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Board leans toward agency-specific standard for "new idea" eligibility

Productivity Board · January 30, 2026
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Summary

Board members signaled consensus that a suggestion should be eligible if it is new to a particular agency rather than strictly new across state government, and directed staff to draft clearer language and operational checks to reduce duplicate awards and allow sampling for multi-agency suggestions.

The board considered whether a suggestion should be eligible only if it is new statewide or if ideas that are new to an individual state agency should also qualify.

Staff explained the August decision language that deems suggestions ineligible if they had been implemented in…

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