Each year IACA recognizes jurisdictions who have successfully implemented an innovative change in their home jurisdiction through the presentation of the IACA Merit Awards. A select panel of experts carefully reviews each submission and assigns a score in the areas of Effectiveness, Originality, Significance and Transferability, and Lessons Learned, and determines the winners.
For information on applying, please review the IACA Merit Award Invitation.
2023 Merit Award Invitation
Prior Merit Award Winners
Merit award winners listed in alphabetical order.
2022
- The 2022 Merit Award Winners
- Jersey, Channel Island - Companies Registry: Registry Digitalisation Programme
- North Carolina - Dashboard, Data, and Online Wizards - Oh My!
- Rhode Island - Small Business Basics and Non-Profit Basics
2021
- The 2021 Merit Award Winners
- California - eForms Online
- North Macedonia - Establishing National the Register of Beneficial Owners
2020
- The 2020 Merit Award Winners
- Colorado – Designing a Winning Customer Support Services Track
- Indiana – INBiz: The Next Level of One-Stop
- Rhode Island – RI Business Data Hub: Interactive Data Visualization
- Washington – Corporations and Charities Filing System (CCFS): Online filing
2019
- The 2019 Merit Award Winners
- California - Eureka! New Online Assistant
- Maryland - Business Express
- West Virginia - Business Start Up Wizard
2018
- The 2018 Merit Award Winners
- Kansas Business Form Finder - Your BFF for Business
- Michigan on the Move
- South Carolina: Business Entities Online Presentation
2017
- The 2017 Merit Award Winners
- INBiz - Indiana
- The Interconnection of Jersey’s Enhanced Centralized Registry of Beneficial Ownership & Control - Jersey
- Ohio’s Call Center Solution - Ohio
2016
- The 2016 Merit Award Winners
- Australia - Personal Property Securities System
- Colorado - Approach to Online Certificates
- Nova Scotia - Restaurant & Accommodation Industry Sector Bundle
2015
- The 2015 Merit Award Winners
- Colorado Business Intelligence Center and Go Code Colorado
- Hawaii MyBusiness Alerts
- Jersey Transparency for Registry (T4R)
- Kansas Business Service Enhancements
- Maryland Central Business Licensing and Registration Portal
2014
- The 2014 Merit Award Winners and their winning innovations are listed below (alphabetically):
- Australia-2014 – Co-design Personal Property Securities Register
- Colorado-2014 – Service Centre Model
- Connecticut-2014 – Online Business Start Up Tool
- Jersey-2014 – Security Interest Register
- New Zealand-2014 – Australasian Mobile App
- Vermont-2014 – Transition to Paperless