Purposes.

§ 6073. Purposes. (a) The Fund shall be expended for long-term commitments to continuous quality improvement and other operational excellence initiatives, except as provided in § 6076. (b) 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 Delaware state employees as trainers to sustain initiatives.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; 79 Del. Laws, c. 78, § 60; 79 Del. Laws, c. 290, § 63; 80 Del. Laws, c. 79, § 62; 80 Del. Laws, c. 298, § 66; 81 Del. Laws, c. 58, § 69; 81 Del. Laws, c. 280, § 102; 82 Del. Laws, c. 64; 84 Del. Laws, c. 53, § 3;