SAVE Award 2011 Ideas

When a field office or service center retires an alien file to the Federal Records Center, it is because this file is not active nor expected to be of use. The jurisdiction for these files remains with the office that retired them, and I believe there is a financial reason for this - rent for the storage space. The issue is when a field office other than the retiring office needs the file, the file first needs to be... more »

Border Patrol could streamline processing and reduce resource usage through implementation of processing with electronic Alien Files, electronic Transmittal and Routing Slips, and electronic Memorandums. Adobe Acrobat Pro which is already available at some Border Patrol Stations could be used to create and edit these documents.

a. Electronic Alien Files/ Supervisor Mark-Ups: In e3 processing system agents can save... more »