Every few weeks department heads and county commissioners receive a payroll log. All they have to do is scan through and see where all the overtime money is going.Biometric identity management systems can help with state, county and local budgets constrained by current economic circumstances.
"We've got people at some point shows they are working 14 hours a day for 14 days straight. Again I question that," said Madison County Commissioner Dale Strong.
Commissioner Strong has strong feelings about what he calls wasteful spending, but he isn't just complaining about it. He has a solution to the county's overtime problem.
Because biometrics yield a positive return on investment, they provide a way for dedicated public servants like those mentioned in the article to do more with less.
