Research · Public Sector

Citizen Satisfaction Surveys for Government

A public-sector experience program that captures citizen needs, feedback, and priorities across services and jurisdictions, benchmarks satisfaction and trust, and isolates what builds confidence and where to invest, so agencies can plan services, improve them, and prove progress.

Built for Public agenciesCity & county leadersService planningPolicy
Citizen satisfaction
71%
Satisfied with recent service interactions
Trust index
58
Confidence in local service delivery
SATISFACTION BY SERVICE Permits 78% Transit 70% Housing 61%

What it does

Turn citizen needs and feedback into better services and trust.

Capture needs and feedback at scale

Citizen needs, priorities, and feedback are gathered across programs, channels, and jurisdictions, so planning and service improvement start from evidence.

Benchmark across jurisdictions

Satisfaction and trust are compared across cities and counties, so leaders see where service leads or lags peers.

Identify what builds trust

Driver analysis isolates the service factors that move citizen trust, so resources go where they rebuild confidence.

Track sentiment over time

Sentiment and friction are tracked continuously, so agencies can prove that changes actually improved the experience.

How it works

A clear path from start to result

01

Define the scope

Agree the services, programs, and jurisdictions to measure, and the citizen needs and priorities to surface, so citizen voice maps to real decisions.

02

Collect feedback

Gather citizen input across channels and touchpoints with accessible, inclusive methods.

03

Analyze and benchmark

Score satisfaction and trust, benchmark across jurisdictions, and locate the service gaps.

04

Surface drivers

Identify the factors that move trust and the friction points that erode it.

05

Report and improve

Deliver transparent dashboards and a roadmap that shows progress over time.

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Run it continuously, on web and mobile

  • Citizen feedback programs across cities and counties
  • Benchmarks across participating jurisdictions
  • Behavioral analytics and journey visualization
  • Integrated feedback tied to real behavior
  • Web and mobile access included
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Voice of the Citizen in the Intellimark Hub
Voice of the Citizen on mobile

What you get

Deliverables you can act on

Citizen satisfaction
71%
Satisfied with recent service interactions
Trust index
58
Confidence in local service delivery
SATISFACTION BY SERVICE Permits 78% Transit 70% Housing 61%

Citizen dashboard

The leadership view: the headline public-service KPIs, from satisfaction with recent interactions to a trust index.

Driver Influence Service ease 0.28 Responsiveness 0.24 Transparency 0.18 Wait time 0.16 Digital access 0.11

Drivers of trust

The service factors that move citizen trust, ranked by influence, so resources rebuild confidence where it counts.

Jurisdiction Score Riverside County 84 Lakewood City 77 Fulton County 69 Easton City 55

Benchmark by jurisdiction

Satisfaction scored across participating cities and counties, so each jurisdiction sees how it performs against peers.

Driver distribution Positive 48% Neutral 33% Negative 19%

Sentiment mix

How citizen sentiment splits across positive, neutral, and negative, the pulse behind the satisfaction number.

Methodology

Counting complaints isn't listening to citizens

Reacting to whoever shouts loudest skews services toward the vocal few. We assess real needs, benchmark trust across jurisdictions, and track whether services actually improved.

Ad hoc citizen feedback

  • Driven by complaints and the loudest voices
  • No benchmark across cities or counties
  • Sentiment captured once, never tracked
  • Findings don’t connect to service decisions

Intellimark Voice of the Citizen

  • Captures resident needs and ranks services by satisfaction across categories
  • Benchmarks satisfaction and trust across jurisdictions
  • Analyzes the service drivers most linked to citizen trust
  • Tracks improvement over time, not a one-off poll

Verified against established practice and research: OECD, what drives trust in public institutions (Trust Survey) · McKinsey, meeting public demand for better government service · Minelli & Ruffini (2018), citizen feedback for continuous improvement (IJPSM)

Market reality

Why this matters now

72%

of people in the EU used government websites or apps in 2025

Eurostat

17%

of Americans trust the government in Washington to do what is right

Pew Research Center

Common
questions

What is Voice of the Citizen? +

A program that brings citizen needs, feedback, and behavioral insight together so public services can be planned, measured, benchmarked, and improved.

Does it cover community needs assessment? +

Yes. It assesses resident needs and priorities to guide planning and resource allocation, alongside the satisfaction and trust tracking that measures how services perform.

How does benchmarking work? +

Satisfaction and trust are compared across participating cities and counties, so each jurisdiction sees how it performs against peers.

Who uses it? +

Public agencies and city and county leaders responsible for service quality, citizen trust, and program outcomes.

What do you get? +

A citizen feedback dashboard, cross-jurisdiction benchmarks, driver analysis of trust, and a roadmap for improvement.

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