SAVE Award 2011 Ideas

Save money and space by scanning or discarding paper files.

In 2010, The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Florida District completed approximately 929 Domestic Inspections. The copying and distribution of these reports and exhibits were completed by technicians and required approximately 3716 man hours, 1,114,800 ($7300.00) pieces of paper , 550 toner cartages, use of limited filing space, and UPS shipping charges based on weight. Instead, these reports and exhibits could... more »

Paper files are retrieved from storage and sent from SSA offices to DDS centers and back to offices and back to storage via FedEx. As a file is requested, scan it into existing paperless systems instead of shipping to any office. Or scan into existing paperless systems at any point in the process, the DDS office, the SSA office, etc. It is understandable that scanning and storing old files is too large a project, we... more »