Other Reports (Policymakers)

Prospective North Carolina delegates who wish to register for the 2023 edition of the Southeast U.S./Japan Conference can use this form to submit their information to the Department of Commerce.

This is a draft document for public comment, for the 2023 North Carolina Consolidated Annual Action Plan (AAP) for CDBG

Periodically, the Department invites the public to comment on various administrative plans or proposals.

The 2022 edition of a regular report Commerce publishes which recaps the results of a survey of employers in North Carolina regarding their companies' current needs.

This document is the Memorandum of Understanding between the North Carolina Department of Commerce and the Danish Energy Agency, signed March 1, 2023.

This report, offering recommendations to grow a diverse and talented workforce to address the impacts of climate change, is a product of the Climate Change Workforce Diversity Workgroup, created by

This report details the economic impact of the military on North Carolina's economy.  The report was prepared by Commerce's Labor & Economic Analysis Division and Regional Economic Models, Inc.

This document is the Department of Commerce's Public Access and Participation Plan.

The 2022 Annual Report from the Department's Rural Economic Development Division describes fiscal year 2022 performance and outcomes for several North Carolina economic development programs that ch

This document states certain facts regarding the development of the offshore wind industry (OSW) as well as North Carolina's fundamental values regarding this development.

This report addresses the state’s Comprehensive Strategic Economic Development Plan and offers an evaluation of the state's economic performance, particularly on key economic indicators as outlined by statute. We publish this report annually pursuant to G.S. 143B-434.01.

The North Carolina Consolidated Plan 2021-2025 for Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), which the state submits to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), serves two purposes:

First, it is the planning document that guides the North Carolina Consolidated Plan Partners in addressing housing and community development needs across the state for the next five years, using the allocated funds received from the HUD. Secondly, this plan serves as a tool to inform a variety of stakeholders — including HUD, state and local officials, non-profit and advocacy organizations, and the residents of North Carolina — of the need for improving the living conditions for our state’s very low, low, and moderate income populations.

This is the 2021-2025 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing (AI) report, part of the 2021-2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Consolidated Plan.

This document presents the 2021-2024 Development Plan for the North Carolina Appalachian Regional Commisssion program.

This report on the state's overall economy was published in conjunction with the First in Talent state strategic plan for economic development

This is North Carolina's Strategic Plan for Economic Development, known as the First in Talent plan and first published in July of 2021. 

This report examines North Carolina’s opportunity with the offshore wind (OSW) industry,  with a particular emphasis on the industry's supply chain needs and the state's position and potential manu

This report shows results from a survey of North Carolina small businesses that were asked about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their company's operations.  The survey was conducted by the

This document, a letter from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), approves the State of North Carolina's participation in the Lost Wages Assistance program, a program to provide suppleme