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Customer Service Operations
Quality Assurance Tester Program

What are the District’s service performance goals?

The Quality Assurance Tester Program has the following performance goals:

  • Telephone Service Quality
    95 percent of agencies tested rate good or excellent in courtesy, knowledge, etiquette and overall impression.
  • Staffing Agency Phone Lines
    A live operator answers every call to main agency telephone numbers during business hours within 2.5 minutes (for automated systems); callers do not reach a voicemail greeting, busy signal, or experience continual ringing during business hours.
  • Voicemail
    100 percent of District government agency and employee voicemail greetings comply with the Mayor’s Voicemail Standard.
  • Email Responsiveness
    All correspondence is acknowledged and/or responded to within two business days.
  • US Mail Responsiveness
    All correspondence is acknowledged and/or responded to within two business days.
  • Responsiveness to Mayor's Correspondence
    Correspondence is acknowledged and or responded to within two business days.