Each year, IACA encourages member jurisdictions who believe they have developed innovation through the implementation of a new or improved product or service to share their innovation. A select panel of experts carefully reviewed each submission and assigned a score in the areas of Effectiveness, Originality, Significance and Transferability, and Lessons Learned.
Thank you to all of the jurisdictions that participated.
2019 Merit Award Information
Prior Merit Award Winners
The following member jurisdictions, listed in alphabetical order, were judged highest overall:
The 2018 Merit Award Winners and their winning innovations are listed below (alphabetically):
- Kansas Business Form Finder - Your BFF for Business
- Michigan on the Move
- South Carolina: Business Entities Online Presentation
The 2017 Merit Award Winners and their winning innovations are listed below (alphabetically):
- INBiz - Indiana
- The Interconnection of Jersey’s Enhanced Centralized Registry of Beneficial Ownership & Control - Jersey
- Ohio’s Call Center Solution - Ohio
The 2016 Merit Award Winners and their winning innovations are listed below (alphabetically):
- Australia - Personal Propertly Securities System
- Colorado - Approach to Online Certificates
- Nova Scotia - Restaurant & Accommodation Industry Sector Bundle
The 2015 Merit Award Winners and their winning innovations are listed below (alphabetically):
- 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
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