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Scenario for Assignments 1-5: You are the new budgeting and finance administrator for your local government agency. Your initial task is to familiarize yourself with the agency's structure, budget, programs, and capital projects. You will be responsible for analyzing, examining, proposing, and preparing the agency’s budget for the next five years.

For Assignment 1, due in Week 4 and worth 150 points, you are to write a four to five (4-5) page paper titled Part I: The Operating Budget for the (Selected Agency). The paper must be organized into sections:

  • Introduction: Provide background information about the agency, including its mission, goals, objectives, departments, and strategic plan.
  • Budget Overview: Describe the agency’s budget by addressing:
    • Financial Summary, including Revenue and Expenditures
    • Department Budgets
    • Funding
    • Capital Projects
    • Debt Administration
  • Cost Analysis: Perform a cost analysis that includes:
    • Fixed Costs
    • Step-fixed Costs
    • Variable Costs
  • Budget Challenges: Identify and explain one to two (1-2) challenges in managing the budget.
  • Budget Recommendations: Recommend two to three (2-3) strategies the agency should consider regarding new initiatives and budget cuts over the next five years.
  • Include the agency’s most recent budget or financial plan.
  • Provide the agency’s website name, URL, and any other sources used to support the assignment.

    • Formatting requirements include: typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font size 12, one-inch margins, with citations and references following APA style. A cover page with the assignment title, student name, professor's name, course title, and date should be included (not counted in the page count). The reference page is also not included in the page count.

    The assignment aligns with learning outcomes such as analyzing budgeting tools, evaluating governmental budgeting systems, understanding the budget process, and using research resources effectively. Grading will be based on answer quality, organization, language, and writing mechanics, following the provided rubric.

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