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This idea is active.Increasing Trade, Exports, and Overall Competitiveness »Add solar power to military and federal buildings!
10 comments for Idea: Add solar power to military and federal buildings!My building in the military had one that powered the HVAC and the hot water. We were always very comfortable and it was not at the expense of taxpayers beyond installation. What made this good was that we were a 24/7 function. We need more of these where it pays to add them and they should be made in America!
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Wind Turbine and Solar Panels - Green Energy for Feds Buildings
Wind turbine and solar power plant for Government offices owns by Government agencies and / or GSA and contracted out to Government agencies. This can also be applied to Military and other general buildings. The implementation of Solar Panels and or Wind Turbine could be of benefits to the organization, the installation would be an example of future enterprise or local business to the area, military, and other federal ...more »
6 comments for Idea: Wind Turbine and Solar Panels - Green Energy for Feds BuildingsWind turbine and solar power plant for Government offices owns by Government agencies and / or GSA and contracted out to Government agencies. This can also be applied to Military and other general buildings.
The implementation of Solar Panels and or Wind Turbine could be of benefits to the organization, the installation would be an example of future enterprise or local business to the area, military, and other federal buildings.
The Gov office could set the example by assign a pilot program especially to a NEW CONTRUCTION offices and or business. This pilot can be set and studies can be used to compare conventional usage of energy versus new Wind Turbine and / or Solar Panel.
I have seemed the Corp of Engineer along with the local agency organization conducting and planning 2 or 3 years ago having the implementation of outdated R22 refrigerant (this Freon is being banded by the EPA effective 2008) versus Eco-Friendly R410a.
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Military building can benefit from this in the long run instead of warhead expenses; by diverting some of the tomahawk and other missiles strategy cost to this Solar and Wind Turbine energy. It’ll pay back.
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http://governmentreform.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Equipment-CONSOLIDATION-and-ReUTILIZATION/123337-13060
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Make Telework Mandatory for eligible positions
14 comments for Idea: Make Telework Mandatory for eligible positions1. Saves energy in America.
2. Saves roads / extends their life
3. Less energy consumed in office space
4. Focus for projects
5. Improved morale
6. More agile workforce able to work offsite during contingencies
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Evaluate government agencies for potential consolidation
11 comments for Idea: Evaluate government agencies for potential consolidationThere are many agency programs, areas of work, programs, etc., that are redundant or nearly identical to other agencies. Consider a 20-year plan of reduction and consolidation while balancing that with the need to get something done. There may be instances where combining two small agencies would be less efficient. But this will take some study.
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Telework
With gas prices on the rise again, the Federal Government should lead by example and encourage businesses to allow their staff to work from home. In our office, we have a few in a 'teleworking pilot program'. These individuals work from home 2-3 days a week. They are still expected to work 8 hours a day - and boy, do they! These employees admit to working more at home then they do at work, because they are less stressed, ...more »
13 comments for Idea: TeleworkWith gas prices on the rise again, the Federal Government should lead by example and encourage businesses to allow their staff to work from home.
In our office, we have a few in a 'teleworking pilot program'. These individuals work from home 2-3 days a week. They are still expected to work 8 hours a day - and boy, do they! These employees admit to working more at home then they do at work, because they are less stressed, dont' have to drive anywhere, and able to focus. As long as they have their email open and answer the phone, our supervisor is happy and pleased with the outcome of this pilot program.
Benefits: Save $ on gas, no commuter traffic, work harder, happier employees = Now that's a noble goal.
Lead by example Federal Government - allow Federal Employees to work from home a few days a week.
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Push (REEL) Mowers for Inmates
A solution to save on fuel costs would be for Institutions to use push mowers instead of gasoline operated mowers. Not only does the government save money for fuel and maintenancer, but inmates are afforded health benefits by pushing the mowers, maintaining their physical fitness. Additionally, the environmental impact is aided in less carbon emisions. The cost of a gas powered mower is around 3 to 4 times what a manual ...more »
11 comments for Idea: Push (REEL) Mowers for InmatesA solution to save on fuel costs would be for Institutions to use push mowers instead of gasoline operated mowers. Not only does the government save money for fuel and maintenancer, but inmates are afforded health benefits by pushing the mowers, maintaining their physical fitness. Additionally, the environmental impact is aided in less carbon emisions. The cost of a gas powered mower is around 3 to 4 times what a manual push mower would cost. Also, the maintenance for a manual push mower is 10% of maintaining a gas powered mower.
