PAD 505 (PAD 505)

PAD 505 Week 2 Assignment 1: Policy Brief The Federal Budget and how it gets made is a complex and lengthy process that has important implications for Federal and State agencies. Obviously, funding for each agency is going to affect that agency’s budget. Likewise, federal funding for social programs, education, and other programs such as disaster relief affects how states fund those programs in their own budgets. Using the e-Activity from Week 1, “2017 America First – A Blueprint to Make A...

PAD 505 Week 7 Assignment 3: Preparing the Audit Analysis You are to preparing for a challenging City Council Meeting. You need to be able to give the other council members and mayor an accurate “city of affairs”. To make sure significant cuts can be made in the appropriate areas, and other critical areas can continue to be funded. Using your local cities 2015-2016 budgets, analyze the financial plan to respond to the following questions in a two- to three-page paper: Based on the review of...

PAD 505 Week 5 Assignment 2: The Operating Budget Refer back to the e-Activity in Week 3. From your local city’s budget, select an agency, program, or department in your city, and that appears as a budget item in the city budget you downloaded in Week 3. Assume you are the new budgeting and finance administrator for your local government agency. Your first responsibility is to become familiar with the agency, the budget, program, and capital projects. As the administrator, you will be responsi...

PAD 505 Week 2 Assignment 1: Policy Brief The Federal Budget and how it gets made is a complex and lengthy process that has important implications for Federal and State agencies. Obviously, funding for each agency is going to affect that agency’s budget. Likewise, federal funding for social programs, education, and other programs such as disaster relief affects how states fund those programs in their own budgets. Using the e-Activity from Week 1, “2017 America First – A Blueprint to Make A...