1. (a) The Fund shall be expended for long-term commitments to continuous quality improvement and other operational excellence initiatives, except as provided in § 6076.

2. (b) Moneys appropriated to the Fund may be allocated for activities and programs based on commonly-accepted industry best practices:

   1. (1) Create continuous quality improvement plans for agencies.
   2. (2) Establish performance-based budgeting measures to quantify effectiveness.
   3. (3) Re-engineer work processes consistent with Lean and other process improvement methodologies.
   4. (4) Train employees and leadership to lead continuous improvement organizations.
   5. (5) Other operational excellence initiatives.

   6. (6) Engage vendors and/or consultants to:

      1. a. Set strategic direction and goals.
      2. b. Conduct seminars/facilitations for executive branch leadership.
      3. c. Help selected agencies adopt operational excellence initiatives.
      4. 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