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »STOP Nearly 1 in 10 House members paid at least six-figure bonus
"Nearly 1 in 10 House members paid at least six-figure bonuses to their staffs last year", see the link below. This is a nosebleed that must stop. Take the ability to give these bonuses out of Congressional hands. OMB or some other agency must approve. What this means is that the staffers THEMSELVES are putting in for a bonus. They do all the work. Millions of Americans are out of work, this is shameful waste of tax ...more »
7 comments for Idea: STOP Nearly 1 in 10 House members paid at least six-figure bonus"Nearly 1 in 10 House members paid at least six-figure bonuses to their staffs last year", see the link below. This is a nosebleed that must stop. Take the ability to give these bonuses out of Congressional hands. OMB or some other agency must approve.
What this means is that the staffers THEMSELVES are putting in for a bonus. They do all the work.
Millions of Americans are out of work, this is shameful waste of tax money.
http://www.legistorm.com/blog/some-members-very-generous-with-staff-bonuses.html
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Get rid of $1 bill, just have coins, SAVE BILLIONS, $5.5 of them
9 comments for Idea: Get rid of $1 bill, just have coins, SAVE BILLIONS, $5.5 of themThe $1 bill cost more than a dollar to produce. It is time we replace it with coins like they have done in Europe. They last longer and are cheaper to make.
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This idea is active.Increasing Trade, Exports, and Overall Competitiveness »Keep this website open year round
1 comment for Idea: Keep this website open year roundKeep this website open and collect ideas routinely.
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »1099 ELECTED OFFICIALS
2 comments for Idea: 1099 ELECTED OFFICIALSElected officials should be paid as non-employees. That means they would get no benefits and would receive a 1099 at the end of the year. They would be responsible for their own expenses, retirement, and taxes.
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Monitors - Extend life for replacements - Saves 1 Billion USD!
Intro: Every federal employee loves when the IT guys says " you are getting a new computer" - which in many agencies means a laptop. This happens every three years and it is time. Three years of use at 40 hours a week and newer programs on dated technology are a problem - but why the new monitor? I have seen the property book and what they cost and been involved in "excessing" the old ones that all work fine. Do ...more »
12 comments for Idea: Monitors - Extend life for replacements - Saves 1 Billion USD!Intro: Every federal employee loves when the IT guys says " you are getting a new computer" - which in many agencies means a laptop. This happens every three years and it is time. Three years of use at 40 hours a week and newer programs on dated technology are a problem - but why the new monitor? I have seen the property book and what they cost and been involved in "excessing" the old ones that all work fine. Do you replace yours at home every three years?
My Suggestion: Change the lifecycle from 3 to five years for flat screen monitors. From years 0 to 3 they can be supported under the help desk agreements or warranties and from 3 to 5 years if they have a problem they are replaced.
2.15 million Federal works x $175 per monitor (I am low balling here) = $376,250,000 every three years or $125,416,667 per year. If it was 5 years it would be $75,250,000 per year and a savings of $50,166,667 per year! Over 20 years the savings is $1,003,333,340 - that is over a BILLION dollars for such a simple change.
Impact: None. All federal employees still have a monitor. No loss in services!
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »TAX POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
Add your comment for Idea: TAX POLITICAL CAMPAIGNSPolitical campaigns should be taxed just as any business is taxed. These campaigns raise millions of dollars that are non taxable expense accounts for the politicians. At a 20-28% tax rate that would greatly help the economy
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This idea is active.Increasing Trade, Exports, and Overall Competitiveness »Made in the U.S.A.
7 comments for Idea: Made in the U.S.A.For decades we have focused on free trade. This is not a bad thing but Americans must hear from the top that buying American is a good thing to do. If we buy more then prices go down.
I looked at the American Living line in JC Penney and it is made in the usual suspects. They charge more and you would think it would be AMERICAN made!
