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August 22, 2005
"No Cut Too Small"
Just six months into his term as Governor, Mitch Daniels issued his first (of likely many) update on his administration's efforts to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
To date, more than $150 million has been saved! Quite an accomplishment. While there are several large projects, and many more on the way, it's clear that 'no cut is too small' to report...and that they really start adding up to real money. Some of my favorites:
INDOT has transitioned from a yearly State road map to a two year map which saves tax payers $175,000 every two years.
The Department of Agriculture ceased operating a Bed and Breakfast with annual savings of $100,000.
Bureau of Motor Vehicles canceled the practice of purchasing bottled water for its home office and branches, resulting in annual savings of
$35,000.
The Department of Labor ceased the practice of allowing 11 employees that live in counties adjacent to Marion County to work from home (involved paying a multitude of additional expenses including home internet access, long distance phone calls, and mileage reimbursement to drive downtown for meetings). This move will increase employee accountability while saving the Department $30,000 annually.
The Hoosier Lottery redesigned their bi-monthly, full color newsletter to retailers to a black and white monthly publication
at a savings of $21,670 annually.
Posted by geoffs at August 22, 2005 08:56 AM
I haven't been up to anything these days. So it goes. I can't be bothered with anything these days.
Comment by: Sten75176 at January 8, 2007 05:42 PM
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I haven't gotten anything done recently. I've just been hanging out doing nothing. I haven't been up to anything these days, but it's not important. Today was a total loss.
Comment by: Sten34604 at January 13, 2007 05:28 AM
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My life's been pretty dull recently. Shrug. My mind is like a void. I haven't gotten anything done lately. I can't be bothered with anything recently.
Comment by: Sten71508 at January 14, 2007 10:08 AM
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Not much on my mind these days, but what can I say? It's not important. I just don't have much to say lately. I've just been letting everything pass me by recently, but eh.
Comment by: Sten49109 at January 26, 2007 08:15 AM
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I just don't have much to say recently. Such is life. I've basically been doing nothing. Basically nothing seems worth bothering with. Oh well.
Comment by: Sten53973 at January 26, 2007 03:26 PM
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I haven't gotten anything done recently. I've just been hanging out doing nothing. I haven't been up to anything these days, but it's not important. Today was a total loss.
Comment by: Sten58940 at January 26, 2007 06:38 PM
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My life's been basically bland today. More or less nothing seems worth thinking about. My mind is like an empty room. I've more or less been doing nothing to speak of. Not much on my mind recently.
Comment by: Sten84956 at January 28, 2007 01:19 AM
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Basically nothing seems worth thinking about. I haven't been up to much these days. I just don't have much to say right now. I can't be bothered with anything , but whatever.
Comment by: Sten19234 at January 28, 2007 03:57 AM
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I haven't been up to anything today. I don't care. I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. Basically not much happening right now. Maybe tomorrow. I guess it doesn't bother me.
Comment by: Sten6091 at January 28, 2007 04:54 PM
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Not much on my mind. I don't care. I've just been letting everything happen without me , but shrug. Whatever. I feel like a void.
Comment by: Sten55075 at January 28, 2007 06:22 PM
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I haven't gotten anything done recently. I've just been hanging out doing nothing. I haven't been up to anything these days, but it's not important. Today was a total loss.
Comment by: Sten1505 at January 29, 2007 05:42 AM
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Not much on my mind lately. My life's been completely boring these days. I've just been hanging out not getting anything done. So it goes.
Comment by: Sten43192 at January 29, 2007 04:02 PM
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I've more or less been doing nothing worth mentioning, but eh. My life's been really bland today. I don't care. I've just been letting everything happen without me these days. That's how it is.
Comment by: Sten19703 at January 29, 2007 06:36 PM
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I haven't been up to much today. I've just been letting everything happen without me. Basically nothing seems worth bothering with. I've just been hanging out doing nothing. I just don't have anything to say right now. More or less nothing happening.
Comment by: Sten48528 at January 30, 2007 12:27 AM
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I feel like an empty room, but eh. Nothing seems worth doing. I haven't gotten much done today.
Comment by: Sten49839 at January 30, 2007 02:00 AM
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I just don't have anything to say , but shrug. So it goes. Not much on my mind recently. I can't be bothered with anything recently.
Comment by: Sten92577 at January 30, 2007 07:35 AM
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I haven't gotten anything done recently. I've just been hanging out doing nothing. I haven't been up to anything these days, but it's not important. Today was a total loss.
Comment by: Sten47122 at February 1, 2007 12:11 AM
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I haven't been up to anything these days. So it goes. I can't be bothered with anything these days.
Comment by: Sten9540 at February 1, 2007 03:29 AM
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I haven't been up to much these days. Today was a loss. Nothing seems important. I've just been letting everything happen without me these days.
