The Governmental Research Association holds an annual competition for achievement in three different categories. These categories are further divided with entrants for state, local, and intergovernmental research. The following are the winners for the 2004 competition.

Award for Most Distinguished Research

Bureau of Governmental Research, New Orleans, LA
"UNECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: An Analysis of the World Trade Center Lease"

Center for Governmental Research Inc, Rochester, NY
"Balance of Revenue & Expenditures Among the NYS Regions"

Public Policy Forum, Milwaukee, WI
"School Choice and the Question of Accountability"

Certificate of Merit for Most Distinguished Research

Worcester Regional Research Bureau, Worcester, MA
"Education Reform and Collective Bargaining - C for Compatibility"

Minnesota Taxpayers Association, Minneapolis, MN
"Determining the Cost of an Adequate Education in Minnesota"

Utah Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT
"Three Part Series on Tax Redistribution, State Government Spending and Debt"

Award for Most Effective Education

Center for Governmental Research Inc, Rochester, NY
"Transforming Medicaid: Options for New York, Making Medicaid More Effective and Efficient."

Certificate of Merit for Most Effective Education

Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA
"2003 Guide to the Constitutional Amendments"

Bureau of Governmental Research, New Orleans, LA
"Runaway Discretion, Land Use Decision Making in New Orleans"

Award for Outstanding Policy Achievement

Bureau of Governmental Research, New Orleans, LA
"Demise of a Fatally Flawed Privatization Process"