Assignment

As the new budgeting and finance administrator for a 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. Write a three to four page paper addressing the criteria below. (Note: Change the title of the report to reflect the selected agency's name and the years to 2013-2014.)

1. Find the variances for both the revenue and expenditures sides and then discuss two to three problematic areas for the agency. Provide the results of the variances in a table (Excel or Word).

2. Recommend two policy actions for each problematic area discussed in criterion 1. Justify the recommendations.

3. The variance can be for any government budget of your choosing (i,e any local or states budget) this way I can attempt to do the assignment after I get an example.

4. Variances

5. Find the variances for both the revenue and expenditures sides. Provide the results of the variances in a table and insert here.

6. Problematic Area 1

7. Discuss a problematic area for the agency

8. Problematic Area 2

9. Discuss a problematic area for the agency

10. Problematic Area 3

11. Discuss a problematic area for the agency

12. Justify the Recommendation

13. Introduce this section

14. Recommendation 1

15. Recommend a policy action for each problematic area discussed in criterion 1 (from the above Variances section). Justify the recommendation.

16. Recommendation 2

17. Recommend a policy action for each problematic area discussed in criterion 1 (from the above Variances section). Justify the recommendation.