Archive Putting Customers First '97with the Customer Service Standards Database Government's customers are winning big time in the reinvention revolution. In 1993, based on a recommendation of Vice President Gore's National Performance Review, President Clinton issued an executive order that called on federal agencies to put customers first. The President asked for a customer-driven government that matches or exceeds the best service available in the private sector. He also asked agencies to develop customer service standards-- service guarantees to the American people. In that year, only three federal agencies--the Social Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, and the United States Postal Service--committed to customer service standards. Things are different now. In the latest NPR report below, Putting Customers First, '97, you'll find 4,000 standards for 570 federal departments, agencies, organizations and programs. Today most agencies are beyond just setting standards, they are putting those standards to work.
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