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Digital Services and Customer Experience

A Citizen-Led Digital Government Transformation

Customer centricity becomes more paramount in uncertain times, and the ability for the Public Sector to adapt and respond quickly to society’s changing needs is crucial in moments of disruption, as habits and behaviours irreversibly change and public trust is undoubtedly shaken. This is necessitating a new kind of governmental reform; to reshape services by redesigning, and reorganising how departments cater to the increasingly digitally driven – and now at times physically isolated – citizen. The focus needs to be on fostering a deeper understanding of public needs, combined with the transforming of service experience for citizens through embracing technological …
A Citizen-Led Digital Government Transformation
New Zealand 12 Jan 2021
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Digital Services and Customer Experience

Customer Centric Contact Centres

Contact centres are staffed by people and are designed to answer the queries of people calling them. It is important that the people who run them consistently remember that people – both staff and customers – need to be at the centre of the operation. Public sector contact centres have changed and improved over the years, but recent catalysts like an examination of outdated measures, the pandemic and other crises have exacerbated the need for change, and thus contact centres have begun to innovate, change and improve. This paper incorporates three examples from different jurisdictions and follows their journeys as …
Customer Centric Contact Centres
Australia 22 Oct 2020
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Multi Channel Citizen Engagement in 2020

Our modern world means that governments and government agencies need to engage with their stakeholders in new and innovative ways, and in multiple ways to create true engagement. Such an approach needs to have customers at its centre, needs to engage with the right audience for the right purpose and it needs to use technology in the best possible way to achieve its outcomes.
Multi Channel Citizen Engagement in 2020
Australia 29 Sep 2020
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Innovation in the Australian Public Service (APS)

Against the backdrop of COVID-19, this paper examines new ways of dealing with current and long-standing challenges to the delivery of effective public service, focusing on five streams: policies, processes, people, data and technology.
Innovation in the Australian Public Service (APS)
Australia 11 Aug 2020
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WA Government Innovation Survey Summary 2020

On 5 March 2020 Public Sector Network delivered the WA Government Innovation Showcase in Perth in conjunction with the WA Government. An online survey, open to all attendees, was conducted in association with the event. The survey asked a number of questions about innovation strategies, as well as views on the subject by individual respondents. The survey was answered by 115 attendees, roughly one-third of the total, and included both qualitative and quantitative questions.
WA Government Innovation Survey Summary 2020
Australia 14 Jul 2020
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The future of government communications in the digital age

‘In those important moments when Australians reach out for government services they rightly expect a simple and seamless interaction. Services Australia will be outcomes focused and will put in place the right structure needed to deliver that experience. ‘Whether Australians are accessing government services digitally, in person or over the phone, in the future I want Services Australia to deliver a similar experience to what Australians are used to when dealing with everyday services, such as banking and shopping".* Where previously external messaging had to be approved at the highest level and speaking to journalists was an issue for the …
The future of government communications in the digital age
Australia 13 Jul 2020
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Post Event Report - Public Sector Innovation Show 2020 - Ottawa

Post Event Report – Public Sector Innovation Show 2020 – Ottawa
Post Event Report - Public Sector Innovation Show 2020 - Ottawa
Canada 26 Mar 2020
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Interview: Damien Hobbin, Assistant Commissioner - Enterprise Solutions and Technology, ATO

I started my career as an electronic and telecommunications engineer working for Telstra. In 2003 I joined the ATO as an IT project Manager, where I spent my early years in the public service working on our client facing portals. As I moved into higher leadership positions within IT in the ATO, I have been fortunate to lead the delivery of some of the most iconic, contemporary and transformative client experience digital projects in the ATO. These have included: A new digital platform and software services for Australia’s 60,000+ Tax and BAS Agents; A major client experience transformation of ato.gov.au …
Interview: Damien Hobbin, Assistant Commissioner - Enterprise Solutions and Technology, ATO
Australia 11 Mar 2020
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