SAVE Award 2011 Ideas

To Whom It May Concern:

Many Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees, such as CBP officers, Border Patrol agents, etc., are allotted $800 per year for uniform items. While $800 may be appropriate for newly hired employees that must purchase an initial cache of uniform items, this amount is excessive for more tenured employees. CBP employees with more than two years of service, for example, do not require $800... more »

As an Import Specialist I deal with a tremendous amount of paper everyday. We keep paper files and copies of everything we do for future reference. Not only does this use up a TON on paper, it takes up a ton of space. My idea is a simple one. Create digital copies instead of hard ones. Instead of making copies and filing our finished work, we can scan our finished work and save digital copies. Doing this will not only... more »