GSA's USA Services Wins Federal CIO Leadership Award
Cost Calculator Helps Agencies Improve Citizen Services
GSA #10234
April 26, 2006
Contact: Viki Reath, (202) 501-1231
viki.reath@gsa.gov
The CIO Leadership Award is given for innovative solutions that improve service to citizens by federal agencies and “for electronic government and information technology advancements that will have major impact on the way government conducts business on a government-wide basis.”
The Citizen Services Cost Calculator assists the user to determine how to save time and money when estimating the expenditures required to establish and operate contact centers that meet citizen expectations for timely, accurate and consistent responses. It is designed to outline all the support costs involved in running a call or contact center, and the approximate cost for that support.
“This Cost Calculator was developed to provide federal agencies with the means to respond quickly and accurately to questions from the public, which is integral to the fulfillment of the President’s Management Agenda,” said M.J. Pizzella, GSA’s Associate Administrator for Citizen Services and Communications, which manages USA Services. “In particular, the calculator is helpful to agencies that are establishing a contact center for the first time and want to ensure that every tax dollar is accounted for and spent wisely. It also helps agencies evaluate the cost-effectiveness of current contact centers.”
USA Services, the citizen’s advocate in the Federal government, developed the software, working with 10 Federal agency partners and the MITRE Corp. of McLean Virginia, a non-profit, Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC).
USA Services, a Presidential E-Government initiative, received the award from the CIO Council on April 24, 2006, during the 45th Annual Interagency Resources Management Conference (IRMCO), held in
To obtain a copy of the Citizen Services Cost Calculator, please visit the USA Services Web site, www.usaservices.gov/calculator.htm
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GSA is a centralized, federal procurement, property management, policy development and information provision agency, created by Congress to improve government efficiency and help federal agencies better serve the public. In this role, GSA acquires products and services on behalf of federal agencies; plays a key role in developing and implementing governmentwide policies; provides services and solutions for the office operations of more than one million federal workers; and encourages a citizen-centric relationship with government by providing a single "point of entry" to the information and services citizens need in a timeframe they can appreciate. This allows citizens to receive accurate, timely and consistent answers and information, and helps Federal agencies better respond to citizen inquiries.
