EPA Receives Highest Management Honor for Second Year in Row

05.12.08 - 21:13 ... source : Environmental Protection Agency - EPA

... Release date: 12/05/2008 Contact Information: Dave Ryan, (202) 564-4355/7827 / ryan.dave@epa.gov (Washington, D.C. – Dec. 5, 2008) For the second straight year, EPA has received the federal government's highest honor for strong and effective management – the President's Quality Award for Management Excellence. "We are the first agency ever to win this award back-to-back," said EPA Deputy Administrator Marcus Peacock. "It's just another sign of EPA's commitment to accountability and excellence." The President's Quality Award was established in 1988 to recognize excellence in quality and productivity, applying to the public sector similar criteria used for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Improvement Awards for private organizations. In 2002, th ...» Next (HTML)