(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.