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AJS 522 Entire Course (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.ajs522master.com AJS 522 Week 1 DQ
1 AJS 522 Week 1 DQ 2 AJS 522 Week 1 Individual
Assignment Expenditures and Revenues Matrix and
Summary AJS 522 Week 2 DQ 1 AJS 522 Week 2 DQ
2 AJS 522 Week 2 Policing in Kelsey Budget
Report AJS 522 Week 3 DQ 1 AJS 522 Week 3 DQ
2 AJS 522 Week 3 Reforms and Shortcomings
Presentation AJS 522 Week 4 DQ 1 AJS 522 Week 4
DQ 2 AJS 522 Week 4 Chemical Dependency
Counseling in Prison AJS 522 Week 4 The City of
San Diego Public Finance Proposal 
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AJS 522 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ajs522master.com What is the decision
process that leads to making important financial
decisions? What factors are taken into account
before making a decision?What are some of the
specific analytical tools used in public finance
and budgeting? How are these tools effectively
used within public and government agencies?
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AJS 522 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ajs522master.com Explain how budget formats
channel thought. Explain how formats can direct
thought to and highlight general policy matter,
budget balancing issues, and improvement of the
quality of government management.Government
accounting systems are different from business
accounting systems. Why? Explain.
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AJS 522 Week 1 Individual Assignment Expenditures
and Revenues Matrix and Summary (UOP) FOR MORE
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Matrix Worksheet, located on the student webpage.
Create a matrix identifying the roles,
expenditures, and revenue for the federal, state,
and local levels of government. Select three
revenue sources in public budgeting. Summarize
and describe each revenue source and which fund
the source should fall under or be tracked in.
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AJS 522 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ajs522master.com What are cost descriptors
as they are applied to budgeting? How are these
cost descriptors effectively used in the
budgeting process? Explain.What is Cost-Benefit
analysis? How is Cost-Benefit analysis used at
the different levels of public budgeting and
governmental and nonprofit accounting? Explain.
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AJS 522 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ajs522master.com Compare and contrast
line-item budgeting, program budgeting, and
performance budgeting. Which one would you use?
Explain why you would prefer one over
another.Budgeting is a continuous process.
Explain this statement
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AJS 522 Week 2 Policing in Kelsey Budget Report
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m Resources Review the City of Kelsey under the
Government tab of the Virtual Organization site.
Access the public records of Kelsey under the
City Government to familiarize yourself with the
citys budget and financial report. Review the
following scenario You work as a budget director
for the mayor of Kelsey and recently you have
been getting numerous complaints from citizens
about the increase in crime in the City of Kelsey
and public demands for more police officers. The
population of Kelsey has grown, creating
increases in crime. The mayor has communicated to
you as the budget director that this past year is
the highest increase in crime in the citys
history. The federal government has reduced the
federal pass-through money for the state, and the
budgeting group needs to revamp the budget for
the coming year.
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AJS 522 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ajs522master.com How do you assess
inventory, personnel, and infrastructure costs
that affect the overall budget? Explain.What
are all of the required components of preparing a
budget? Who is involved? What other external
influences and considerations need to be taken
into account?
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AJS 522 Week 3 DQ 2 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ajs522master.com How is a budget managed and
controlled? What are the various techniques and
tools used? Explain.What are the common pitfalls
one can anticipate in budget execution, and how
can budget execution system design assist in
minimizing these pitfalls? Compare and contrast
budget and administrative controls.
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AJS 522 Week 3 Reforms and Shortcomings
Presentation (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ajs522master.com Resources Use the City of
Kelsey of the Virtual Organization to evaluate
how reform movements and financial shortcomings
affect the citys operating budget. Create a
PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes that
provides a brief description of these changes and
their effect on budgeting. Include the following
in the presentation. Identify two major
budgetary reform movements (e.g. zero-based
budgeting versus performance-based budgeting) and
its affect on the citys budget. Explain how
these two major movements would affect the state
and local levels if given a decline in federal
funding. How would this affect criminal justice
organizations? Compare and contrast the various
methods of short-term financing. Compare and
contrast various budget management techniques.
Format your presentation consistent with APA
guidelines.
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AJS 522 Week 4 Chemical Dependency Counseling in
Prison (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ajs522master.com AJS 522 Week 4 Chemical
Dependency Counseling in Prison 
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AJS 522 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ajs522master.com What are the different
components of a budget control system? Explain
their importance.What are the various
applications and methods of cost control? How
does cost control affect the overall budget
cycle? Explain.
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AJS 522 Week 4 DQ 2 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ajs522master.com What is meant by the term
cost when determining what costs should be
assigned to a capital asset?What approach should
be used to measure capital asset impairment loss
that results from physical damage to the capital
asset?
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AJS 522 Week 4 The City of San Diego Public
Finance Proposal (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ajs522master.com Continue preparing for the
Learning Team assignment, Final Project Public
Finance Proposal and Presentation, due in Week
Six. Submit Final Project Summary Draft
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AJS 522 Week 5 DQ 1 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ajs522master.com What is financial
contingency planning? What are the key concepts
of contingency planning? Explain the importance
of having a financial contingency plan and the
negative effects of not having one.How do
sources of temporary funding help in contingency
planning? Explain how other forms of assistance,
funding, and assets are acquired.
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AJS 522 Week 5 DQ 2 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ajs522master.com How do public agencies
calculate the costs that are associated with
catastrophic events? Explain.Distinguish between
governmental activities and business-type
activities. Provide examples of each.
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AJS 522 Week 5 Financial Contingency Planning
Sources of Funding Paper (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.ajs522master.com Resources Use
project previously selected public program used
in the Week Four assignment, Influences within
Public Programs. Write a 1,750-word to 2,400-word
paper in which you evaluate these possible
sources of revenue, temporary assistance, and
funding assets as part of Financial Contingency
Planning. Be sure to address the following
sources in your paper Public-private
partners Non-profits Bond issuance Grants
Multi-level government financing Effects of
taxation Evaluate the role that financial
efficiency will play in obtaining this funding at
the state and local levels
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AJS 522 Week 6 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ajs522master.com Compare and contrast
revenue bonds, general bonds, general obligation
bonds, short-term borrowing, and creative
financing.   What criteria can you use to judge
the correct level of state or local debt?
 Justify the criteria set
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AJS 522 Week 6 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ajs522master.com What type of knowledge and
skill do analysts need for exposure
identification and risk evaluation?  What types
of continuous direction and careful attention
connote excellent risk management?  Compare the
manner in which budgetary accounting is
accomplished in a federal agency with that of a
municipality.
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AJS 522 Week 6 The City of San Diego Public
Finance Proposal Paper and Presentation FOR MORE
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6 The City of San Diego Public Finance Proposal
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