MPA563 Week 6: Government Overview Final Project Budget Preparation and Execution MPA563 Week 6: Use entity selected in Week Two. Complete a comprehensive 2,450- to 2,800-word paper and a 12- to 16-slide PowerPoint® presentation with speaker’s notes. The final presentation and paper must cover the municipality as a whole, and must combine concepts from the […]
MPA563 Week6: Current Budget Reform
MPA563 Week6: Current Budget Reform Budget Preparation and Execution MPA563 Week6: Select a significant, current budget reform issue. Discuss your topic with your instructor prior to beginning the assignment. Be sure to obtain instructor approval for the topic. Write a 1,050- to 1,250-word paper about the need for the budget reform and how it will […]
MPA563 Week5: Financial Reporting
MPA563 Week5: Financial Reporting Management Accountability and the Political Process MPA563 Week5: Select a city, county, or state and locate their latest Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper discussing the usefulness of the financial reports for internal and external viewers. Identify the components and structure of the CAFR. Describe the financial position of […]
MPA563 Week4: Influences within Public Programs
MPA563 Week4: Influences within Public Programs Budgetary Analysis Techniques MPA563 Week4: Select a public program that has recently undergone a significant budgetary change. For example, suppose a state cut funding for a domestic violence program. What possible changes in public policy and the political process could have led to this decision? What may be the result? […]
MPA563 Week3: Politics and the Budget Process
MPA563 Week3: Politics and the Budget Process Political Process and Public Policy in Budgeting MPA563 Week3: Resource: Missouri Case Study in the Week Three Electronic Reserve Readings. Review the Missouri case study. Familiarize yourself with the impact of politics on the budget process. Prepare a 1,050- to 1,250-word paper. Evaluate the relationship between the budget […]
MPA563 Week2: Budget Approaches
MPA563 Week2: Budget Approaches Political Process and Public Policy in Budgeting MPA563 Week2: Evaluate how different budget approaches impact the development, implementation, and justification of existing and new programs. Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes that provides a brief description of these approaches and their effects on budgeting. Include the […]
MPA563 Week1: Budget Cycle
MPA563 Week1: Budget Cycle Nature of Public Budgeting MPA563 Week1: You are the Budget Director of a small city that has just elected new City Council members. Prepare a 500 to 700 word memo that describes the budget cycle. Include a description of the budget cycle such as the development, execution, and evaluation of the […]