However, the practical obstacles to achieving significantly greater savings are such that few agencies have overcome them without creating incentives, such as gain-sharing plans, that have generally reduced the government's savings by half.
Creating incentives like gain-sharing plans without a doubt reduce government savings by fifty percent.
Incentives do not lead to greater savings and never have, and lots of agencies do not care to reduce spending.
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No one keeps track of pro bono contributions.
Bill Barnes didn't join Slate's staff until 2011.
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