Department of Health and Human Services
Electronic timesheets and other forms
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Electronic law/reference libraries
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Department of Health and Human Services
Onfile Archive for Office of Grants Management
I propose a similar tool for the Office of Grants Management. Rather than mailing hard copies to the Regional Office, grantees can simply upload documents for OGM to archive accordingly. This would reduce filing, use of stationary,... more »
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Back to Technology Basics
Agencies must supply not only the printers but all the parts to maintain them – along with service contracts and of course, paper.... more »
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Stop printing the Internal Revenue Bulletin
Update: It is on-line at http://www.irs.gov/app/picklist/list/internalRevenueBulletins.html... more »
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Eliminate IDRS CC TRPRT
Eliminate IDRS CC TRPRT it is a waste of paper and time. I can not tell you how many times I have executed this command code and received a packet of information that I could get electronically.
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Revise the printed email policy
IT security policy requires every employee to print and file a paper copy of every work-related email. Requiring on and off-site electronic back-ups of email files provides better security for the records and would save the government millions of dollars per year, as well as hugely reducing paper waste from government offices. The current policy is expensive, out-dated and as non-green as possible.
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Reduce international organization mailings
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Department of Homeland Security
Print Metrics
Every office has a stack of unclaimed papers next to the printer. Costly and bad for the environment. A simple tool that counts print jobs for each user account can be used to keep wasteful printing under control. Managers can establish print targets for their workers that can be factored into performance evaluations.
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Reduction and Modernization
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Department of Health and Human Services
Replace Medicaid/Medicare Paper Cards w/Plastic
The next generation card would last longer, and your parents and/or grand parents would not have to laminate them!
Newer security features could be incorporated to prevent replication (which can be achieved quite easily with the current paper card),... more »
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Department of Homeland Security
Faxmail
With the goal of creating a paperless work environment, the receipt of an electronic fax will create an instant savings... more »
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Electronic Contract Files
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Department of Health and Human Services
Electronic Libraries
Go the E-book way.
Than having the same hard bound reference book in every office, go electronic. Subscribe/pay for the group access and distribute the log-in info to all employees. The 'Physicians Desk Reference' and the Dictionaries comes to mind! How about Kindling it?