Finalist for the SAVE Award
My double-sided printing idea was not among the four finalist for the federal government’s SAVE Award. The public can vote for one of the four money saving ideas until midnight tonight with the winner getting to meet President Obama and tour the holiday decorations at the White House. The Washington Post gave this synopsis of each idea.
Julie Fosbender works for the U.S. Forest Service at Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. She suggested that each national forest should deposit its revenue at a nearby local bank, instead of sending the money to a central processing facility.
Huston Prescott works for the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Alaska and noticed that different federal housing agencies sent different inspectors to the same subsidized housing units to conduct similar inspections. Prescott wants HUD to send just one person to do the inspections for all of the agencies.
Nancy Fichtner works at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colo. She wants the department to permit veterans leaving VA hospitals to take any leftover medication home with them. Otherwise the hospital just throws the medicine out, wasting millions of taxpayer dollars.
Christie Dickson works for the Social Security Administration in Birmingham, Ala., and wants the agency to give people the option to schedule their appointments online instead of only over the phone.
My personal favorite is the US Forrest Service idea because it also supports local banks. Read the full article here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/09/AR2009120904308.html