-Survey-Resource-Center/ and under DEOCS, Viewing DEOCS Reports, click on the document titled “How to Use the Interactive Dashboard.”

Survey results are presented in DOCP reports available in the DOCP System.  Closed-ended question results are presented in item summary tables broken out by question type (e.g., Agreement, Frequency, Yes/No, and Quality) with the percentage of participants selecting grouped response options for the chosen questions.  Open-ended DOCP results can be downloaded as a PDF or Excel report and are broken out by the associated survey questions if more than one was included.  For more information on DOCP reports, navigate to https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/Defense-Climate-Portal-Survey-Resource-Center/ and under DOCP, Interpreting DOCP Results, and click on the document titled “Data Overview.”

Yes.  Reports break down survey results for certain demographic categories such as gender and enlisted/officer status, respectively.  In addition, if subgroups were identified and the necessary information included in the roster when the survey administrator registered the survey, a breakdown of results by those subgroups will also be provided. 
The presentation of results for different subgroups enables commanders, leaders, and their supervisors to better understand the nuances of their unit’s or organization’s climate, and identify any noteworthy disparities in their members’ beliefs, attitudes, or experiences.  To protect individuals’ privacy and confidentiality, however, a subgroup must have at least five survey respondents for results to be displayed.  If, for example, only four females in a unit respond to the survey, results will not be shown by gender.

Yes.  The DEOCS System and the DOCP System allow for subgroups to be combined into one report.  This allows for the creation of larger subgroup reports that can be used as a comparison point for individual subgroups in the unit or organization.  Detailed instructions on creating combined subgroup reports can be found on the bottom of the “Download” tab in DEOCS Response Rates and Reports and DOCP Response Rates and Reports.

Yes.  The DEOCS System now allows for reports for multiple surveys to be combined into one report.  This combined report calculates factor rating averages and can provide a comparison point for units or organizations.  Keep in mind that combined reports can be made only for the units or organizations to which the user has access to in the DEOCS System.  Detailed instructions on creating combined reports can be found at the bottom of the “Combined Results” tab in DEOCS Response Rates and Reports.

No.  The customizable nature of DOCP surveys makes it so it is not possible to combine multiple reports as the likelihood of any two DOCP surveys containing the same questions is low and therefore the results for different DOCP surveys cannot be combined into a single report.

Yes.  The DEOCS reports do display trends over time for factor ratings if there are previous DEOCS survey results with the same Service component, the same unit identification code (UIC/RUC/PAS/OPFAC), and the same commander/leader.  DEOCS 5.0 results and DEOCS 5.1 results can be trended and compared to one another except for Safe Storage of Lethal Means.  Additional trending capabilities—such as, viewing results for the same unit or organization over time under different commanders/ leaders—will be built into future iterations of the dashboard, in consultation with stakeholders.

In most cases, yes.
DEOCS 4.1 reports are no longer available for download in the OPA Defense Climate Portal.  All reports for DEOCS 5.0, first administered January 4^th, 2021, are available in the DEOCS System.  DEOCS 5.0 reports will be available five years from the end date of the original survey.  To download reports, log in to the DCP, click on “DEOCS System,” and navigate to the “View Response Rates and Reports” section.  Next, click on the “Download” tab and use the “Service Component,” “UIC/PAS/OPFAC,” “DEOCS ID and Survey Date,” "Unit/Organization Title,” “Commander/Leader Name,” “State,” “Group,” and “Report” filters to identify the survey report you would like to download.  

We urge transparency and recommend that DEOCS and DOCP results be shared with all members of a unit or organization.  Moreover, these surveys are intended to produce actionable results that can be used to effect positive change.  There are many resources available to assist commanders and leaders in improving their unit’s or organization’s climate (https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/Factor-Improvement-Toolkit/).

For instructions on downloading DEOCS reports, navigate to https://www.prevention.mil/Climate-Portal/Defense-Climate-Portal-Survey-Resource-Center/ and under DEOCS, Viewing DEOCS Reports, click the document titled “How to Use the Interactive Dashboard.”