“Exploring Governmental Budgeting Online”
Description
The assignment should be written in MS Word using 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, with 1-inch margins.
This assignment should be 3-5 pages long, excluding the references and appendix. But as a rule, I will be graded for quality of work, not the quantity.
The citations should be made using the APA style; see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
Cite all documents, data sources, articles, etc. Include links if the information was obtained online.
Will be checked for plagiarism; do not copy and paste from other sources, even if you cite everything correctly.
Please include all tables and graphs, if any, in the Appendix to the assignment.
We use Baker, David Workbook for our assignments. Third edition, (2015). Leave a note on top of the assignment what edition of the Workbook you are using.
Do Assignment 3″ Exploring Governmental Budgeting Online.” from Baker(2015). You only need to do parts of the assignment—pages 25 thru 28 (county and city budgeting).
For local ( county-level) government, select a county in Ohio, and for the city-level government, pick a (town or village) within the county selected. Make sure to check if the county and the city selected have published their budgets online or if you can access their budgets.
You will obtain more information for the assignment if the localities you select publish budgets and make their CAFR’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report available online.
In addition to the questions in Baker (2015). Write a paragraph or two in the beginning to provide a general overview of the county and city selected (location, demographics, economic situation, main industry, etc.).
Answer the following two questions:
What is the budget cycle: how and by whom is the budget prepared, are there any legislative considerations, how is it executed, audited, and evaluated, etc.?
What are the main sources of revenues and expenditures for this locality? From what you learned from the presentations and Mikesell”s textbook, are these revenues and expenses typical for cities and counties in general?
Analyze the county first. Put the name of the county on top. List the first question. Provide the answer. List the Second question and provide the answer. Would you mind doing it for all questions? Then give the name of the city, and write corresponding questions and answers for all cities.
You have two major tasks in this assignment. First, you are required to identify and discuss budget details for the selected public agency. Second, you need to critique the lack of clarity in budget information disclosure from an interested citizen’s perspective. The grade will be based on how in-depth the discussion is, how specific it is to the studied agencies, how well linked to class material, and how thoughtful your critique is
Last Completed Projects
| topic title | academic level | Writer | delivered |
|---|
