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  Elimninate End of Year Spending

  This should be eliminted. Encourage agencies to return this money to the treasury. Certainly this would save the taxpayers BILLIONS of dollars per year. Why aren't there incentives for agencies to return that money? This would certainly be a much better use of tax payer funds than just spending it because we fear not getting the same amount next year. If an agency doesn't need the money then they should have to return ...more »

  This should be eliminted. Encourage agencies to return this money to the treasury. Certainly this would save the taxpayers BILLIONS of dollars per year. Why aren't there incentives for agencies to return that money? This would certainly be a much better use of tax payer funds than just spending it because we fear not getting the same amount next year. If an agency doesn't need the money then they should have to return it and not expect to have to have to spend it out of fear of not getting the same amount again for the next budget cycle.

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  Sigma Scale Use to Determine Low Hanging Fruit

  The U.S. Government should be obsessive in collecting data about its programs and how they perform. With data in hand there are techniques avaiable (Lean, Six Sigma) to determine how effective a process or program is. By calculating its sigma level (6 sigma is near perfection) analysts can determine where improvement efforts should focus in order to get the largest Return On Investment. These techniques are prevelent ...more »

  The U.S. Government should be obsessive in collecting data about its programs and how they perform. With data in hand there are techniques avaiable (Lean, Six Sigma) to determine how effective a process or program is. By calculating its sigma level (6 sigma is near perfection) analysts can determine where improvement efforts should focus in order to get the largest Return On Investment.

  These techniques are prevelent in industry so the wheel does not need to be reinvented.

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