Savings: $6 million in 2011 by cutting bean counters' travel expenses.
The Bureau of Public Debt, the part of the Treasury Department in charge of tallying up the amount the nation owes, is slashing its travel budget.
The Treasury Department shells out a lot of cash for meetings and man-hours to measure just how much this country is in the red. Now the number crunchers will chat about the country's woes via teleconferencing.
Also on the chopping block: "unnecessary" and unfilled positions.
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