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Reduce Wait Time for Retirement Pay
2 comments for Idea: Reduce Wait Time for Retirement PayWith the growing number of FERS employees retiring or becoming eligible to retire, a system for checks and balances needs to be addressed to ensure retirees begin receiving their full entitlements within the first six months of retirement. This would limit the need for retirees to seek new employment and/or outside help.
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Hire Young People
I was lucky and hired by NASA in 2008 at the age of 21. As a freshout of college with an engineering degree, I had a lot to learn, but was surprised with the older demographic!! I am surrounded by co-workers in their 50s and 60s who are on their way out, near retirement! In 5 years, my fear is that I will still be the youngest civil servant in my building. The government needs to hire college freshouts, not only to ...more »
9 comments for Idea: Hire Young PeopleI was lucky and hired by NASA in 2008 at the age of 21. As a freshout of college with an engineering degree, I had a lot to learn, but was surprised with the older demographic!!
I am surrounded by co-workers in their 50s and 60s who are on their way out, near retirement! In 5 years, my fear is that I will still be the youngest civil servant in my building.
The government needs to hire college freshouts, not only to stimulate the economy, but to bring new ideas to the workplace. 20-30 somethings have a lot to offer America, but will become less and less involved unless the Federal Government leads by example and hires young.
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »A Trillion Dollar waste - WELFARE,section8 ,low income housing
http://www.hud.gov/complaints/fraud_waste.cfm -section 8 and low income housing encourages dependency and complacent behavior. Why work when you can get a house for practically free and keep collecting entitlements. ILLLEGAL squatting and unauthrized people live with a legal tenet often and this is a criminal offense since changes in family size and income are required to be reported. the section 8 system and low income ...more »
5 comments for Idea: A Trillion Dollar waste - WELFARE,section8 ,low income housinghttp://www.hud.gov/complaints/fraud_waste.cfm -section 8 and low income housing encourages dependency and complacent behavior. Why work when you can get a house for practically free and keep collecting entitlements. ILLLEGAL squatting and unauthrized people live with a legal tenet often and this is a criminal offense since changes in family size and income are required to be reported. the section 8 system and low income housing system is a complete failure which has drained the US economy of trillions of dollars and maintained tenets in social and financial bondage. there is no incentive to leave section 8 or low income housing. why work or attend college when you can get housing for free or low cost. This encouranges drug abuse and out of wedlock births and tenet abuse by housing squatters and unauthorized people living in the units. section 8 and low income housing also reduce local taxpayers home values and create blighted neighborhoods with loud music and cars with dark windows and dirty messy yards often with dirt as a yard.. SECTION 8 and LOW INCOME HOUSING TENETS NEED TIME LIMITS of 1 to 3 years then they must be evicted from the units since they are living on free enititlements and have no incentive to Raise themselves out of the free benefits. WAKE UP AMERICA! WE ARE TRILLIONS IN DEBT and giving away FREE BENEFITS . remember that all secion 8 and low income housing authoritys are TAX FREE and you pay the costs of educating the people and their rents are susidized and food and insurance are subsidized and paid for. its like the midlle and upper class is paying triple to live, we all have to pay for everyone else.. its not fair..http://www.hud.gov/complaints/fraud_waste.cfm
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Restructure the Hiring Process
The current hiring process encourages job seekers to embellish their qualifications or even outright lie in order to get a golden ticket from the scoring system. Rather than subjectively evaluating a person's qualifications and potential, an objective scoring system tends to throw out potential gems that might otherwise have been valuable assets. Overhaul this broken system and start attracting, hiring, and retaining ...more »
4 comments for Idea: Restructure the Hiring ProcessThe current hiring process encourages job seekers to embellish their qualifications or even outright lie in order to get a golden ticket from the scoring system. Rather than subjectively evaluating a person's qualifications and potential, an objective scoring system tends to throw out potential gems that might otherwise have been valuable assets. Overhaul this broken system and start attracting, hiring, and retaining the leaders of tomorrow.
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This idea is active.Increasing Trade, Exports, and Overall Competitiveness »Eliminate positions that can be automated (timekeeper etc)
1 comment for Idea: Eliminate positions that can be automated (timekeeper etc)Many positions can be automated. Examples such as the timekeeper or a multiple security guards. Add man traps and other features. If the private sector is doing it to be more efficient so should the govt!
