SAVE Award 2011 Ideas

Virtually every person has a private cell phone and many models meet agency security parameters. My recommendation is to have the agency pay the employee $25/month for unlimited work use of a personal cell phone rather than the agency spending $50-$80/month on a separate work cell phone. This benefits the gov't by saving half the cost of the cell plan and benefits the employee by offsetting the cost of their personal... more »

Eliminate the automatic payout of full per diem for MI&E. Most employees pocket this money and eat at the hotel for free or eat cheap. Very few, if any, actually use the full per diem. By paying back the employee for actual expenses incurred this will save the government billions over the years. I was recently relocated and had to use this method and found it very difficult to use the full per diem rate, even if I went... more »