(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- Paul Borawski, American Society for Quality (ASQ) executive director and chief strategic officer, was recently awarded the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives (CESSE) Leadership Award. The award was presented at the CESSE Annual Meeting in Detroit, July 15–18.

(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- An executive order issued by President Bush that establishes mechanisms for improving government performance was greeted by ASQ as a welcome measure for ensuring effective and efficient application of taxpayer resources.

“We commend the president for his farsightedness in issuing the executive order and the officials at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for their enthusiasm in setting up structures and processes for implementing the order,” says Mike Nichols, ASQ president.