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Baldrige Performance Excellence Program

Ten Years of Business Excellence for America

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This sixteen-page brochure in PDF format describes the history and development of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards and the Baldrige National Quality Program. Published in 1998.

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Created June 14, 2010, Updated August 26, 2025
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