Section 206.56 - Suggestions for Agency Cost SavingsTo the extent possible using available resources, a state agency with 1,500 or more employees shall provide on the agency's intranet or internet website an electronic form or link to a tool by which an employee may submit suggestions and ideas for cost savings.
(1) A state agency must provide an employee the options of submitting the suggestion or idea with attribution or anonymously. (A) An anonymous suggestion may not be traceable to the employee; and(B) The system or tool by which an anonymous suggestion is submitted shall not record any data that would link the suggestion or idea to the computer used for the submission.(2) A state agency shall provide a means by which the public may: (A) monitor, in real time or on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis, submissions made under this rule; and(B) vote for a favorite submission.(3) Suggestions or ideas submitted under this rule shall be moderated by or on behalf of the agency to exclude, at a minimum, overtly political or offensive language.1 Tex. Admin. Code § 206.56
The provisions of this §206.56 adopted to be effective March 19, 2014, 39 TexReg 1926