Hybrid fleet vehicles
Require a minimum percentage of GSA fleet vehicles per agency/department/bureau to be hybrid vehicles. Often inefficient trucks are used for errands and trips where a hybrid would more appropriate. Fuel savings increase significantly as our consumption and footprint decrease.
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Substitute WebEx and conference calls for long-distance travel to meetings
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Increase the Government Micro-Purchasing Limit
Increase the micro-purchase limit, which is currently $3000. Even a modest increase to $5000 would improve government employees ability to conduct work efficiently since it would dramatically reduce the number of purchases that are subject to time consuming and therefore costly procurement procedures.
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"Love it, Leave it"
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Adopt an Effective Web-Based Email System
My agency uses Lotus notes for email, which is a clunky system and has a terrible web-interface that makes it ineffective to use away from the office. We should adopt a system like gmail or hotmail. This would greatly improve employee productivity, and make archiving and searching records more effective.
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Deactivate Half of the Florescent Bulbs in Overhead Lighting
In existing buildings where more than sufficient lighting exists, rotate half of the bulbs in each overhead fixture by 45 degrees to deactivate them. That could save up to 50% of electricity used for overhead lighting with no upfront retrofit investment. Many areas I work in are far too brightly lit. The excess lighting is often visually uncomfortable and a gross waste of energy.
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Inmate Management System
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Wasteful airline ticket purchases
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Fire the useless Perms!
I think It should be easier to fire permenant employees. I see a lot of fat that could be trimmed. Some of these perms do nothing all day or personal work on the gov dime and they know that they can not get fired.
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Replace Office/Cubicle Trash Cans with Recycle Bins
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Employee Incentive Program to Decrease Travel Expenses
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Ecofonts for reduction of the use of printer ink
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Early Retirement Incentive
Offer early out retirements to persons age 50 plus and 25 years plus of service. Will save money and also allow new people to get into the work force.