The 2012 NCSSA Scholarship Application form is available in the Resources Menu on the left side of the www.ncssa.net Home Page.  Please remember that applicants (or the parent/spouse of the applicant) must have been a member in good standing as of December 31, 2011.  Deadline for submission is June 15, 2012.

             NCSSA is proud to welcome KeyMark, Inc. as one of our sponsors.  KeyMark, Inc. is a document management, document imaging, and workflow solutions provider located in Liberty, SC.  Since 1996, they have been in the business of delivering systems to efficiently and effectively manage all electronic content and content-driven work processes for their clients.  A large part of their customer base consists of state and local government organizations, primarily in the Southeastern United States.

The top lobbyists in the state have changed over the last few years, but they're hardly unfamiliar faces to legislators and other political insiders.  According to the N.C. Center for Public Policy Research, Social Services Consortium lobbyist, Lori Ann Harris is ranked 27th.  The rankings are based on a survey of lobbyists, legislators and reporters.  At the end of the 2009 session, 765 lobbyists and 106 legislative liaisons were registered with the Secretary of State.