NCAS Goals and Objectives The primary goals and objectives of the NCAS are to:

• Properly safeguard State assets and to support management needs of both agency and central administrators;
• Ensure that financial, accounting and budgetary information is timely, consistent, fully integrated, easily accessible, and accurate;
• Ensure that comprehensive and consistent Statewide accounting policies and procedures are developed, documented, and maintained;
• Provide full budgetary control and reporting capabilities consistent with North Carolina General Statutes;
• Provide full financial accounting and reporting capabilities consistent with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP);
• Maintain a current knowledge of Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) direction regarding proper government accounting practices;
• Provide NCAS accounting standards, training, documentation, and communications network support to agency and central management fiscal officers;
• Provide a uniform chart of accounts for use and reporting by all agencies;
• Provide effective information access that includes flexible reporting capabilities for agencies and central administrators; and
• Provide adequate security and internal controls for the recording of proper and reliable financial information.