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »BUY AMERICAN
8 comments for Idea: BUY AMERICANWhile participating in a college career fair recently I noticed that 90% of the give-aways were not US products. Buy American!
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This idea is active.Increasing Trade, Exports, and Overall Competitiveness »Adopt new tax system
Repeal the current tax code(s) and replace with the fair tax. It will "instantly" enrichen everyone including the US Government - we need drastic action to deal with this global economic meltdown. Fair tax will fix it all - almost overnight. All one really has to do is ask one's self- how is the current system working for you? Answer = we're bankrupt. Does 1 trillion dollars really exist? http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_main ...more »
2 comments for Idea: Adopt new tax systemRepeal the current tax code(s) and replace with the fair tax. It will "instantly" enrichen everyone including the US Government - we need drastic action to deal with this global economic meltdown. Fair tax will fix it all - almost overnight.
All one really has to do is ask one's self- how is the current system working for you?
Answer = we're bankrupt.
Does 1 trillion dollars really exist?
http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_main
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Convert Term Employees to Permanent based on Performance
There should be a way for term people to convert to permanent people based on performance. If a person is fully successful in their position, and the agency wants to hire a permanent person for that position there should be a way to convert the term person. It is extremely inefficient for the government to spend time and resources processing a new job advertisement, holding interviews, processing a new candidate for the ...more »
4 comments for Idea: Convert Term Employees to Permanent based on PerformanceThere should be a way for term people to convert to permanent people based on performance. If a person is fully successful in their position, and the agency wants to hire a permanent person for that position there should be a way to convert the term person. It is extremely inefficient for the government to spend time and resources processing a new job advertisement, holding interviews, processing a new candidate for the position and then training a person if they already have a fully trained and successful person in the position. If the term person is selected as the candidate after the current process, then the government wasted time and money in the advertisement and interview stages. If the term person is fully successful for the position but did not qualify to interview solely because a veteran applied, then government wasted all of the resources and time it used to train the term employee to be an asset to the organization.
If term employees are doing a great job, why should the government let them go when they want a permanent person for the same position? If the term person is not fully successful in their position, then I can understand holding additional interviews. However, the way the current system is set up allows people who have proven themselves to be an asset be let go of.
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This idea is active.Increasing Trade, Exports, and Overall Competitiveness »Let political parties pay for political primary elections.
Add your comment for Idea: Let political parties pay for political primary elections.Why do the taxpayers have to pay for POLITICAL primaries? We should not have to pay for anything political. I have no problem paying for an election but put everyone on the ballot. If a party wants to narrow the field let them pay for it.
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This idea is active.Increasing Trade, Exports, and Overall Competitiveness »Highspeed rail in the Northeast - Maglev from D.C. to NYC
The high speed rail projects that were proposed were in the wrong states. We need to redirect those funds to a maglev from Washington D.C to New York City. We need to connect our leadership capital with our financial capital. Agencies would be able tl locate up the corridor and have cheaper travel. Since this will take a load off roads then it can be built with government funds and leased to a commercial operator ...more »
13 comments for Idea: Highspeed rail in the Northeast - Maglev from D.C. to NYCThe high speed rail projects that were proposed were in the wrong states. We need to redirect those funds to a maglev from Washington D.C to New York City. We need to connect our leadership capital with our financial capital. Agencies would be able tl locate up the corridor and have cheaper travel. Since this will take a load off roads then it can be built with government funds and leased to a commercial operator to use and maintain and earn a profit. Since the infrastructure is leased the deal must place caps on rate increases - they must be based on increasing cost and not increasing profitability.
This would help Amtrak not need govt funds and you could get from DC to New York in 1 hour. The existing Accela rail lines in the corridor can be worked with the local commuter rails that are operated by Amtrak so that the additional tracks planned won't need to be added!
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This idea is active.Increasing Trade, Exports, and Overall Competitiveness »Active Duty retirement at 20 year no matter your age?
11 comments for Idea: Active Duty retirement at 20 year no matter your age?Currently a 20 year military vet that joined at 18 and retires at 38 gets a retirement immediately. I am military so I understand this isn't popular but that means if they live the life expectancy they get this for 40+ years!
This is not true for the reserves so the system needs to be more balanced.