. Specifically, the budget calls for the Environmental Protection Agency to cut $25 million through 2015 "through videoconferencing." Similarly, the Department of Health and Human Services would save $16.5 through 2015 by reducing travel costs and supporting "telework participation." Obama's budget also noted that the Department of Education is "expanding the use of web-based conferencing" while the General Services Administration "plans to achieve $10 million in savings in 2012 by
deploying advanced teleconferencing technology, consolidating and co-locating conferences, and reducing non-mission critical travel." Meanwhile, the Department of Justice "is tightening its requirements for paying relocation expenses for employees." Generally, according to the budget, "agencies are taking a wide range of steps to ensure they are spending no more than is necessary on essential travel by booking travel early and choosing destinations based on cost where possible."