(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Learn about the exceptional performance management practices and results of the 2009 recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award at the Quest for Excellence XXII, April 12–14, at the Hilton Washington in Washington, D.C.

The 2009 Baldrige Award recipients —listed with their category—are:

• Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, Kansas City, Missouri (manufacturing)
• MidwayUSA, Columbia, Missouri (small business)
• AtlantiCare, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey (health care)
• Heartland Health, St. Joseph, Missouri (health care)
• VA Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico (nonprofit)

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