29 Del. C. § 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.