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  • October 1, 2008
    New Faces on ASQ’s Public Policy Advisory Council
    David Levy and Dale Weeks have joined the Public Policy Advisory Council.

  • July 22, 2008
    ASQ Seeks Recognition for Metrology Occupations
    Metrology and calibration practitioners represent a valuable human resource asset for many ASQ members’ companies.

  • June 26, 2008
    ASQ Lauds President Bush’s Executive Order on Performance Improvement
    An executive order issued by President Bush that establishes mechanisms for improving government performance was greeted by ASQ as a welcome measure for ensuring effective and efficient application of taxpayer resources.

  • April 10, 2008
    President Bush to Personally Recognize Baldrige Award Recipients
    President George W. Bush will personally recognize the latest recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

  • December, 2007
    ASQ Mounts Campaign to Encourage President Bush to Attend Baldrige Award Ceremony
    ASQ has begun a grassroots letter-writing campaign to encourage President George W. Bush to attend the next Baldrige Award ceremony and personally present the awards to the recipients.

  • August, 2007
    ASQ Offers Comments on Food Safety Issues to House Subcommittee
    The American Society for Quality cautioned a House subcommittee investigating food safety issues to “be wary of the drumbeat calling for more inspection as the way to address food safety problems, as this represents a simplistic solution to a complex situation and an expensive approach that cannot work.”

  • August, 2007
    ASQ Releases White Paper on Social Responsibility     (PDF, 370 KB)
    Society is placing increasing demands on organizations to operate in a socially responsible manner.  But there exists widespread lack of clarity about what “socially responsible” means and how to accomplish it.

  • September, 2006
    ASQ Washington Updates: A Productive Week
    ASQ began its “fall session” of Washington activities with meetings September 13 and 14 highlighting growth in U.S. manufacturing quality, innovation initiatives and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

  • June 9, 2006
    Innovation and Healthcare Top ASQ’s Washington Agenda in June In meetings this month with lawmakers, ASQ is offering to supply quality expertise in support of President Bush’s American Competitiveness Initiative and two bills now before Congress.

  • December 16, 2004
    Recent ASQ Meetings in Washington, D.C.
    Primary objectives of this series of meetings were to explore opportunities for extending ASQ's certification process into other areas, to seek support for appropriations for the recently passed legislation to expand the Baldrige Award to not-for-profits, and to conduct a series of interviews with notable and newsworthy figures in Washington.

  • October 14, 2004
    Recent ASQ Meetings in Washington, DC
    - The following is a synopsis of meetings held on behalf of ASQ in Washington, DC, September 21, 2004. Representing ASQ: Amy Kimball, Sellery Associates, Inc., and Dick Sandretti, Sandretti Associates, Inc.

  • May 25, 2004
    Recent ASQ Meetings in Washington, DC
    The following is a synopsis of meetings held on behalf of ASQ in Washington, DC, May 17-18, 2004. Representing ASQ: Amy Kimball, Sellery Associates, Inc., and Dick Sandretti, Sandretti Associates, Inc.

  • February 2004
    Recent ASQ Meetings in Washington, DC
    The following is a synopsis of meetings held on behalf of ASQ in Washington, DC, Feb. 2-3, 2004.

  • January 2004
    Recent ASQ Meetings in Washington, DC
    The following is a synopsis of meetings held on behalf of ASQ in Washington, DC, Dec. 15-16, 2003.

  • September 2003
    ASQ Comment on Columbia Shuttle Accident Report
    In an Aug. 26, 2003, report, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, an independent body constituted by NASA, exonerated quality assurance as being responsible for the destruction of the Space Shuttle Columbia. The board cited NASA's culture as the main contributor to the accident, but it also uncovered major deficiencies in Kennedy Space Center's quality assurance program-deficiencies that the board believes may lead to a future accident.

  • September 2003
    Recent ASQ Meetings in Washington DC
    The following is a synopsis of meetings held on behalf of ASQ in Washington, DC, Sept. 29-30, 2003. Representing ASQ: Amy Kimball, Sellery Associates, Inc., and Dick Sandretti, Sandretti Associates, Inc.

  • July 2003
    Washington Update
    The following is a summary of meetings and activities held on behalf of ASQ in Washington, DC, July 14-15, 2003.

  • July 2003
    ASQ Provides Commentary on Healthcare Legislation (PDF, 122 KB)
    ASQ Chairman Liz Keim has sent a letter reaffirming ASQ’s support for major provisions of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act. Her letter, also containing comments on a revised Senate draft of the legislation, was sent to key members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. It was written in response to the Committee’s request for commentary.

  • July 2003
    Newly Formed Panel to Advise ASQ on Issues
    A new advisory panel, called the Issue Action Working Group, has been formed to counsel ASQ's Office of the President on current and potential issues affecting ASQ.

  • June 2003
    Community Good Works Initiative
    The Community Good Works Initiative is one of several ASQ initiatives that demonstrates how the employment of quality tools and processes benefits humanity.

Baldrige

Education

  • August 3, 2004
    ASQ Invited to Department of Education Regional Summits
    Suzanne Keely, ASQ Market Manager—Education, was a guest presenter at several regional high school summits conducted by the U.S. Department of Education.

  • May 7, 2004
    Lawmakers Seek Out ASQ on Education Legislation
    Representatives from the American Society for Quality were in Washington D.C. last week to meet with staff of the House Education and Workforce Committee, discussing ways in which quality methods could address cost issues in higher education.

Elections

Finance/SOX

  • March, 2007
    ASQ Team Offers Comments on Financial Auditing Standards and Rules to Government Agencies
    A team from ASQ’s Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Community responded to calls from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for comments on proposed rules and accounting standards. 

  • August 30, 2004
    New Watchdog Body Finds Quality Control Problems at Accounting Firms
    The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the financial auditing industry regulatory body established in 2002 by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, released its first report Thursday on initial inspections at the four largest public accounting firms in the United States, stating that the board "identified concerns about significant aspects of each firm's quality controls systems."

Healthcare

Homeland Security

Transportation

  • August 30, 2004
    Transportation Security Administration Looks to ASQ for Certification Needs
    More than two years of meetings and communications with the Transportation Security Administration reached a turning point for ASQ recently when the TSA asked ASQ to work with the agency in improving its current certification process for security screeners and developing a certification process for various other positions.

  • October 2003
    Airport Security Testing Problems Bring Response
    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's acting inspector general has found that certain questions on a test for airport security workers were very simplistic or worded in such a way as to make the correct answer obvious.

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