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Government Customer Service Improvement Act

3/14/2024, 12:36 PM

Congressional Summary of HR 538

Government Customer Service Improvement Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) develop performance measures to determine whether federal agencies are providing high-quality customer service and improving delivery service to their customers, (2) develop standards to be met by agencies to provide high-quality customer service and improve service delivery, and (3) include achievements in meeting customer service performance measures and standards in agency performance updates.

Requires each federal agency to: (1) collect information from its customers regarding the quality of its customer services, (2) include this information in its performance report to the President and Congress, and (3) designate an employee as the agency's customer relations representative to be responsible for implementing customer service standards.

Provides that employee compliance with agency customer service standards shall be measured in employee performance appraisals.

Authorizes the President to exempt an agency from the application of this Act for national security reasons.

Requires: (1) any savings or reductions in expenditures resulting from this Act to be used to offset the cost of implementing this Act, and (2) any additional savings to be used to reduce the deficit.

Current Status of Bill HR 538

Bill HR 538 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since February 8, 2011. Bill HR 538 was introduced during Congress 112 and was introduced to the House on February 8, 2011.  Bill HR 538's most recent activity was Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. as of September 12, 2012

Bipartisan Support of Bill HR 538

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
3
Democrat Cosponsors
0
Republican Cosponsors
3
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill HR 538

Primary Policy Focus

Government Operations and Politics

Potential Impact Areas

- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Consumer affairs
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- Performance measurement

Alternate Title(s) of Bill HR 538

Government Customer Service Improvement Act
To require the establishment of customer service standards for Federal agencies.
Federal Customer Service Enhancement Act
Government Customer Service Improvement Act
Government Customer Service Improvement Act

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