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  Phase out middle management positions

  In the BOP we have multiple Associate Wardens for each prison. I understand that while one or two might be useful, multiple personnel performing similar jobs is redundant. Worse yet, they come up with "ideas/missions" to justify their very existence in said positions. Every now and then an idea has merit, but most of the time it wastes money and taxes the staff tasked with its implementation. I have the feeling that ...more »

  In the BOP we have multiple Associate Wardens for each prison. I understand that while one or two might be useful, multiple personnel performing similar jobs is redundant. Worse yet, they come up with "ideas/missions" to justify their very existence in said positions. Every now and then an idea has merit, but most of the time it wastes money and taxes the staff tasked with its implementation. I have the feeling that similar staffing problems exist throughout the government.

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  Consolidate Admin Functions

  All agencies have HR offices with payroll processing, staffing, benefits counseling, and training. All of these functions are very similar if not exactly the same across government. Small agencies with 7-100 FTE have their own individual HR people. Ten or twenty of these agencies could uses the same servicing with far fewer people.

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  BOP Staffing, and ways to save $, making safer prisons.

  I have worked for the BOP for over 6 years, and I have seen wasteful spending to build new prisons where it's not geographically sound to thrive, so the new prison goes to waste literally. Not enough experienced staff to operate the prison in the area, causing higher assaults on staff. Before spending the money to build a new prison, research the area for the stability for it to thrive and create jobs. Second issue ...more »

  I have worked for the BOP for over 6 years, and I have seen wasteful spending to build new prisons where it's not geographically sound to thrive, so the new prison goes to waste literally. Not enough experienced staff to operate the prison in the area, causing higher assaults on staff. Before spending the money to build a new prison, research the area for the stability for it to thrive and create jobs. Second issue to save money immediately is to cut the NON-Custody staff who are staying late nights and weekends to make night differential and Sunday pay at the higher GS levels than officers. All non-custody staff can make there schedules between the hours of 6am to 6pm, bureau wide, saving millions of wasteful spending for those staff receiving night differential pay and Sunday pay. If the bureau needs more staff after 6 p.m. we should have more officers at a lesser pay than the higher paid non custody staff, excluding Duty Officer's who are on call that are Non Custody Staff. The money saved would be in the millions, which would create jobs by hiring more line staff greatly needed in the prisons, nation wide. Thanks

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  Contractors cost too much

  In my experience, government contractors cost way too much. About 225% the cost of a federal employee. Furthermore, many federal managers are afraid to fire these over priced contractors because they are too entangled with daily operations.

  We need to move away from some of these hight cost contractors. By the way, do you know that contractors are not counted when discussing "bloated government"?

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