EPA Receives President’s Highest Quality Award for Management Excellence

Washington, D.C.—EPA received the federal government’s highest honor today for strong and effective management—the President’s Quality Award for Management Excellence. Deputy Administrator Marcus Peacock accepted the award at a ceremony last night at the Museum of Women in the Arts.

“The management changes we have made at EPA are designed to take the concept of results-oriented government to a whole new level,” said EPA Deputy Administrator Peacock. “They are enabling us to measure progress from our actions as never before, to learn what we might do better and to constantly improve in meeting our mission of protecting public health and the environment.”

Of 54 federal agencies that applied for the award, EPA was only one of two applicants for the highest tier of the award—for Overall Management—and the only winner.

The Presidents 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. In 2002, the award was redesigned to recognize Federal agencies that best achieve the objectives of the President’s Management Agenda.

For more information about EPA’s performance management activities, visit the EPA Web site.