SAVE Award 2011 Ideas

Place all responsibilities and requirements (R&R) for all federal government organizations into a single comprehensive relational database – R3D. For example, in the DoD this would include all service-level, command-level, center-lever, and base-level guidance and instructions.

Delete all R&R from all guidance and instructions and only maintain this information in the R3D. Eventually delete all guidance and instructions... more »

Many government forms have instruction pages that are longer than the actual form. If there are that many instructions required, then the form is not understandable and should be revised or not used at all. And if there are that many instructions, the people who have to complete the forms are probably more confused by the instructions than the forms. Also, it is a huge waste of paper to have such long forms and instructions.... more »

The large number of DoD Directives & Instructions existing within the Department of Defense today establishes rules that regulate/control business operations and procedures. As the “total number” and total “word content” of Directives and Instructions increase, there is a corresponding growth in the administrative burden imposed upon the Government workforce. Unless measures are taken to curb the growth and reduce the... more »