H516 Summary

• Authorizes the Office of State Budget and Management to participate in the Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative to implement a cost-benefit analysis model for evaluating state programs and policies.

• Requires the Office of State Budget and Management to design and establish a uniform framework for program-level accountability information accessible to North Carolina citizens through state agency websites.

• Mandates all state agencies and non-state entities receiving state funds to develop information systems providing uniform reporting on program missions, inventories, funding, outcomes, and evidence-based classifications by January 1, 2019.

• Requires organization charts, public contact information, and employee directories to be posted online in standardized formats determined by the Office of State Human Resources.

• Appropriates $100,000 to the Office of State Budget and Management for fiscal year 2017-2018 to implement the Results First Initiative and requires interim and final reports by April 8, 2018 and October 1, 2018.