WASHINGTON,
D.C.-Vice President Dick Cheney and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez
presented three U.S. organizations with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award, the nation’s highest honor for organizational performance
excellence.
The 2006 Baldrige Award recipients are: Premier Inc., San Diego, service;
MESA Products Inc., Tulsa, OK, small business; and North Mississippi Medical
Center, Tupelo, MS, health care.