WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Marine Corps has updated its procedures for command climate surveys (CCS) in order to reduce time between reading the surveys and throwing them into the garbage, sources confirmed today.

The surveys, which are used to evaluate the morale and welfare of unit troops, are taken anonymously and ask scaled questions about topics such as work environment, sexual harassment, and a commander's ability to delay approving leave requests.

“We really feel that this new digital system is more efficient,” said Lt. Col. Jim Stenson, officer in charge of Pentagon Administration and Resources Management. “It used to be that the surveys were taken, delivered to the OIC via the chain of command, and then printed and analyzed extensively before they would ever make it to the trash bin.”