Lean Six Sigma in City, County and State Government

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The following government agencies have shown current or past efforts to implement Lean and Six Sigma continuous improvement programs over the years. If you know of a program we’re not aware of, please contact us and let us know! Please provide a public website link, as some programs have disappeared after some success, and others are happening but not publicly available.

United States

Federal Government

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Lean Manufacturing and Environment | articles)
• Department of Health and Human Services
  • FRIENDS National Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) (Continuous Quality Improvement)
  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (videos)
• Armed Forces
  • Department of Defense
  • Army
  • Navy
  • Air Force
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission

States

• Arizona (Results Arizona | Arizona Management System (AMS))
• California
  • Department of Human Services (CA Lean Academy)
  • San Francisco (City Performance Lean | toolbox PDF | articles)
  • Kern County
  • Ventura County
    • Ventura
• Colorado
  • Denver (Peak Academy | articles)
  • Department of Transportation (CDOT Process Improvement | articles)
  • Fort Collins (FC Lean | articles)
• Connecticut (LeanCT | articles)
• Florida
  • Brevard County (Lean Six Sigma | articles)
  • Cape Coral
  • Jacksonville
  • Miami-Dade County (Lean Six Sigma | articles)
• Iowa (Lean Enterprise)
• Kentucky
  • Louisville (Continuous Improvement | articles)
• Maryland
  • Baltimore (Lean Government Initiative)
• Michigan
  • Detroit (Lean | articles)
  • Grand Rapids (articles)
• Missouri (Show Me Excellence)
• New Hampshire (Lean New Hampshire)
• Rhode Island (Lean Government Initiative)
• Ohio (LeanOhio | articles)
• Texas
  • Dallas (Center for Performance Excellence)
  • Houston (Office of Innovation & Performance)
  • Irving (articles)
  • Tyler (Lean Six Sigma)
• Vermont
  • Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
• Washington (Results Washington)
• Wisconsin (Continuous Improvement)
  • Department of Transportation (WisDOT)

Canada

Provinces

• Saskatchewan
  • Ministry of Health
    • Health Quality Council (Continuous Quality Improvement)