(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- As most of you have likely heard, the federal government is shutting down due to a lapse in funding. While this will undoubtedly create hardship for many who work for and/or rely on services from the government, I am happy to inform you that the Baldrige Program will remain open.

We expect that the only obvious impact on our customers and other stakeholders will be the loss of our public Web site. If you are looking for information about the program or our services, please contact our customer service line at 301-975-2036. Gwen and/or Jackie will be happy to help you!

Hopefully the shutdown process will go smoothly and end quickly, but I wanted to keep you, the Baldrige community, informed.

Very respectfully,

Robert Fangmeyer,

Acting Director Baldrige Performance Excellence Program

Editors note: As of 10-1-31, 2:00 p.m. Pacific, the following message appears on the Baldrige web site:

NIST Closed, NIST and Affiliated Web Sites Not Available

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