If spiff awards were proactive, federal employees would have more incentive to reach out to the private sector for ideas. Employee incentives would be more in line with the public s desires make or save money for the public and you make money for yourself. That is the way the private sector works, and that is the way federal regulations allow agencies to work. Proactive spiff programs would entice employees to challenge the way things have always worked and to reach outside their own area of responsibility to create opportunities. Nothing would empower the federal workforce more than a broad mandate to promote spiffs for results.
Employees know the agencies operations best.
They know where the opportunities are and with whom they need to team. The current passive, reactive way incentive programs are managed empowers managers who dispense awards. A proactive spiff program would encourage employees to empower themselves to earn awards. There is no shortage of good ideas for improving the government s performance. However, employees lack incentives to implement those good ideas.