THE NEW PUBLIC SERVICE AND QUALITY SERVICE FOR CITIZENS 61
interest in how the system functions; the actual recipient of an employment
insurance payment would be an external client. A regional employment
insurance office that depends on a central agency to distribute the employment
insurance payments to their office would be an internal client” (3). It
is important to recognize that public servants rarely deal with a single client
or citizen. The front-line employee may be assisting someone sitting across
the table, but he or she is simultaneously serving the public by ensuring
that the process meets legal requirements. The complexity of government’s
interactions with citizens and the public marks all efforts to improve service
quality in government.