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YEAR	AWARD	TITLE
2009	First Place	Awareness of SAS 70 Reports and its Application among Internal Auditors (Dallas)
	Second Place	Performance Measures for Internal Audit Functions: A Research Project (Austin)
	Third Place	A Study of the Voluntary External Turnover of Internal Auditors (St. Louis)
2008	First Place	Increasing Meeting Effectiveness for Internal Auditors (St. Louis)
	Second Place	Confirmation Bias - Risk Perception Among Auditors in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Area (Dallas)
2007	First Place	Insider Trading from the Internal Auditor's Perspective (Dallas)
	Second Place	Survey on Audit Committee Relationships: A Research Project (Austin)
2006	First Place Second Place	"Whistleblower Mechanisms:A Study of the Perceptions of "Users" and "Responders" (Dallas) "Survey on Ethics and Governance: A Research Project" (Austin)
2005	First Place Second Place	"Quality Assessment Review Readiness" (Dallas) "Situational Interviewing" (Chattanooga)
2004	First Place Second Place	"Viewing Organizational Trust and Internal Auditing" (Dallas) "Effective Interview Techniques for Hiring Internal Auditors" (Chattanooga)
2003	First Place Second Place	"Internal Audit Independence and Corporate Governance" (Chicago) "Usefulness of Industry Risk Factors to Internal Auditors" (Chattanooga)
2002	First Place Second Place	"Questions for Internal Auditors " (Chattanooga) "Innovative Uses of Computer Audit Techniques and Continuous Auditing" (Dallas)
2001	First Place	"Benefits of an IIA Endowed Program" (Dallas)
2000	First Place Second Place	"Audit Department Management" (Dallas) "Leadership Skills for Internal Auditors"(Chattanooga)
1999	First Place Second Place	"The Current Emphasis on Value-Added Services in the Cincinnati Area and How It Impacts Internal Auditors' Job Security and Satisfaction" (Cincinnati) "Soft Controls: A Dallas/Fort Worth Perspective" (Dallas)
1998	First Place Second Place	"The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: An International Perspective" (IIA Italy) "Internal Auditing Now and the Future" (Dallas)
1997	First Place Second Place Third Place	"Fraud Auditing" (Illiana) "An Analysis of Internal Control Reporting" (Chicago) "The State of Construction Contract Auditing in the Cincinnati Area" (Cincinnati)
1996	First Place Second Place	"Auditor Independence: An International Perspective" (Chicago) "1995 State and Local Government Fraud Survey" (Tidewater/Central Virginia)
1995	First Place Second Place Third Place	"Entity's Internal Control Reporting: An International Perspective" (Chicago) Sexual Harassment Survey Results (Washington, D.C.) New Directions For Governmental Auditing (Austin)
1994	First Place Second Place Third Place Honorable Mention	"The Audit Committee: An International Perspective" (Chicago) "The Benefits of CIA Designation: A Survey in Recognition of the 20th Anniversary of the CIA Program" (Tucson) "Corporate Policies & Reporting Requirements: Prohibited & Fraudulent Activities" (Central Illinois) "Facilitating Control Self-Assessment Groups" (Chattanooga)
1993	First Place Second Place Third Place	"The IIA Code of Ethics: An International Perspective" (Chicago) "Applying TQM to the Post-Audit Conference" (Chattanooga) "An Empirical Examination of the Relationships Among Job Characteristics, Role Stress, and Professionalism in Internal Auditing" (Greater Cleveland/Akron)
1992	First Place Second Place Third Place	"Internal Audit's Contribution to the Management of Quality/Productivity" (Ottawa) "An Empirical Evaluation of the Importance of Professionalism in Internal Auditing" (Greater Cleveland/Akron) "What Causes Unethical Behaviors in Business: Breakdowns in the Formal or Informal Systems?" (Calgary)
1991	First Place Second Place Third Place - Tie	"Assessing the Negotiating Skills of Internal Auditors" (Chattanooga Area) "What will be the Profile of Internal Auditing in the Year 2000" (Greater Cleveland/Akron) "The Interaction of Audit Committees with Internal Auditing" (Chicago) "Resolving Problems in Ethics and Management" (San Francisco)
1990	First Place Second Place Third Place	"Developing the Complete Auditor" (Greater Cleveland/Akron) "Usefulness of Treadway Commission Risk Factors to Internal Auditors" (Chattanooga Area) "A Study of the Distinguishing Characteristics of Effective Internal Audit Departments with Particular Emphasis on the Treatment of Corrective Action within Audit Reports" (Montreal)