SAVE Award 2011 Ideas

Create a streamlined, efficient, and credible method to acknowledge and reward high-performing employees, and to improve the performance and even punish low-performing employees.

Currently, it is difficult to retain highly qualified efficient personnel in the government due to lack of rewards and the opportunity to gain a higher salary in the private sector. Employees that are highly efficient end-up having lower morale,... more »

Let's face it,
No matter how ingenious the paperless idea --- unless employees are rewarded for compliance --- Joe Q. Government will continue to print out his emails...

So, reward good old Joe Q.'s paperless compliance with promotion points.

Track Joe G’s printing --- i.e. every time he prints, his "print number" goes up. During employee evaluations, this “print number” is scored and used as a criteria for evaluation.... more »

Background:
Coast Guard guidelines for vessel transit planning are intended to maximize operational effectiveness. Each vessel in the fleet is expected to transit at a speed that uses fuel efficiently; enabling the unit to spend more time in the operating area, reducing wear on engines and saving money. Regrettably there is not an effective monitoring and enforcement mechanism to ensure personnel adhere to these standards.... more »