Department of Veterans Affairs
Social Security Administration
Save Billions of Budget Dollars by Using Existing Social Security Offices to Administer New Health Care Plan
In order to administer the new health care plan established by Congress, the government will have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to set up a service network. It can take GSA 2 to 3 years to build out new office space. I suggest that we use the 1200 or so field offices already... more »
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Limit GSA contracts
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Executive Office of the President
Create Department of Administration for Core Functions
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Department of Homeland Security
Allow Purchases outside of DHS Advantage or GSA Catalogs
If the idea is to save money, why do we have to continue purchasing items through DHS Advantage or GSA Catalogs. On many ocassions, the same items can be found online at other retailers are a fraction of the cost.
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General Services Administration
Official Travel
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Executive Office of the President
Computerized coordination of percent effort data
I suggest you establish a computerized percent effort system within and across agencies to ensure that grantees and contractors don't get paid for greater than 100% effort. Double billing costs the government money and is fraudulent. It overpays some people, while others are deprived of money. See http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2009/01/universities-and-other-scoundrels-reach.html
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General Services Administration
Scheduling two Shifts of White Collar Workers per Day Instead of One to Cut Overhead Costs and Carbon Footprint by 50%
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GSA overcharges for goods and services
Allow agencies to make purchases independant of GSA to secure the best pricing.
Example: Our agency just purchased 8 trash cans thru GSA at a cost of $50.00 each. Office Max has the identical trash cans at $4.99 retail, yet we were unable to purchase from them. Eliminate the 10% tribute we pay to GSA for construction and design services we contract.
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GET RID OF GSA REALTY REQUIREMENT
Get rid of GSA realty requirement-They charge a fee for everything they do and the biggest problem is that we are forced to use them. I can't tell you how many times we have found office space cheaper but had to pay more because GSA forced us into a building that was more expensive for rent.
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GSA vs. Fleet Vehicles
GSA VS. I-fleet vehicles. BLM has an interior fleet of vehicles and also uses GSA vehicles. BLM should use one system or the other. Using two systems is confusing and causes duplication in paperwork, personnel, under utilizing of vehicles and increase cost of disposal.