“Writing Budget Justifications” Please respond to the following:
Performance budgeting has been attempted at the local level in recent years all over the country. Address the issues of performance budgeting while answering the following questions: What attributes of performance budgeting make it particularly suitable to local government budgeting? Can the same attributes be as useful at the federal level?
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, programs, and capital projects. As the administrator, you will be responsible for analyzing, examining, proposing, and preparing the agency’s budget for the next five years.
Assignment 3: Preparing the Audit Analysis Due Week 7 and worth 200 points
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 (Atlanta or Stone Mountain Georgia) 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 your city’s (Atlanta or stone mountain Georgia) Financial Plan: What is the fastest-growing category of expenditures during the planning period? Justify the answer with examples. What percentage of your city’s (Atlanta or stone mountain Georgia) revenue comes from the general property tax? How much is this tax growing in each year of the financial plan? Justify the answer with examples. Evaluate the existing capacity of refunding or reorganizing existing debt organizations. Analyze the various funding alternatives that can be used to support debt obligations. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Include an abstract and conclusion that you will name (Budget Summary), and attach the budget summary as an Appendix. Include the URL of the location of your city’s financial plan and any other documentation you used for your budget summary. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Analyze the basic skills and tools needed for budgeting for public sector agencies and / or departments. Recommend appropriate policy actions based on the evaluation. Evaluate a budgeting system at any governmental level. Analyze the scope and sequence of budgeting in terms of sources of revenues, purpose of government expenditures, budget cycles, budget preparation, and debt administration. Analyze the steps required for budgeting, such as preparing a budget, making a financial plan, conducting a cost-benefit analysis, and making budget decisions. Examine the key components for presenting and justifying the budget to decision makers. Prepare a preliminary budgeting system for presentation before Congress, state / local government, or other organization. Use technology and information resources to research issues in public budgeting and finance. Write clearly and concisely about public budgeting and finance using proper writing mechanics.
My cities are Atlanta or Stone Mountain Georgia.. Please do an abstract and a conclusion ( call it budget summary) and attach a budget summary as an Appendix.for this assignment. I had attached assignment 2 if needed and please follow the grading rubric to make sure each and every question is answered in the assignment .. please follow each and every instruction for this assignment.
The purpose of forensics investigations and the analysis of evidence is to exonerate the innocent and to provide evidence against the guilty. Physical evidence is used to support or repudiate eyewitness testimony. As this week’s articles and videos suggest, even physical evidence may be difficult for some to accept. Drawing on the readings and additional research, this discussion asks you to evaluate the value of firearms and ballistics evidence and to analyze why it is sometimes brought into question. Evaluate the circumstances that might result in some not believing the scientific evidence. Although you may be inclined toward one position, being able to debate your position involves being aware of the opposing position. In this debate-style discussion, we may have heated arguments and everyone’s commitment to netiquette and mutual respect is expected. Therefore, even if you adamantly oppose the position formulated by a peer, remember to support your opposition using the resources you consulted and ensure your opposition represents an informed opinion. Using the required readings for this week and two additional scholarly resources from the Ashford University Library or other professional resources, evaluate accepted methodologies employed in contemporary crime scene management that relate to firearms and ballistics evidence and how these influence the validity of the evidence. Analyze commonly accepted forensic techniques and contemporary specialized techniques that relate to firearms and ballistics evidence, and evaluate how the use or failure to use these techniques impacts the value of the evidence. Examine judicial expectations and requirements relative to the admittance of evidence collected by forensic crime scene investigators that relate to firearms and ballistics evidence and how the actions, inactions, and the statements of investigators impact the validity and value of evidence. Provide at least one argument in support of each side of the controversy. After considering both sides of the issue, clearly state your position and rational.
Written Assignment: Strategic Plan •Write a 3-5 page paper that describes the role of ethics and social responsibility in developing a strategic plan, considering stakeholder needs.
Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Please include citations to support your ideas.
After reading both of the weekly readings Employer of choice: the new corporate imperative and The Employer of Choice, identify two companies to compare and contrast in terms of EOC. The companies should be similar in size based on annual revenue or number employees, but do not have to be competitors or in the same industry. Also, address the questions below in your paper.
