American Society for Quality
Members Log In to My ASQ Members Log In   View Shopping Cart Shopping Cart   Quality Progress Magazine Quality Progress Magazine Make Good Great
About ASQ
Who
We Are		 What
We Do		 How
We Do It		 Contact
Us		 Press
Releases
ASQ Vision Explore ASQ's political workLearn about community improvement
What We Do

Issues and Actions

  • 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.

  • May, 2007 ASQ Advocacy Efforts Aim to Change Baldrige Caps
    A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would ease restrictions on the number of Baldrige Awards that may be given out in any year. 

  • 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. 

  • 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.

  • April 26, 2006 ASQ Healthcare Panel Brings Healthcare Quality Experts to Capitol Hill The crisis, complexity, competing interests and compassion that drive healthcare delivery in the United States came through in impassioned comments, questions and suggested solutions offered during ASQ’s Healthcare Forum on Capitol Hill today.

  • February 16, 2006 ASQ to Host Healthcare Discussion for Congress ASQ will host an expert panel discussion on quality and healthcare for members of Congress in April.

  • December 14, 2005 Mairani Asks Members to Thank Legislators for Supporting Baldrige Nonprofit Category ASQ President Jerry Mairani is calling on ASQ members to thank the legislators.

  • December 7, 2005 President Signs Baldrige Nonprofit Funding, Pilot Program Slated for 2006 It’s official: President Bush has approved funding for a nonprofit category of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

  • September, 2005 ASQ Meets with House Appropriations Committee Chairman Congressman Lewis Key to Securing Funding for Baldrige Nonprofit Category.

  • July, 2005 ASQ Congressional Meetings – Baldrige Not-For-Profit Category Funding Neither July’s heat nor Congress’ focus on a certain Supreme Court appointee deterred ASQ’s efforts to get the U.S. House of Representatives to fund the nonprofit category of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

  • May 26, 2005 Funding for Baldrige Nonprofit Category Gains Supporters Three members of Congress are publicly supporting efforts to fund the nonprofit category for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

  • April 14, 2005 ASQ Leads Baldrige Supporters to Congressional Meetings The meetings let members of Congress and their staffs hear firsthand about strong support among their constituents for the Baldrige Award, particularly the new nonprofit category, which has been signed into law but not yet funded.

  • 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 29, 2004 Election Process Quality—Four Years Later
    ASQ releases statement on election process quality issues.

  • October 18, 2004 ASQ President Thanks Baldrige Legislators
    ASQ President Danny Duhan was in Washington on October 8 to thank key legislators for their work in passing legislation to establish a not-for-profit category of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

  • 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.

  • September 24, 2004 - Baldrige Not-for-Profit Bill Passes Senate
    Last night the United States Senate passed by unanimous consent H.R. 3389, the bill that establishes a not-for-profit category for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

  • 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."

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • July 23, 2004 - ASQ Goes to Capitol Hill to Break Senate Logjam on Baldrige Expansion
    After unanimously clearing the United States House of Representatives in March, legislation to add a not-for-profit category to the Baldrige Award has become bogged down in the Senate.

  • 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.

  • May 12, 2004 - ASQ Submits Statement on NIST Budget to House Science Committee
    ASQ has submitted a statement for the record for a hearing held by the Committee on Science of the U.S. House of Representatives. The hearing dealt with budget requests for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, including additional funding for a new Baldrige Award not-for-profit category.

  • 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.

  • February 2004 - Baldrige Not-for-Profit Legislation Clears House Committee
    Legislation to establish a not-for-profit category for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award cleared the House Science Committee today.  The measure was received with bipartisan enthusiasm.  Principal sponsors are Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC), Rep. Melissa Hart (R-PA), and Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS).

  • 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.

  • December 2003 - Baldrige Nonprofit Expansion Succumbs to Politics at End of Congressional Session
    Broad support for the measure indicates early passage likely in the next session. Read a legislative update from ASQ’s Washington consultants.

  • November 2003 - New Bill Introduced to Expand Baldrige to Nonprofits
    On October 29, Representatives Brad Miller (D-NC) and Melissa Hart (R-PA) introduced H.R. 3389 in the U.S. House of Representatives, which would establish the not-for-profit category for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. 

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • September 2003 - ANSI Panel Advises on Homeland Security Standards
    ASQ is participating in a new ANSI panel advising the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on identifying and developing consensus standards to meet homeland security needs. 

  • July 2003 - Effort to Expand Baldrige Award Takes Shape
    Supporters of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award have recently stepped up efforts to achieve two longstanding goals: Expanding the award to include a not-for-profit category and eliminating the present cap on the number of awards that may be awarded in each category.

  • 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.

Return to top