Environmental Protection Agency
Car sharing
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Individual "sharing" of excess budget at the end of a FY
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$187,000,000 Per Year Saved! OPERATION FREEZE THE INK!
OPERATION FREEZE THE INK! 700 pounds and 10,000 pages is what the average worker will print in one year. A 25-30% reduction of printing by 50-60% of federal workers (1,500,000 FTE) would save $187 million in a year! It's not technology that holds us back, it's the will to use it. Implementing a printing cap would make government workers get creative in how a document is electronically delivered.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
WATCH HUD HOUSING APPLICANTS CLOSELY
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Congressional Sharing
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Integrate IHS and VHA electronic medical records
This would decrease:
1) Time VHA providers and nurses spend trying to obtain IHS records
2) Time Health Information scanners spend scanning IHS records, once obtained
3) Duplication of services
4) Delays in care of Veterans, who go to both IHS and VHA providers... more »
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Government Cooperation
To help promote cross agency cooperation and save money, create a .gov website similar to Craigslist that agencies requisition for excess property and material in a local area. Why should one agency buy new items, like desks or chairs, when another agency has excess material in a local area? After the item has been listed for... more »
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Social Security Administration
Office/Desk Sharing
Where possible, utilize desk-sharing by part-time/staggered shift employees. This will save money on building space and office equipment.