SAVE Award 2011 Ideas

These can be for permanant career employee positions who have the necessary security-enhanced equipment or for those who do not handle personally identifiable information.

Add software to government laptops so that calls can be made using the microphone.

 

This would take away the need for purchasing phone plans, allow a seamless transition for work at home, and remove the need for physical landline telephones.

Although Ful Time Telework won't work for everyont, I do think that there are some 25 - 50% of most Agencies that could perfom their functions from an alternative worksite. Many managers are uncomfortable with this but it would be a matter of changing their style of managing. Instead of "stopping by" a persons desk, they could call or send emails to ask the quick question or provide an assignment.

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All government employees should work at home every Monday or Friday to save costs for an additional day.

The Dept of Defense had developmed new software called Lightweight Portable Security (LIPOSE) that allows for secure use of VPN. The software is free from their website. This might be the answer to the security problems that prevent some SSA employees from being able to work at home.