Pete Ricketts Uses Nebraska’s Adoption Of ‘Lean Six Sigma’ To Show How DOGE Can Target Federal Government

During remarks on the U.S. Senate floor Wednesday, Senator Pete Ricketts, a Republican from Nebraska, spoke about the Department of Government Efficiency and how his state has utilized Lean Six Sigma methods from the private sector to reduce costs and improve services to residents. He shares the example of improving the air construction permitting process, […]

Nebraska DOT Right of Way uses Lean Six Sigma to Streamline Permitting

The Center of Operational Excellence helped the Nebraska Department of Transportation (DOT) reduce the Right of Way Permitting process from 68 steps to 20 steps by eliminating the performance guarantee payment and reimbursement transactions for utilities, saving time, paper, shipping costs and labor. The results led to turnaround time of 2-3 weeks down to 5-10 […]