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Many federal workers are from the baby boomer generation. Years of budget cuts and hiring freezes have created a void in many organizations with few to no younger employees. This is the "elephant in the room" that no-one discusses. We need to bring younger workers onboard. This can be accomplished by creating workstudy opportunities for college students which could then lead to intern programs.
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We should extend the opportunity for student loan forgiveness to all federal employees who have worked for more than 10 years in federal service.
11 votes
Make it possible for federal employees to download free home use versions of standardised software programs like MS Office, Visio, Anti virus software, MS Project, Adobe Acrobat, etc. More people should be teleworking, and this would enable these people to use the same software on their home computers as they use at work. This would encourage more teleworking. We are already paying for the licenses...
6 votes
Many Quality Assurance specialists, inspectors, or other government employees who work in the field do not have the availability of portable laptops with WiFi access or Ipads. Therefore, they cannot complete forms or transmit records real time to their offices. These people need to have these tools to do their work, and they also need them to be WIFI enabled. Because most hotels today no longer provide computer access ...more »
Many Quality Assurance specialists, inspectors, or other government employees who work in the field do not have the availability of portable laptops with WiFi access or Ipads. Therefore, they cannot complete forms or transmit records real time to their offices. These people need to have these tools to do their work, and they also need them to be WIFI enabled. Because most hotels today no longer provide computer access cables for laptops without WIFI capability, government employees are unable to check their email when on travel. We need either WIFI enabled laptops or Ipads.
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Many agencies and their offices have to excess furniture that they no longer need. In many cases the furniture is in excellent or very good condition. Unfortunately, these same agencies have to pay thousands of dollars to send these goods to the dump.There should be a website where furnishings available can be displayed and selected for use in other agencies instead. And after a period of time nonselected furniture could ...more »
Many agencies and their offices have to excess furniture that they no longer need. In many cases the furniture is in excellent or very good condition. Unfortunately, these same agencies have to pay thousands of dollars to send these goods to the dump.There should be a website where furnishings available can be displayed and selected for use in other agencies instead. And after a period of time nonselected furniture could be donated to charity organizations like the Salvation Army or Goodwill stores. This recycling should save a great deal of money.
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