Contact Centers
Resources on Contact Centers
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Tips for Starting Your Customer Experience Journey
Low-cost, low-lift actions that any federal employee can take to improve customer experience.
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Contact Center Operation and Management
Many things can impact the service quality, economics, and sustainability of your government contact center. This section provides insight on various aspects of operating and managing a contact center to help you improve its performance. Control Contact Center Costs Monitor Quality Avoid Fraudulent Pay Phone Calls Call Calibration IVR Call Flow Basics Disaster Planning and
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Contact Center Technologies
A contact center is supported by many technologies designed to enhance the customer experience, improve the operating and management efficiency, or lower the overall costs of running a contact center. These technologies are: Automatic Call Distributor Systems Email Response Management Systems Intelligent Call Routing Interactive Voice Response Systems Knowledge Management Systems TTY/TDD Communications Toll-Free Telephone
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Getting Started with your Contact Center
This guide provides you with the information to get a governement contact center started
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Contact Center Guidelines
Contact Centers are becoming the hub for federal agencies to gather valuable, decision-making data to meet their missions. The Contact Center is no longer viewed as only a center to receive complaints, but as a valued operation in an agency’s strategy to deliver a quality customer experience. Customers want to speak to government agencies via
Tools and Services
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USAGov and USAGov en Español
A customer service platform that helps the public navigate the government space by providing topical information and services in English and Spanish.
News and Events on Contact Centers
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"Diga o marque 2": USAGov en Español’s New Approach to Interactive Voice Response
"Diga o marque 2": USAGov en Español’s New Approach to Interactive Voice Response—USAGov receives and responds to questions directly from the public in many ways: through social media, on page surveys on USA.gov and USAGov en Español, and through chats and calls. One powerful tool in the USAGov toolbelt is our interactive voice response (IVR) system in both English and Spanish through the USAGov Contact Center. — via USA.gov

How USAGov en Español Uses Quantitative and Qualitative Data to Meet the Needs of Its Audience
Hosted by Digital.gov and the Multilingual Community of Practice
Press or Say 1: USAGov Expands Its Use of Interactive Voice Response
In 2019, USA.gov received nearly half a million calls! Read about how they expanded their use of interactive voice response to better serve citizens and maximize their resources. — via USA.gov

The Most Popular Questions from the Public
The team at USAGov analyzed more than 13,000 chats and phone calls from the public, in both English and Spanish, and then tagged these inquiries by popular topic area. These are the top questions our government-wide contact center received over the last four months. — via USA.gov
