SAVE Award 2011 Department of Education

The USDA, VA, and SSA have programs, which deny benefits to persons who are wanted in other jurisdictions in local, state, and federal databases for felony offenses. These absconders from justice may use the benefits they receive to further their escape from facing justice and should not be entitled to taxpayer funds until their obligations have been satisfied. This program if implemented at ED is a direct alignment ...more »

No matter how much you measure, use standardized tests, etc, all a program of No Child Left Behind achieves is the Lowest Common Denominator. It needs to be made into 20% SHALL FAIL. Keep increasing the standards, make sure that 20% fail from every grade. This is a competitive country! We need competition in Education. For those that fail, have a support system to focus them toward professions and national needs ...more »

Each state has a Department of Education. Eliminate this department at the federal level and use the savings to issue block grants to the states. Overall savings would be $56 Billion!

We could save a lot of paper if our printers defaulted to two-sided (duplex) printing, with the option to print one-sided, across all government agencies.

This agency does nothing not already accomplished at the State and Local level.

Allow Federal employees to take Leave Without Pay (LWOP) for up to two weeks annually for vacation, family needs, medical, inclement weather. Employees could use the furlough days in one week increments or use a day or two on an as-needed basis throughout the year. Agency Personnal Offices would use a special code that would be used for this leave option so that actual savings can be tracked. Even though employees can ...more »

There is no benefit to the Senior Executive Service Corps that is discernible. It would be a cost savings to eliminate it entirely and save tax payer's money.

Currently all department employees must fill out paper time sheets and SF-71 leave requests. These have to be then typed into a computer system which takes 1 FTE per 400 employees (takes our office staff 1 day per 40 persons for data entry). There are about 1,000 different pieces of office software designed for this function and I'm positive that it would cost less in paper and time to use even the most expensive software ...more »

Students that receive Pell Grants often have other sources of financial aid (such as state-funded programs and scholarships). Students often end up with more college funding than college bills. The surplus can be in the thousands of dollars. Students use this money to buy cars, high-end electronics, and other luxury items not associated with college. This is done at the taxpayer’s expense. Pell Grants should be paid directly ...more »

Create a new category code in CFC that would allow Federal employees to donate funds to pay down the debt.

If an employee can demonstrate that it is less expensive to the government to travel (fly or car) on official duty from their home base as opposed to their duty station (which they are currently required to do), they should be allowed to do so. For telecommuters, this would be a huge advantage, as well as, a cost savings to the government. For example, if a telecommuter's home base is in Columbus, OH and their duty ...more »

This will keep more young adults off the streets (less crime), help the poor and struggling middle-class folks obtain an education and compete for jobs, it would create more jobs for the public (teachers, janitors, etc.)... and *help* America's young adults compete in the world-market.

It will end the fraud-filled application and selection process in which low income families government money to attend college.