22 U.S.C. § 2736 — Exit interviews for workforce

(a) Retained members. The Director General of the Foreign Service and the Director of the Bureau of Human Resources, or equivalent, must periodically interview a representative and diverse cross-section of Department employees to (1) understand why they remain in their positions and (2) receive feedback on workplace policies, professional development, and other issues affecting that decision. (b) Departing members. They must offer an exit interview to every workforce member who separates from State, to better understand why the person leaves. (c) Analysis. They must analyze demographic and other interview information to determine whether and how the diversity of participants affects results. (d) Tracking. The Department must (1) track participant demographics in professional-development programs and participants’ placement rates into senior positions; (2) annually evaluate the data to (A) improve outreach and recruitment consistently with merit-system principles and (B) understand how participation differs among workforce demographic categories; and (3) actively encourage participation from many demographic categories, especially categories with consistently low participation.