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5 Organizations Win U.S. Department of Commerce’s 2020 Baldrige Awards for Performance Excellence

November 24, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a historic year for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award — the nation’s only presidential award for organizational performance...

2020 Baldrige Award Judges Select Nine U.S. Organizations for First-Ever Virtual Site Visits

August 24, 2020

Nine U.S. organizations were recently selected to receive fall site visits, the final stage of the evaluation process for the 2020 Malcolm Baldrige National...

NIST Names Mojdeh Bahar as Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services

May 22, 2020

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mojdeh...

Twenty Organizations Will Be Evaluated for 2020 Baldrige Award

May 12, 2020

Twenty organizations have submitted applications for the 2020 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. They include 11 health care organizations, 6 nonprofit...

Graduating Cohort of Fellows Inspired by New Thinking on Leadership

April 7, 2020

Eighteen senior leaders recently joined more than 100 other executives as graduates of the Baldrige Executive Fellows Program. During the year-long leadership...

Seeking Input on the Baldrige Excellence Framework

January 21, 2020

What are the top strategic and competitiveness challenges you are facing in your organization or sector (or seeing in the organizations you work with)? What are...

Reminder for 2020 Baldrige Award Applicants: Send Eligibility Forms by February 12

January 13, 2020

If your organization or one you know is interested in applying for a 2020 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, please note that your Eligibility...

Baldrige 2020 Examiner Application Now Open

November 25, 2019

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) is seeking applicants for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners for the 2020 award...

Mary Greeley Medical Center employees bringing patient into emergency care.

Six Health Care, Nonprofit and Education Organizations Win Baldrige Awards for Performance Excellence

November 14, 2019

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Commerce announced today that six organizations will be presented with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Baldrige...

New Appointments Finalized for Baldrige Judges' Panel and Overseers Board

September 9, 2019

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross recently appointed four new members to the Judges’ Panel and two new members to the Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige...

Twelve U.S. Organizations to Receive Site Visits for 2019 Baldrige Award

August 22, 2019

Twelve U.S. organizations have been selected to proceed to Site Visit Review, the final stage in the evaluation process for the 2019 Malcolm Baldrige National...

2019 Baldrige Award to Assess 26 Organizations

May 14, 2019

Twenty-six organizations from a variety of sectors and U.S. states have submitted applications for the 2019 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Reflecting...

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Presents Five Organizations with Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

April 8, 2019

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Noting that this year's winners “are held in highest esteem in your communities and, now, in our nation," U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur...

2019-2020 Baldrige Excellence Framework and Criteria (Business/Nonprofit) Now Available

December 18, 2018

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program has released the 2019–2020 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Business/Nonprofit). The 2019–2020 Baldrige Excellence...

2018 Baldrige Award Recipient The Alamo Colleges District photo showing Alamo Colleges District instructor Richard Jewell teaching a turbine engine class at St. Philip’s College Southwest Campus.

Five Role-Model Organizations Win 2018 Baldrige National Quality Award

November 15, 2018

Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Commerce announced today that the 2018 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award will be given to two educational...

2018 Baldrige Case Study Offers Sample for Manufacturers, Other Organizations Seeking Innovation, Improvement

June 27, 2018

In the Baldrige program’s 1997 case study, the fictitious Gateway Estate Lawn Equipment Co. demonstrates how the Baldrige Criteria (part of the Baldrige...

With Seven New Appointees on Board, Baldrige Judges and Overseers to Meet

June 4, 2018

The Baldrige Program will host a joint meeting this week of the Judges’ Panel and the Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award at the...

Undersecretary of Commerce and NIST Director Walter Copan Presents Five Organizations with Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

April 9, 2018

Noting that the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is "the pinnacle of recognition for business and organizational excellence," Walter Copan, U.S...

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