The Fund shall be expended for long-term commitments to continuous quality improvement and other operational excellence initiatives, except as provided in § 6075.
Moneys appropriated to the Fund may be allocated for activities and programs based on commonly accepted industry best practices:
(1) Create continuous quality improvement plans for agencies.(2) Establish performance-based budgeting measures to quantify effectiveness.(3) Re-engineer work processes consistent with Lean and other process improvement methodologies.(4) Train employees and leadership to lead continuous improvement organizations.(5) Other operational excellence initiatives.(6) Engage vendors and/or consultants to: a. Set strategic direction and goals.b. Conduct seminars/facilitations for executive branch leadership.c. Help selected agencies adopt operational excellence initiatives.d. Train State employees as trainers to sustain initiatives.Amended by Laws 2023, ch. 53,s 3, eff. 6/27/2023. 70 Del. Laws, c. 338, § 1; 77 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 73; 77 Del. Laws, c. 327, § 66; 78 Del. Laws, c. 78, § 66; 78 Del. Laws, c. 290, § 62.;