Department of Homeland Security
Change Coinage/Monetary system - Save $2 Billion/year
(1) Eliminate the dollar bill and use the dollar coin as is now done in most other countries (estimated savings of $1 billion/year per GAO and other studies). This would provide a significant greening of the environment as the coins are environmentally neutral; whereas the dollar bills contain hazardous material and cause damage to the environment... more »
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Executive Office of the President
National Park Passes For Americans
Currently foreign tourists are buying the National Parks Passes - which are a smoking deal - and hitting our parks in a sort of "all you can eat buffet. I know I do this, certainly foreign tourists do as well! There are two major problems with this.
Direct Cost: We... more »
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Save $15000 of Flight Sim Training
FAA -- Stop forceing Operations ASI's who are within 6 to 12 months of retiring to go to CFR142 schools for to get a new type rating. These ASI's don't want to learn EFIS system, and spend time in the simulator after mid night. Even when they complian and find someone to take the class, the ASI is sent out. Save the $15,000 for someone who wants to go.
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SAVE Program For All Agencies
All agencies should have their own save award program to help their agencies save money, energey time or manpower.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Motion Sensing Lights
We have signs posted on our building asking civil servants to remember to turn the lights off because we're wasting energy. Why not have motion sensing lights?
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Incentivize SAVE - offer $$ for implemented ideas
1) contributing makes me feel important;
2) I don't like seeing taxpayer dollars poured down the drain;
3) it makes me look good;
4) as a taxpayer, my idea will save me personally three cents per year.
This is idea number 4011. Good turnout so far. But to REALLY start seeing results, to further incentivize... more »
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Eliminate Neighborhood Blight
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Will Any of These Ideas Realy Save the GOV Money?
Or are we Just Taking it away from one agency to give to another? I hope that the ideas obtained through this save program will actualy save the GOV money and help reduce the deficit. But in the back of my mind Im thinking..."did last years winner save the Gov money or just reduce the spending of one agency to give more to another? Hmmmm... Id like to here thoughts from other people...
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Executive Office of the President
Eliminate Redundant Agencies/Bureaus/Branches
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Save $660 million per year--Abolish 5 Year rule for DoD overseas Civilians
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Save $1.5 Trillion Every Year!
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Environmental Protection Agency
Save Federal Dollars by Implementing the Best Suggestions
Take the best suggestions listed here and implement them. That will encourage more submissions and save countless more federal dollars.