Completing the survey should take about 10 minutes.

The number of recent, high profile Incidents has prompted Mission Excellence to study the current condition here at NASA.

All NASA employees are encouraged to participate.

Yes. The online survey application uses secured sockets layer (SSL) protocol to encrypt confidential information between your browser and the Web server.

Advanced Survey Design (ASD) is the independent vendor administering this survey. They have over 18 years experience administering similar, online safety climate assessment surveys to various Department of Defense organizations (e.g., Naval Aviation, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Air National Guard). ASD has staked its reputation and business on providing response anonymity to ensure the most candid feedback possible.

The survey results are compiled by our partner and demographic data is stripped away from the survey responses, thus, de-identifying the survey respondent. This ensures the anonymity of your survey responses.

1. This formal, anonymous assessment will help NASA identify strengths and weaknesses in our approach to personnel and hardware safety.

2. To understand the difference between stated policy and what is actually happening on the floor.

The link embedded in the email you received takes you to an external website operated by Advanced Survey Design. This company is partnering with NASA to design and administer the survey.

Please NOTE, the link you received does NOT identify you uniquely. Every person in your work group received an identical link to yours. The link identifies which work area a respondent belongs to, but no individual information is contained within the link.