<description>The Social and Behavioral Sciences Team (SBST) uses theories, research, and methods from the social and behavioral sciences to address and solve challenges faced by the public. Team members come from a variety of backgrounds, including economics, psychology, and political science.</description>

The Social and Behavioral Sciences Team (SBST) us…

The Social and Behavioral Sciences Team (SBST) uses theories, research, and methods from the social and behavioral sciences to address and solve challenges faced by the public. Team members come from a variety of backgrounds, including economics, psychology, and political science.

Behind the Scenes of the Social and Behavioral Science Team

<description>For government agencies, connecting users to information is a critical part of meeting the public’s needs and delivering excellent customer service. DigitalGov Search helps agencies deliver information to government searchers on every level—federal, state, local, and tribal.

Recently, search analyst Dawn McCleskey sat down to discuss the work of DigitalGov Search, including:

What DigitalGov Search does
How working with search is a natural fit for librarians
Why the government needs a homegrown search service
The challenges of managing a search service for 2,500 websites
Future directions for DigitalGov Search
Why you can’t find everything online (like searching for Ben Franklin’s jet pack!)</description>

For government agencies, connecting users to info…

For government agencies, connecting users to information is a critical part of meeting the public’s needs and delivering excellent customer service. DigitalGov Search helps agencies deliver information to government searchers on every level—federal, state, local, and tribal.

Recently, search analyst Dawn McCleskey sat down to discuss the work of DigitalGov Search, including:

What DigitalGov Search does
How working with search is a natural fit for librarians
Why the government needs a homegrown search service
The challenges of managing a search service for 2,500 websites
Future directions for DigitalGov Search
Why you can’t find everything online (like searching for Ben Franklin’s jet pack!)

Bridging Content and Discovery Through DigitalGov Search

<description>You cannot improve your digital outreach without data. Since 2012, the Digital Analytics Program (DAP) has provided agencies the critical information and metrics that they need to make their public-facing websites better. The buzz around DAP has grown with the release of the Digital Analytics Dashboard, which provides a real-time glimpse into government Web traffic, and Pulse, a dashboard showing the percentage of agencies that have implemented DAP. Both dashboards rely on DAP data to inform the public about government Web activities.</description>

You cannot improve your digital outreach without …

You cannot improve your digital outreach without data. Since 2012, the Digital Analytics Program (DAP) has provided agencies the critical information and metrics that they need to make their public-facing websites better. The buzz around DAP has grown with the release of the Digital Analytics Dashboard, which provides a real-time glimpse into government Web traffic, and Pulse, a dashboard showing the percentage of agencies that have implemented DAP. Both dashboards rely on DAP data to inform the public about government Web activities.

Inside Look At DAP (Digital Analytics Program)

<description>​DigitalGov University has added podcasts to our suite of offerings on DigitalGov, featuring interviews and discussions with leaders in the DigitalGov community.

For the first edition, we talked to Diane ​Devera, “Voice of the IVR” for the USA.gov Contact Center. In this 10 minute discussion with Jacob Parcell, Manager of Mobile Programs, Devera discusses several considerations about interactive voice response (IVR) for federal contact centers, including:

- Why are IVRs important for government contact centers?
- What are current trends for IVRs?
- What does the 1-844-USA-GOV1 team have in store for the future of its IVR?</description>

​DigitalGov University has added podcasts to our …

​DigitalGov University has added podcasts to our suite of offerings on DigitalGov, featuring interviews and discussions with leaders in the DigitalGov community.

For the first edition, we talked to Diane ​Devera, “Voice of the IVR” for the USA.gov Contact Center. In this 10 minute discussion with Jacob Parcell, Manager of Mobile Programs, Devera discusses several considerations about interactive voice response (IVR) for federal contact centers, including:

- Why are IVRs important for government contact centers?
- What are current trends for IVRs?
- What does the 1-844-USA-GOV1 team have in store for the future of its IVR?

How IVR Supports Contact Centers

<description>To provide great customer service, bring your agency’s customers to the table.

This is one of many insights recently offered by Stephanie Thum, Vice President of Customer Experience at the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Thum has previously written about customer experience for DigitalGov, including Three Ways to Evolve Your Agency’s Customer Mindset and the forward-looking Will 2016 Be the Federal Government’s ‘Year of the Customer?’

In May, Thum sat down with DigitalGov to dig deeper into the federal customer experience (CX) landscape. Thum discussed how the CX mindset is gaining momentum and attention around government, how CX is a management discipline that deserves a seat at the C-suite, and why providing great customer service makes fundamental business sense.</description>

To provide great customer service, bring your age…

To provide great customer service, bring your agency’s customers to the table.

This is one of many insights recently offered by Stephanie Thum, Vice President of Customer Experience at the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Thum has previously written about customer experience for DigitalGov, including Three Ways to Evolve Your Agency’s Customer Mindset and the forward-looking Will 2016 Be the Federal Government’s ‘Year of the Customer?’

In May, Thum sat down with DigitalGov to dig deeper into the federal customer experience (CX) landscape. Thum discussed how the CX mindset is gaining momentum and attention around government, how CX is a management discipline that deserves a seat at the C-suite, and why providing great customer service makes fundamental business sense.

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