From the White House website:
In 2009, President Obama called for “a process through which every government worker can submit their ideas for how their agency can save money and perform better.” The President’s SAVE (Securing Americans’ Value and Efficiency) Award fulfilled this commitment by enabling Federal employees from across the government to submit their ideas for efficiencies and savings as part of the annual Budget process. Now in 2010, we are expanding the process so Federal employees can both submit ideas and vote on ideas submitted by others in a collaborative process.
Award timeline:
Additional information and materials about the project: