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AJS 522 Week 1 DQ 1(UOP)
AJS 522 Entire Course(UOP)
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
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 Individual Assignment Expenditures
and
AJS 522 Week 1 DQ 2(UOP)
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.
Resources 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 2(UOP)
AJS 522 Week 2 DQ 1(UOP)
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.
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 3 DQ 1(UOP)
AJS 522 Week 2 Policing in Kelsey Budget
Report(UOP)
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
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 Reforms and Shortcomings
Presentation(UO
AJS 522 Week 3 DQ 2(UOP)
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.
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
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AJS 522 Week 4 DQ 1(UOP)
AJS 522 Week 4 Chemical Dependency Counseling in
Pris
AJS 522 Week 4 Chemical Dependency Counseling in
Prison(UOP)
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 The City of San Diego Public
Finance Proposal
AJS 522 Week 4 DQ 2(UOP)
What is meant by the term cost when determining
what costs should be assigned to a capital asset?
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 2(UOP)
AJS 522 Week 5 DQ 1(UOP)
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.
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
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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