Exploring Public Sector Digital Services

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    Summary of Exploring Public Sector Digital Services

    Public Sector Digital Services (PSDS) is designed to help government agencies efficiently manage the entire lifecycle of public service delivery to constituents, businesses, households, and agencies. Built on a standardized government data model, PSDS provides a foundation that can be used as-is or customized to meet specific agency workflows. It supports multiple service delivery scenarios including government-to-constituent, government-to-business, and government-to-agency interactions.

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    PSDS features a suite of applications tailored for common government service types, many of which are playbook-driven to guide agents through each step of service requests. It also incorporates AI capabilities through Now Assist, enhancing agent productivity by automating case summarization, chat summarization, and resolution note generation. Constituents and businesses access services via self-service portals, while agents use a configurable workspace to manage their workloads.

    Key Features

    • Playbooks: Provide guided workflows for agents and constituents to manage requests such as grants, licenses, permits, social benefits, information requests, and service requests.
    • Portals: Enable self-service with integrated knowledge bases, service catalogs, communities, and chatbots, allowing constituents to request services anytime from any device.
    • Case Management: Manage case interactions, service level agreements, and relationships, with tools to track and fulfill service requests efficiently.
    • Intelligence: Automate case summarization and routing, recommend solutions, and identify trends to improve agent effectiveness and service quality.
    • Analytics and Insights: Provide dashboards and reporting to monitor performance, identify improvement opportunities, and prioritize automation of frequent case resolutions.
    • Virtual Agent: A chatbot embedded in government portals and supported messaging apps, allowing end users to submit non-emergency service requests via automated conversations.
    • Configurable Workspace: A dedicated interface for agents to view and manage cases, requests, and constituent profiles, tailored specifically for public sector needs.

    Key Outcomes

    • Deliver seamless, omni-channel public service access that fits constituents’ preferences and schedules.
    • Streamline and standardize government service processes to reduce cycle times and improve consistency.
    • Enhance inter-agency collaboration through shared workflows and task boards, enabling cross-departmental service delivery.
    • Empower constituents with self-service options to reduce case volume and improve satisfaction.
    • Leverage AI-driven insights and automation to boost agent productivity and service resolution speed.
    • Gain actionable analytics to continuously optimize services, agent performance, and constituent experience.

    Learn about Public Sector Digital Services (PSDS) features to help create a seamless support experience for constituents, businesses, internal agencies, and external agencies.

    Public Sector Digital Services Overview

    Public Sector Digital Services helps government agencies manage the complete lifecycle of constituent public service delivery. The solution is built on a government data model that standardizes how constituents, businesses, households, agencies, and service interactions are represented across your implementation. You can use this foundation as-is or extend it to create workflows that are specific to your agency's processes. Public Sector Digital Services includes a set of applications that support common government service types. Many are playbook-driven, guiding agents through each stage of a service request, from intake to decision. Others support different kinds of work—for example, the Investigative Case Management solution helps investigators process investigations and connect the records and evidence related to a case. Constituents and businesses access services through self-service portals, and agents manage their work from a configurable workspace. Now Assist for Public Sector Digital Services (PSDS) adds AI capabilities to help agents work through cases faster, including case summarization, chat summarization, and resolution notes generation. Public Sector Digital Services supports three primary service delivery scenarios: government to constituent, government to business, and government to agency. You can implement one or more of these scenarios depending on your agency's requirements.

    Public Sector Applications

    Benefits

    Provide a platform for citizens to engage
    Serve the public outside of government’s walls and hours of operations. Give your constituents the choice of connecting through email, phone, chat, social media, or mobile- anytime, anywhere, and from any device. Provide a streamlined platform for the public to request government services through assisted and self-service. Omni-channel advanced work assignment automatically assigns public service cases to the best-equipped agent based on capacity, skills, and case context.
    Assign tasks across the enterprise
    Guide government workers to fulfill public service requests quickly and consistently, and monitor the progress of other agents and teams. Create a single flow of work across governments and agencies so that cycle times are minimized and automation is maximized, end-to-end. Enable service delivery from one agency to another by connecting the public sector to other departments such as field service, finance, and legal. Collaborate with other agencies using the visual task board, workflow, and automation.
    Enable insights with reporting and dashboards
    Identify opportunities to improve case resolution, agent performance, and the service experience, and act on trends revealed in Performance Analytics for Public Sector Digital Services. Monitor current and prior performance to identify areas for improvement of products, services, and processes. Unlock insights to anticipate trends, prioritize, and drive actionable improvements, such as automating the most frequently recurring case resolutions.
    Manage case volume with self-service
    Encourage constituents to help themselves with a self-service catalog, communities, knowledge base, and portal. Expand customer support by implementing Virtual Agent, a chatbot that runs on the Government Service Portal and in supported third-party messaging applications, such as Engagement Messenger. End users can request non-emergency services through a prebuilt, automated conversation that helps them submit a request.

    Key features

    Public Sector Digital Services offers key features that enable administrators and agents to provide the services and support requested by constituents and businesses.

    Table 1. Benefits of PSDS features
    Benefits Key Features Role
    Walk constituents through the process of submitting a grant proposal, applying for a license or permit, requesting government records and other public information, or submitting non-emergency service requests. Walk agents through the process of fulfilling these requests. Playbooks Constituent or Agent
    Drive self-service from a portal that is integrated with knowledge articles, service catalogs, communities, and chatbots. Portals Constituent
    Improve your agent efficiency for faster resolution and a better constituent experience. Playbooks and Solutions Agent or Manager
    Manage case interactions and service level agreements (SLAs), product model relationships, and other services. Case Management Administrator
    Increase productivity with automated case detail and comment summarization, so agents get answers fast. Also, learn how to route issues, recommend solutions, and identify trends. Intelligence Agent or Manager

    Get at-a-glance visibility and a deep understanding of the data and identify areas that impact your processes.

    Analytics and Insights Manager
    Embed a messenger-like pop-up inside any website to interact with ServiceNow features, such as browsing knowledge, creating a case, and interacting with Virtual Agent. Manage how your customers use your web applications and services from one central location. Configure the behavior and styling of the messenger and deploy the configuration on the websites or mobile sites of your choice. Virtual Agent Administrator
    A dedicated, customizable workspace for government agents and agents from external agencies to work on issues and deliver services for constituents, agencies, and businesses. Administrators tailor the configurable workspace for public sector use, enabling agents to resolve issues faster and view services received, recent cases, and profiles for businesses, agencies, and constituents. Agents can manage their cases, check on service requests, and even initiate requests for others. CSM Configurable Workspace Agent or Manager