SAVE Award 2011 Ideas

Currently, the Forest Service uses two main methods of hiring employees: USAJOBS and AVUE Services. USAJOBS is the more comprehensive website. AVUE has less flexibility, does not allow searches for "virtual" jobs, and frequently does not even allow listing where a particular job is located, making job searches and the application process unnecessarily complicated and frustrating. At the same time, we have the goal... more »

We all have lots of ideas to save money, but we end up with thousands of ideas being posted on SAVE, many of which are essentially the same. The search function doesn't even work all the time.

We need to have most ideas be "system posts" (no individual credit) that are broken down by basic popular ideas that people can contribute to (in small pieces) and then vote on each piece. That would make it easier for Administration... more »

Effecting the efficient removal of illegal aliens requires that ICE Enforcement and Removal Office (ERO) personnel look to various references that include but are not limited to U.S. Codes of Federal Regulations (CFR), international treaties, conventions and laws, agency policy and procedural manuals. The significance of this removal program responsibility is that it embodies the mission of ERO as a whole and overlaps... more »

Over the past few months, we have been working on becoming more efficient with incoming faxes throughout CBP & Border Patrol. We receive at our port of entry on a daily basis on average 50-100 vehicle export faxes per day, sometimes one fax can include up to 20 pages. Our main focus was on vehicle exports and trying to figure out how to get reduce the receiving so much paper, wasting ink, and phone lines for something... more »

Too many man hours are spent on paper work. We have many systems that help streamline this, however, they are still time consuming within their own right, and still produce duplicate and triplicate copies.

I understand that we need accountability and record keeping, but we need to develop a system and change the forms process to combine forms or increase the electronic the use and access of filing systems.

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Problem: The underlying problem is lack of Technology Utilization. Technology exists on every Government computer with functionalities, features, capabilities, and tools that are not being utilized and therefore the return on investments in Technology is low. Most end-users of technology are not technology experts and therefore do not realize the full capabilities in order to perform their functions efficiently with the... more »