Untether the desktop: go laptop, wireless, and port.
Replace all federal desktops with thin-edge terminals OR desk-ports for a work laptop.
Untether the workforce from cubeland (and then reduce the cubes).
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Legislative Branch »2 comments for Idea: Untether the desktop: go laptop, wireless, and port. -
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Office of Personnel Management »Lead by Example for Voluntary LWOP
Add your comment for Idea: Lead by Example for Voluntary LWOPDuring instances when a federal office implements voluntary LWOP to meet pay commitments, strongly suggest (in policy) that management lead by example with at least 1 day per month for the duration of the voluntary LWOP campaign. This demonstration of good faith preserves morale, and should close the budget gap more quickly.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Postal Service »Expand Postal Services to Savings Accounts
Add your comment for Idea: Expand Postal Services to Savings AccountsBy law, the US Postal Service is in many areas of the country that otherwise have poor services. Reorganize the USPS to offer savings bank services to these communities and neighborhoods, as is done in other countries. It would offer people a direct alternative to Pay Day Loan Sharks which are a menace to our national economic recovery.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Legislative Branch »1 Exchangable Federal Holiday
Add your comment for Idea: 1 Exchangable Federal HolidayTo fully respect the diversity of religious & cultural values that make up our great nation and its government, authorize one exchangable holiday. The taxpayer will get increased service on a common holiday such as Christmas, and no diminished service on the selected holiday of the individual's choosing. Administrative overhead to manage this should be minimal.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Legislative Branch »$ for EO13514 Achievement
2 comments for Idea: $ for EO13514 AchievementOffer a budget award to the Department/Agency which achieves cost-saving EO13514 targets ahead of schedule.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Environmental Protection Agency »Maximize Daylight in New/Renovated Fed Buildings
1 comment for Idea: Maximize Daylight in New/Renovated Fed BuildingsEven better than an efficient electric light is making best use of real daylight. Clerestory windows, glass brick, and Solatubes are just some of the ways we can bring light inside without electricity.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Environmental Protection Agency »Eliminate Vending Machines
2 comments for Idea: Eliminate Vending MachinesEliminate vending machines. They draw electricity, take up room, increase heat inside a subsequently cooled office space, and usually sell unhealthy products when federal employees could walk further and buy locally.
Replace with full kitchenettes and/or preferential policy for on site vendors (periodically re-competed, say every 2 years) who offer local healthy produce.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Environmental Protection Agency »End East Coast Bias
Add your comment for Idea: End East Coast BiasSince our 50 States span 6 times zones, peg conference calls to optimal Pacific or Mountain Time business hours. This removes the root cause of excessive congestion on highways on the East Coast, and the inefficiency of next-day responses (at their ideal soonest) across national discussions.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Environmental Protection Agency »Mowing & Blowing? Hire Goats!
2 comments for Idea: Mowing & Blowing? Hire Goats!Hire goatherders with temporary fences for groundskeeping instead of conventional mowers & blowers.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Environmental Protection Agency »Early Retirement Offer with 20% Elimination of that Vacant FTE
Add your comment for Idea: Early Retirement Offer with 20% Elimination of that Vacant FTEOffer a one-time generous "golden handshake" for early retirements, then cut those retired vacancies by 20%. This will force instutional restructuring across federal government.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Environmental Protection Agency »Promote Bicycle Rentals on Travel
4 comments for Idea: Promote Bicycle Rentals on TravelChange travel policy to promote and streamline bicycle rentals while on travel. Spur the market for short-term bicycle rentals nationally. A bicycle usually costs less than a car rental, on hourly or daily rates.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Environmental Protection Agency »Bicycling - cut Vehicle Fleet & Transit Costs
Add your comment for Idea: Bicycling - cut Vehicle Fleet & Transit CostsMaximize bicycling options: all urban & contained campus/base perimeter federal offices should have bicycles/bikeshare pods for employee use. Include appropriate changing/showering facilities to bring down costs of even the Transit Subsidy.