Comment by: Sten70441 at February 1, 2007 03:46 AM
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I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. I've basically been doing nothing worth mentioning. My life's been pretty unremarkable these days. Eh.
Comment by: Sten21898 at February 1, 2007 05:25 AM
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My mind is like a bunch of nothing, but I guess it doesn't bother me. I haven't been up to anything recently. I've pretty much been doing nothing to speak of.
Comment by: Sten82490 at February 1, 2007 03:58 PM
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I've just been staying at home waiting for something to happen. Whatever. Not much on my mind lately. I guess it doesn't bother me.
Comment by: Sten34311 at February 1, 2007 05:14 PM
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Not much on my mind lately. My life's been completely boring these days. I've just been hanging out not getting anything done. So it goes.
Comment by: Sten21420 at February 1, 2007 09:40 PM
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I just don't have anything to say right now. I haven't been up to anything recently, but it's not important. I've just been sitting around waiting for something to happen, but shrug.
Comment by: Sten59579 at February 2, 2007 02:02 AM
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I just don't have anything to say. Not that it matters. Eh. I've just been staying at home doing nothing, but I don't care. That's how it is.
Comment by: Sten84517 at February 2, 2007 03:37 AM
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Basically nothing seems worth thinking about. I haven't been up to much these days. I just don't have much to say right now. I can't be bothered with anything , but whatever.
Comment by: Sten48084 at February 2, 2007 07:15 AM
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I haven't been up to much lately. I've basically been doing nothing , but it's not important. I can't be bothered with anything recently. I've just been letting everything happen without me lately.
Comment by: Sten8828 at February 2, 2007 08:49 PM
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I haven't been up to anything recently, but so it goes. Such is life. What can I say? Pretty much not much exciting going on to speak of. I haven't gotten much done lately, but I don't care.
Comment by: Sten21358 at February 3, 2007 12:21 AM
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I just don't have anything to say right now. I haven't been up to anything recently, but it's not important. I've just been sitting around waiting for something to happen, but shrug.
Comment by: Sten56010 at February 3, 2007 01:09 AM
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I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. I've basically been doing nothing worth mentioning. My life's been pretty unremarkable these days. Eh.
Comment by: Sten45534 at February 3, 2007 05:37 AM
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I feel like a complete blank, but I don't care. Pfft. I've pretty much been doing nothing worth mentioning.
Comment by: Sten43435 at February 3, 2007 06:13 AM
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Not much on my mind. I don't care. I've just been letting everything happen without me , but shrug. Whatever. I feel like a void.
Comment by: Sten48343 at February 3, 2007 10:42 PM
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I just don't have anything to say , but shrug. So it goes. Not much on my mind recently. I can't be bothered with anything recently.
Comment by: Sten71580 at February 4, 2007 12:05 AM
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I've more or less been doing nothing worth mentioning, but eh. My life's been really bland today. I don't care. I've just been letting everything happen without me these days. That's how it is.
Comment by: Sten68772 at February 4, 2007 11:58 AM
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Not much on my mind. I don't care. I've just been letting everything happen without me , but shrug. Whatever. I feel like a void.
Comment by: Sten78605 at February 4, 2007 04:44 PM
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I haven't been up to anything today. I can't be bothered with anything recently. Nothing seems worth thinking about. I haven't gotten anything done recently, but oh well. Not much noteworthy going on worth mentioning.
Comment by: Sten86324 at February 4, 2007 08:33 PM
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I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. I guess it doesn't bother me. Shrug. I haven't been up to anything. I haven't gotten much done today.
Comment by: Sten43834 at February 5, 2007 09:49 AM
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I haven't been up to much today. I've just been letting everything happen without me. Basically nothing seems worth bothering with. I've just been hanging out doing nothing. I just don't have anything to say right now. More or less nothing happening.
Comment by: Sten16079 at February 5, 2007 10:00 AM
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I just don't have much to say recently. Such is life. I've basically been doing nothing. Basically nothing seems worth bothering with. Oh well.
Comment by: Sten95946 at February 5, 2007 04:22 PM
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Basically nothing seems worth thinking about. I haven't been up to much these days. I just don't have much to say right now. I can't be bothered with anything , but whatever.
Comment by: Sten53029 at February 5, 2007 07:01 PM
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I've just been staying at home waiting for something to happen, but I don't care. Basically nothing seems worth thinking about. I can't be bothered with anything recently.
Comment by: Sten62923 at February 5, 2007 10:35 PM
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I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. I guess it doesn't bother me. Shrug. I haven't been up to anything. I haven't gotten much done today.
Comment by: Sten88804 at February 6, 2007 03:22 AM
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I just don't have much to say recently. Such is life. I've basically been doing nothing. Basically nothing seems worth bothering with. Oh well.
Comment by: Sten27363 at February 6, 2007 07:51 AM
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