•How the companies’ EOC policies and practices create advantages or disadvantages for their sustainability and growth? •What could the companies learn from each other? •Which company would you find more attractive as a potential employee? Why?
The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded: •Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below. •Use font size 12 and 1” margins. •Include cover page and reference page. •At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing. •No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references. •Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement. •Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.
References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.
Cite a minimum of two references other than the text.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
This is a two part assignment – both need to be submitted separately but will be graded as one.
PART 1 –
Local government leaders have asked you to provide information and recommendations for increasing sustainability in the community.
Perform an initial search to learn about green initiatives for a city in your area. New York City
Write a 350- to 525-word proposal to your local government.
Include the following:
Include appropriate images.
Include a list of the sources you use.
PART 2 –
Perform an analysis of an environmental issue.
Prepare a 5- to 8-slide PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes (if you fail to include detailed speaker notes you will not receive credit). If you first discuss options with your faculty member, you are also welcome to use a tool such as “Voice Thread” to add audio to your presentation.
Include the following:
Include at least 2 outside resources for your presentation.
Format your presentation according to APA guidelines.
As a nurse, you can have a great impact on the success or failure of the adoption of EHRs. It is important for nurses to understand their role as change agents and the ways they can influence others when addressing the challenges of changing to a drastically different way of doing things. Everett Rogers, a pioneer in the field of the diffusion of innovations, identified five qualities that determine individual attitudes towards adopting new technology (2003). He theorized that individuals are concerned with:
1. Relative advantage: The individual adopting the new innovation must see how it will be an improvement over the old way of doing things. 2. Compatibility with existing values and practices: The adopter must understand how the new innovation aligns with current practices. 3. Simplicity: The adopter must believe he or she can easily master the new technology; the more difficult learning the new system appears, the greater the resistance that will occur. 4. Trialability: The adopter should have the opportunity to “play around’ with the new technology and explore its capabilities. 5. Observable results: The adopter must have evidence that the proposed innovation has been successful in other situations.
For this Assignment, you assume the role of a nurse facilitator in a small hospital in upstate New York. You have been part of a team preparing for the implementation of a new electronic health records system. Decisions as to the program that will be used have been finalized, and you are now tasked with preparing the nurses for the new system. There has been an undercurrent of resistance expressed by nurses, and you must respond to their concerns. You have a meeting scheduled with the nurses 1 week prior to the training on the new EHR system. Consider how you can use the five qualities outlined by Rogers (2003) to assist in preparing the nurses for the upcoming implementation.
To prepare:
1. Review the Learning Resources this week about successful implementations of EHRs. 2. Consider how you would present the new EHR system to the nurses to win their approval. 3. Reflect on the five qualities outlined by Rogers. How would addressing each of those areas improve the likelihood of success?
Write a 3- to 5-page paper which includes the following:
A. Using Rogers’ (2003) theory as a foundation, outline how you would approach the meeting with the nurses. Be specific as to the types of information or activities you could provide to address each area and include how you would respond to resistance. B. Analyze the role of nurses as change agents in facilitating the adoption of new technology.
Select someone in a leadership position at your organization or at a local company where you might seek employment. This individual could be a director, manager, supervisor, or CEO of the organization.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word profile of the individual that you interviewed for your company’s newsletter, and include the following:
Identify the individual and their position within the company, and briefly describe the organization.
Interpret the individual’s leadership style based on the Five-Factor personality model, and offer one or more examples of the management and leadership roles of this individual.
Explain one incident where this individual had to solve a difficult problem or situation because things did not go as planned.
Describe the lessons that she/he learned from being able to problem solve, even when what she/he had been taught did not work.
Format your profile in the form of a newsletter (the final format may vary depending upon the company’s style; please feel free to use either the provided template or to check the Internet or Microsoft® Word for additional newsletter templates).
Part 2
Create a 2-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes that contains the following components
Showcase some of the best practices needed by companies in order to prepare future leaders. Include at least one video presentation within a slide. (2 slides with at least one including video)
