SAVE Award 2011 Securities and Exchange Commission

A great way to boost our economy is to require every business owner who are in the need of manufacturing their goods to open at least one factory here in the United States. By doing this, it would create jobs for more Americans while still allowing the business owner the opportunity to cut their production costs by obtaining production of their product overseas. Also, this would allow the United States the opportunity... more »

Save money by installing motion sensitive light switches in storage rooms, bathrooms, conference rooms, etc. and any space that is not used during the majority of the work week. Dimmers can be used in common work areas and set to dim an hour after the last shift ends, and set to full light and half hour before the first shift starts. Have each employee power down their computers before they leave and assign a person to... more »

Require that no cover pages be printed in order to save the government money on paper costs. Instead use a simple header with the originator initials and total pages of the document (i.e. JR, 1 of 1), so that all pages can be easily separated in offices with heavy printer usage. Also suggest (saw the same idea noted before I typed this idea) that these be printed in Century Gothic Font to save money on ink cartridges.... more »

All federal employees employees receive leave and earning statement ("LES") each pay period. These are available on-line for every employee. If the payroll agencies stop mailing these statements, it could result in over $21 million in savings per year.

This also could be done for the military, as they receive the same statement.. It has the potential of saving the same amount. The downside, it takes business from... more »