The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) together with The Great Places to Work Institute, Inc. (GPTW) named Integrity Applications Incorporated (IAI) as one of the “50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in America” in 2009. The list was announced on June 29 in New Orleans before thousands of human resource professionals attending SHRM’s 61^st Annual Conference & Exposition. IAI is the number 4 ranked medium-sized company.

The list, now in its sixth year, ranks the top 25 small and top 25 medium-sized companies using “best practice” people management strategies to develop successful organizations with highly productive and satisfied workforces. Organizations range in size from 50 to 999 employees and the GPTW selects the winners based on a randomly distributed employee opinion survey. Each company evaluated was given a score based on employees' responses to a detailed questionnaire about the organizations' workplace cultures.

“As one of the Best Companies to Work for in America, IAI has a strong track record of commitment to its customers, employees and the communities they live in,” said Joseph L. Brickey, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Our culture of excellence and our strong core values encourage openness, trust, innovation and dedication, all of which are essential elements in creating and sustaining a great place to work.”

"Small and medium-sized companies make up the majority of the American economy and workforce," said SHRM President and CEO Laurence O’Neil. "These 50 winning organizations demonstrate that investing in people is critical to their success, and we are proud to recognize their accomplishments."

"These companies stand out because their employees find them to be places where they can trust the management, take pride in their work and have fun. Other companies have much to learn about how to be productive and do right by their people," said GPTW Co-founder Robert Levering.

Articles and profiles of the winners will appear in the June issue of Fortune Small Business, in the July issue of HR Magazine, and on CNNMoney.com. The winning organizations will also be listed on the SHRM (www.shrm.org) and GPTW (www.greatplacetowork.com) Web sites.

About IAI

IAI is an engineering and software services company headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, with a nationwide presence primarily supporting the intelligence community, and other civil, defense and intelligence customers with a focus on Government space and intelligence surveillance reconnaissance systems activities. IAI employees provide specialized subject matter expertise, system engineering, system integration, system acquisition, and software integration, visualization and modeling and simulation expertise to System Program Offices, Enterprise System Engineering activities, operational elements, and other organizations across the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. IAI has specific domain expertise in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems including Radar, EO/IR & MASINT payloads, product quality analysis, ground systems, imagery-based geo-positioning and targeting, photogrammetric analysis, Service Oriented Architectures, unmanned systems and special communications systems. IAI also creates innovative software applications focused primarily on web-based intelligence data visualization, exploitation tools and capabilities using the Open Source, GOTS and COTS software models.

About SHRM

SHRM is the world's largest association devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 250,000 members in more than 140 countries, the Society serves the needs of HR professionals and advances the interests of the HR profession. Founded in 1948, SHRM has more than 575 affiliated chapters within the United States and subsidiary offices in China and India.

About GPTW

Great Place to Work Institute Inc. is an international research and consulting firm dedicated to building great workplaces. Great Place to Work Institute uses its employee survey and assessment process to select the companies appearing on the annual "Best Small & Medium Companies to Work For in America" list and FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work For® list. In addition to its global headquarters in San Francisco, Great Place to Work Institute has 29 affiliates in countries throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia.