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Laws, Regulations and Issues Applicable to Federal Agency Contact Centers - Final Report

August 22, 2008 | Beth Ford, USA Services

This report carries the goal of educating leaders in agency contact centers on the laws and regulations that apply to them, and shed some light on issues that are not as clearly regulated as others.

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The Nine (Because 10 Has Been Done to Death) Timeless Truths of Call Center Design

July 2008 | Alex Dering, Customer Management Insight

Are you underestimating the value of your contact center environment? You may be surprised at what a few small improvements can do for your bottom line.

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House Calls: Truly Successful Home-Agent Case Studies

July 2008 | Greg Levin, CMInsight.com

Effective home-agent initiatives can have a positive impact on agent retention, overall call center performance and customer satisfaction. A look at two best-in-class operations.

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Best Practices for VoIP in the Contact Center Part 3: Changing Support Roles to Optimize VoIP

July 2008 | Lori Bocklund and Brian Hinton, CMInsight.com

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has reached a new level of maturity in the contact center industry. We can now shift the conversation from “Why should I do VoIP?” and “When and how should I move to VoIP?” to “How do I successfully use it?”

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An Unconventional Cure for Call Centers: Calling the Customer

June 2, 2008 | BaselineMag.com

Unisys was determined to improve customer satisfaction with its call center. So it called angry customers and followed their advice.

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Soft phones Answer the Call

May 5, 2008 | William Jackson, Government Computer News

When wildfires hit, California's insurance department puts IP call centers to the test

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Net Gain

May 2008 | FedTech

As SSA undertakes an end-to-end VoIP implementation, other agencies can borrow insights to clear the hurdles on the way to unified communications.

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Call Center Consolidation - Does It Make Sense?

April 15, 2008 | Ike Mitchell, Computer Science Corporation

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Contact Center Spotlight: Pacific Gas & Electric

February 2008 | ICMI - Greg Levin, ICMI's Insight

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Align Your Call Center With Five Megatrends

December 7, 2007 | Ashu Roy, CRM Buyer

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Department of Health and Human Services: One DHHS Contact Center

March 7, 2006 | Robert Spector, Program Support Center, HHS

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Federal Contact Centers: Mechanism for Sharing Metrics and Oversight Practices along with Improved Data Needed

February 2006 | Government Accountability Office (GAO) Audit

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Interactive Voice Response Units (IVR) Overview (April 13, 2005)

April 13, 2005 | USA Services and ICT Group

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