Deadline for Cost-Cutting Ideas

Got an idea for saving the government money or making it work more efficiently? Better dust it off and whip it into shape. Tomorrow's the deadline for federal employees to submit ideas for the second annual SAVE Awards, the Office of Management and Budget contest aimed at generating new ideas for cutting spending and improving government.

OMB Director Peter Orszag reported today that more than 11,000 ideas have been submitted since the contest was announced on July 8. But he wants more, and also wants employees to go to the SAVE Awards website to vote on their colleagues' ideas. The winner gets a meeting with President Obama--hopefully not in a raging snowstorm this time.