Virtual Suggestion Box

On contracting and saving dollars, October is time to act FederalNewsRadio.com The Obama administration is looking for your ideas in something akin to a virtual suggestion box. Steve Kelman is a professor at ... How can the government operate better -- or faster -- or cheaper? The Obama administration is looking for your ideas in something akin to a virtual suggestion box. He's also former OFPP administrator and recently outlined some ideas on his blog, The Lectern . On the Daily Debrief, Kelman explained that he feels that, overall, the contracting community should react positively. "What OMB has asked is that agencies come in by November 2 with plans on how they're going to save 3.5 percent of their contracting dollars for the next fiscal year and the year after that. I think we ought to step up to the plate and be creative and think about it. I have some ideas of my own, but also I just want to get the discussion going." Some ideas, he hopes, can be applied governmentwide to increase efficiency.