Set term limit for the elected officials
Set term limit for the elected officials. Wonder why president position is an exception of term limit. Apply this to the Congress and the Senate.
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This idea is active.Increasing Trade, Exports, and Overall Competitiveness »Set time line for “free” government program benefits.
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Minimize contract and maximize work load of each government em
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Consolidate libraries in each depart. into Library of Congres
Add your comment for Idea: Consolidate libraries in each depart. into Library of CongresConsolidate departmental libraries existing in each department into the Library of Congress. Let the library users (or all federal employees) use the virtual library function provided by the Library of Congress.
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Consolidate program evaluation offices into one
Add your comment for Idea: Consolidate program evaluation offices into oneConsolidate program evaluation offices into one reasonably-sized office under each Department. This should be possible with one prerequisite: data and information sharing between the offices and bureaus. Keep government offices or bureaus as reasonably large as office heads or bureau chiefs could effectively manage them.
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Reduce Department of Defense budget
1 comment for Idea: Reduce Department of Defense budgetGradually reduce Department of Defense budget up to 4 percent level of GDP. Keeping up with military strength doesn’t automatically mean that we are the strongest nation in the world. USA has become already the strongest nation in the world culturally. Maintaining economic strength is more important than maintaining military strength.
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Quality of supervisory position makes a huge difference
3 comments for Idea: Quality of supervisory position makes a huge differenceMake it harder for even competitive employees to ascend to supervisory positions. The quality of supervisory position makes a huge difference in government performance. Criteria for selection of supervisory position seem quite lenient and sometimes automatic.
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Make it easy to hire or lay off government employees
1 comment for Idea: Make it easy to hire or lay off government employeesKeep certain proportion of government employees temporary or semi-permanent. Make it easy to hire or lay off government employees based on the alteration of the key office and bureau functions.
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Make the use of government resources more flexible and frugal
Add your comment for Idea: Make the use of government resources more flexible and frugalMake the use of government resources more flexible and frugal by cutting and adding government resources based on needs of each office. Allow budget analyst(s) thoroughly examine and evaluate needs of each office and let them reflect the changes on the next year’s budget. No automatic carryover of this year’s budget to the next year should be allowed.
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This idea is active.Ideas to Make Other Parts of Government More Efficient and Effective »Make communications between citizens and government offices easy
Add your comment for Idea: Make communications between citizens and government offices easyMake communications between citizens and government offices easy by utilizing all available sources for communications. Make user-friendly processes by implementing or utilizing Internet Web-based form application process. “Substantially” lower the fees associated with form applications. Give citizens impression that government is a helper, not a barrier.
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This idea is active.Increasing Trade, Exports, and Overall Competitiveness »Make government resources easily available
Add your comment for Idea: Make government resources easily availableBe a helper, not a hamper. Make government resources easily available to anyone who needs them, for example, student loan services might be a good example and a model for other governmental supporting programs.
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This idea is active.Increasing Trade, Exports, and Overall Competitiveness »Utilize experts for effective government operations
Add your comment for Idea: Utilize experts for effective government operationsHire employees who have expertise of each program area and let them maintain competitiveness and effectiveness of each area. Have them maintain interagency co-operations and collaborations. Help them increase technocracy while minimize bureaucracy.
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This idea is active.Increasing Trade, Exports, and Overall Competitiveness »Expand mass transit system
Add your comment for Idea: Expand mass transit systemExpand safe and fast ground mass transit system and discourage owning private transit system.
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This idea is active.Increasing Trade, Exports, and Overall Competitiveness »Encourage industries to increase competitiveness
Add your comment for Idea: Encourage industries to increase competitivenessEncourage owners of the 1st industry (farming) and the 2nd industry (manufacturing) to increase competitiveness in the world market by awarding loans with a reasonable rates and prizes, and reducing bureaucratic procedures (maintaining only critical regulations focusing on preservation of nature and protection of health).