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Appendix A: State Awards Based on the Baldrige Criteria

By Mark Graham Brown
From Baldrige Award Winning Quality: How to Interpret the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence, Twelfth Edition

ALABAMA

State Award Program
State Award Name: Alabama Quality Award
Award Office Address:
Alabama Productivity Center
Associate Director
Box 870318
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Tel: 205-348-8956
Fax: 205-348-9391
E-mail: Linda@proctr.cba.ua.edu
Web: http://proctr.cba.ua.edu/index.html
Award Categories: 1) Small Business; 2) Manufacturing; 3) Service (includes government); 4) Health Care; and 5) Education.

ALASKA

No State Award Program in Place

ARIZONA

State Award Program
State Award Name: Arizona's Pioneer and Governor's Award for Quality
Award Office Address:
Arizona Quality Alliance
7510 E. Main St., Ste.3
Scottsdale, AZ 85251-4523
Tel: 888-346-7768 or 480-481-3454
Fax: 480-481-3097
E-mail: aqa@arizona-excellence.com
Web: http://www.aqa@arizona-excellence.com
Award Categories: 1) Small (1 99); 2) Medium (100 499); and 3) Large (500+) All sectors compete in the same categories. Sectors include private, public non-profit (including education and health care), state and federal government.

ARKANSAS

State Award Program
State Award Name: Arkansas Quality Award
Award Office Address:
1111 West Capitol Ave.
Room 1013
Little Rock, AR 72201-3005
Tel: 800-447-9330 or 501-373-1300
Fax: 501-373-1976
E-mail: arkansasquality@compuserve.com
Web: http://www.arkansas-quality.org
Award Categories: Any company or organization for profit or not-for-profit.

CALIFORNIA

State and Senate Productivity Award
State Award Name: California Quality Awards
Award Office Address:
California Council for Quality & Service
P.O. Box 1235
Poway, CA 92074-1235
Tel: 858-486-0400
Fax: 858-486-8595
E-mail: ccqs@ccqs.org
Web: http://www.ccqs.org
Award Categories: 3 Level Awards in Manufacturing, Service, Government, Education, Military, Health Care, Non-Profit.

COLORADO

No State Award Program in Place

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