| June 2009 | NACo Best of Category Award |  | National Association of Counties awarded Maricopa County one of only twenty Best of Category awards for its Internal Control Video Program. This special recognition within the Achievement Award program highlights the most outstanding county model programs submitted to the awards competition. |
| June 2009 | NACo Achievement Award | | National Association of Counties awarded Maricopa County for its Internal Control Video Program. The Internal Audit department developed this training program that uses widely available web-based videos to increase organizational awareness of the importance of internal controls. Internal Audit's control videos reinforce Audit's role as an advocate for strong ethical culture and effective internal controls. |
| May 2009 | Bronze Knighton Award |  | Association of Local Government Auditors awarded Internal Audit the Bronze for its Air Quality Review. ALGA’s Knighton Award is presented for the best performance audit report and considers the potential report impact, persuasiveness of conclusions, clarity and conciseness, innovation and, effectiveness and efficiency of the recommendations. Internal Audit’s report, judged as concise and well-written, focuses on air quality violations and penalty enforcement. |
| May 2008 | Gold Knighton Award | | Association of Local Government Auditors awarded Internal Audit the Gold for its Environmental Services Review. The Knighton Award is presented for the best performance audit report and considers the potential report impact, persuasiveness of conclusions, clarity and conciseness, innovation and effectiveness and efficiency of the recommendations. |
| May 2008 | ALGA Gold Website Award | | National Association of Local Government Auditors awarded Internal Audit the Gold for its Website. The Website Award is presented to reward organizations with good websites and encourage all audit shops to improve their websites. Internal Audit was awarded the Gold for its Website based on its content, usability, accessibility, design, and uniqueness. |