SAVE Award 2011 Ideas

The current process for district and field offices to pay their utility bills through BPA calls, which have to be processed through UFMS iProcurement and worked up in PRISM (purchase order/BPA Call) by a Purchasing Agent, which is distributed to a receiving official, who completes the receiving report, and sends it to Finance, who initiates the payment process.

To further complicate matters, the invoicing office (according... more »

All employees whose duties require field work or a significant percentage of travel are issued a number of devices that can be consolidated into a signle purchase of a smartphone. For my job as a Vulnerability Assessment Team Lead, I was issued a laptop, air card, Blackberry, vehicle Global Positioning System (GPS), hand-held GPS, flashlight, camera, and a backpack and Pelican case to hold all of it. This totals 7 devices... more »

Personal computers, laptops, and tablet PCs have dominated the workforce toolset within the Federal government up to the present day. The development of web-based content has traditionally been targeted at personal computing (PC) by Federal developers. The combination of these two factors has led to the workforce carrying expensive, bulky and sometimes fragile equipment as a necessary toolset into the field in order... more »

Analysis and space planning should be undertaken to downsize space requirements to maximize office space utilization. As agancies have adopted telework and compressed work schedules we continue to maintain office space which is under utilized. Many resources could share common work spaces reducing overhead without reducing levels of services.

I believe we should update the entire entry system, incorporating the instructions and policy into a browser-based system. While the building of this system would take time and money, ultimately it should cut down on the training of new employees by months. In addition, if all the data were kept in a centralized location (replicated for safety) then changes in the policy or instructions would always be correct.

Currently,... more »