As used in this chapter, these definitions refer only to the teamwork incentive program unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Board" means productivity board.
(2) "Program manager" is the executive manager of the productivity board and serves as staff to the productivity board.
(3) "Program" means teamwork incentive program developed by the productivity board under chapter
41.60 RCW, and is frequently abbreviated as TIP.
(4) "The act" referred to in this chapter is chapter
41.60 RCW.
(5) "Agency" includes every subdivision of state government eligible to participate under chapter
41.60 RCW, including all merit system agencies and institutions of higher education.
(6) "Team" means a subdivision with a common mission within or between agencies.
(7) "Agency head" means the appointed or elected chief executive of the agency.
(8) "Supervisor" means the person responsible for unit operations in accordance with WAC
356-05-400 or
251-01-395. (Merit system rules and higher education personnel board rules defining supervisor.)
(9) "Liaison" means the individual who is the key contact from an agency to the productivity board.
(10) "Award" means the percentage of savings allowed by chapter
41.60 RCW and WAC
383-07-125.
(11) "Cost savings" means actual net savings and/or revenue generated to the state. Gains to state funds may be reflected in higher receipts or revenue recoveries as a result of improved methods used by the team.
(12) "Outcome" refers to the accomplishments or results achieved by the team.
(13) "Project period" means the team project period during which performance and fiscal measures are monitored.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter
41.60 RCW. WSR 99-24-092, § 383-07-020, filed 11/30/99, effective 1/1/00; WSR 92-09-048, § 383-07-020, filed 4/10/92, effective 5/11/92; WSR 88-15-033 (Order 88-1), § 383-07-020, filed 7/14/88.]