Press Releases

Leaders from OSBM and NC PRO were featured panelists in Harvard Kennedy School’s Government Performance Lab’s Stimulus Learning Series.

The Council of Internal Auditing is now accepting nominations for the annual state government Internal Auditing Award of Excellence.

One year ago today, on Aug. 9, 2020, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake centered in Sparta shook parts of western North Carolina, damaging more than 533 homes and businesses.

Kristin Walker, Deputy State Budget Director for the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management, has been elected to serve as the Southern Regional Director for the National Association of Budget Directors (NASBO) Executive Committee. 

State Budget Director Charlie Perusse has been honored with the “Thought Leader Award” from the Carolina Small Business Development Fund (CSBDF). The organization held their annual small business awards program on May 27, 2021.

Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed May as Internal Audit Awareness Month in North Carolina. Read the proclamation here. 

Michael Arnold will join North Carolina’s Office of State Budget as Management as Deputy Director of Operations/Chief Operating Officer

Bob Coats, North Carolina’s State Data Center Coordinator and Census Liaison, has been reelected to chair the nine-member Steering Committee for the US State Data Center (SDC) program. Mr. Coats will serve a one-year term as chair. This is his second term as chair of the committee.

North Carolina state government’s first philanthropy liaison will join Governor Roy Cooper’s administration on March 1.

A statewide survey of North Carolina nonprofits highlights the experiences, needs, gaps, and opportunities created by the COVID-19 pandemic, including the need for more North Carolinians to serve as volunteers.