Department of Education program officer Frederick Winter of Arlington, Virginia has won OMB"s SAVE — Securing Americans Value and Efficiency – award for 2012 for his proposal to save money on employee travel.
Winter"s idea, which took in 19,000 of 46,000 votes cast, would be to have all federal employees who receive public transit benefits shift from regular transit fare to the reduced senior fare as soon as they are eligible.
The White House estimates that the change would lower the cost of an employee"s travel by 50 percent, with no loss in the effective benefits for the employee.
Having won, Frederick will have the opportunity to meet with President Obama in person in the Oval Office to discuss his winning idea, which is to be incorporated into the President"s budget.