About OSBM

The North Carolina Office of State Budget & Management (OSBM) delivers the highest quality budget development and management services for state government. Overseeing the state’s budget process is at the heart of much of what we do. Yet OSBM is much more than budgets. 

OSBM:

• Provides budget and policy analysis counsel to the Governor, state agencies, and General Assembly.
• Works closely with agencies to manage the budget enacted by the General Assembly and ensure a balanced budget.
• Assimilates and analyzes economic and demographic data to help inform decisionsand maintain a balanced budget.
• Provides government agencies with services to support stewardship of public resources and prudent decision-making. These include tools to improve operational excellence through the generation and use of evidence, such as strategic planning, performance management, and impact analysis for proposed rules.
• Supports financial control structures such as grants management, internal audits, and the oversight committee for retired state employees' health benefits.
• Serves as a home for the state fraud hotline, where any citizen or employee of the state can report suspected misuse of public resources