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of the first ten State Universities lier in March. The DOST office in
and Colleges (SUCs) in the country Cagayan Valley is the first national
to be ISO 9001:2015 Certified for government agency in Region
the period August 2017-Septem- II accorded with the PQA award
ber 2018. and the only government sector
awardee in the 17th PQA Cycle.
Journey to PQA

In addition to ISO Certifica- Limelight to the 2020
tion, as well as to further improve Presidential Lingkod Bayan
operational processes, ISU in 2020 Award
has started its way toward the Two of the University's top ex- Our University
Philippine Quality Award (PQA). It ecs have been named as Regional
is the country’s highest distinction Awardees to the 2020 Presidential Officials displays
exceptional or
accorded to government and pri- Lingkod Bayan Award: Universi-
extraordinary
vate organizations in recognition ty President Dr. Ricmar Aquino,
of performance excellence, that and Vice President for Research contributions
is equivalent to the prestigious and Development, Extension and
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Training (RDET) Dr. Orlando Bal- resulting from an
idea or performance
Program of the United States. The derama.
that had significant
PQA focuses on seven criteria cate- The said award is one of the
gories: (1) leadership; (2) strategic three (3) award categories of the impact on public
planning; (3) customer focus; (4) annually-conducted Search for
measurement, analysis, knowledge Outstanding Government Offi- interest, security
and patrimony.
management; (5) workforce focus; cials and Employees of the Civil
(6) process management; and (7) Service Commission (CSC), which
results. includes: Dangal ng Bayan, and the
In October, the University Civil Service Commission Pagasa
officially launched its roadmap to Award.
PQA with the theme “ISU towards The conferment of the awards
PQA, Where Quality is our Prior- is part of CSC's advocacy of pro-
ity”. This sets forth preliminary moting excellence and recognizing
preparations including executive as well as rewarding civil servants
awareness to PQA, seminar on PQA for outstanding performance,
Framework, and PQA Application contribution and achievements,
Report writing. and/or consistent manifestation of
DOST Region 02 committed to exemplary ethical behavior in the
assist the University in its PQA ap- public service.
plication after a MoA signing ear-

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