Today’s consumers are connected, informed, and tech-savvy. They expect their favorite companies to provide exceptional and innovative customer service online. Those expectations now apply to consumers as citizens – they want government agencies at all levels to offer service and support whenever they might need it, and offer a seamless experience across the board. This represents a major shift in how agencies approach their mission...

What do people look like when they are on your network or accessing a website or system? In most cases, a person is assigned a username, role and access rights that govern their interactions with the organization or agency. This controls what they can and cannot do within a network, application or website. But what should bots look like when they are operating on your network? Interestingly, a bot should not be treated differently: it must be...

The United States transitioned from just a recurring flu season to a full pandemic with the infiltration of the Corona Virus. This pandemic caused the healthcare system to turn upside down and develop new pathways, processes, and techniques for not only tending to and treating the COVID patients, but also treating the general populations with the daily medical and surgical conditions. So many changes occurred in the healthcare system in a very...

The COVID-19 has been an accelerant for innovation and modernization. The Federal government impacts nearly every aspect of American life, contributing to the health, safety, security and economic stability of people in America and throughout the world. Whether it's ensuring the safety of the food we eat and the water we drink, responding to national emergencies, providing benefits for veterans with disabilities, enhancing the safety and relia...

While we never know what the future holds, what makes the 2020-2021 academic year especially challenging is that we do not have a playbook for educating students in the middle of a pandemic. K-12 schools are trying to balance an operating plan with daily changes to evolving safety and health regulations. The current environment has dramatically accelerated the use of interactive communication tools, including teleconferencing, video, SMS/text,...

Improving the customer experience has been a federal focal point for several years now, but many organizations still struggle with turning basic goals like "better design" and "meet digital natives' expectations" into a practical program to improve CX. In this GCN editorial webcast, GCN editors will speak with CX experts within government about what's worked for them, and how to make sure CX investments pay dividends across the enterprise. Thi...

The Office of Management and Budget has established a Cross-Agency Priority Goal charging government to provide a modern, streamlined, and responsive customer experience across public sector organization. Government executives are embracing the concept of customer experience as a means to improve the usability and reliability of critical digital services like patent services, veterans’ benefit delivery, student loans, disaster aid, and t...

(SOLD OUT) This seminar satifies the 8-hour annual training requirement for federal EEO Counselors and federal EEO Investigtors. This seminar has been awarded 7.5 HRCI credits. This seminar has been awarded 9 CLE Credits (Colorado) EEOC-Denver Agenda (This seminar will consist of 90-minute topic modules. Unless otherwise noted, modules will provide a legal review and panel discussion of the EEOC law specified. Legal review will be given by an...

Everyone wants a seamless customer experience and to get the information they need quickly, easily, and in the mode that works best for them. And the government agrees. In an effort to aid customer experience modernization, the White House released the “Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century, Reform Plan and Reorganization Recommendations” plan which outlines areas to be realigned to better serve constituents. How can...