GFOA Popular Annual Financial Reporting Award - July 2015

For the sixth year in a row, Government Finance Officers Association awarded Maricopa County for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting for its Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2014 report. The award is based on creativity, presentation, understandability, distribution, and reader appeal.

GFOA Popular Annual Financial Reporting Award - September 2014

Government Finance Officers Association again awarded Maricopa County for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting for its Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2013 report. The award is based on creativity, presentation, understandability, and reader appeal.

GFOA Popular Annual Financial Reporting Award - August 2013

Government Finance Officers Association again awarded Maricopa County for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting for its Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2012 report. The award is based on creativity, presentation, understandability, and reader appeal.

GFOA Popular Annual Financial Reporting Award - June 2012

Government Finance Officers Association again awarded Maricopa County for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting for its Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2011 report. The judges commented that the report provides effective and useful information that assists the reader in understanding the County’s financial data through simple charts and graphs. The award is based on creativity, presentation, understandability, and reader appeal.

GFOA Popular Annual Financial Reporting Award - June 2011

Government Finance Officers Association awarded Maricopa County for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2010. The award is based on creativity, presentation, understandability, and reader appeal.

Bronze Knighton Award - April 2011

Association of Local Government Auditors awarded Internal Audit the Bronze for its Vehicle Usage Review. ALGA awarded Internal Audit for its "innovative and high-impact audit report identifying numerous weaknesses and inadequate controls over driver accountability and vehicle management. While the review resulted in 45 separate departmental reports, the primary report was presented in a succinct and accessible style. The report effectively used charts and graphs and was visually enhanced by using Google Maps to identify mileage to calculate fuel usage findings. The recommendations will definitively have an impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of vehicle usage and management."

GFOA Popular Annual Financial Reporting Award - June 2010

Government Finance Officers Association awarded Maricopa County for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2009. The award is based on creativity, presentation, understandability, and reader appeal.

NACo Achievement Award - June 2010

National Association of Counties awarded Maricopa County for its Tech Tips Training Program. The training program is designed to promote technology skill building among peers in county and city government. Tech Tips offers a low cost solution to leverage limited training budgets.

NACo Best of Category Award - June 2009

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.

NACo Achievement Award - June 2009

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.

Bronze Knighton Award - May 2009

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.

Gold Knighton Award - May 2008

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.

ALGA Gold Website Award - May 2008

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.

APEX Award of Excellence

Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX) is an annual awards program that recognizes excellence in publications work by professional communicators. APEX Awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content, and overall communications effectiveness and excellence. Internal Audit received the APEX award for their annual performance report.

NCCI Trailblazer Award

Internal Audit Department received the Government Performance Reporting Demonstration Grant Program Trailblazer Award from the National Center for Civic Innovation. Internal Audit was one of 24 government organizations to receive a $30,000 demonstration grant for the Citizens' Performance Measurement Report. The award is given for successfully completing the work required as a grantee.