The Oklahoma Quality Foundation is committed to helping improve the state's business climate by offering Baldridge-focused best practices sessions that address these and other key business concerns. The OQF is the only official program in Oklahoma to determine the level of an organization’s performance and provide public recognition to recipients on its level of accomplishment. We administer the three-tiered Oklahoma Quality Awards program of Commitment, Achievement and Excellence Level, all patterned after the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The award program promotes performance excellence, recognizes achievements of Oklahoma companies and organizations, and provides a vehicle for sharing successful strategies. Criteria for the award helps provide a framework for designing, implementing and assessing a process for managing all of the organization’s operations.