Strayer PAD505 Week 8 Assignment 3 Presenting the Budget

PAD 505 Week 8 Assignment 3
Presenting the Budget
Assignment 3: Presenting the Budget
Due Week 8 and worth 300 points
Refer the Scenario for Assignments 1–e e 5. Prepare the financial
plan and budget justification proposal.
The agency is contracted to work with New York City on several
capital projects. To proceed with negotiations, an analysis of the city’s
financial documents must be considered. Review the New York City Financial
Plan, located at .nyc.gov/html/omb/downloads/pdf/fp6_12.pdf”>http://www.nyc.gov/html/omb/downloads/pdf/fp6_12.pdf,
to answer questions listed. (Title this section “New York City Financial Plan”)

Answer Question 1 based
on the review of the New York City Financial Plan: Are total revenues
growing faster or more slowly than expenditures? Show the annual growth
rates for revenues and expenditures in a table.
Answer Question 2 based
on the review of the New York City Financial Plan: What is New York City’s
fastest-growing category of expenditures during the planning period?
Justify the answer with examples.
Answer Question 3 based
on the review of the New York City Financial Plan: What percentage of New
York City revenue comes from the general property tax? How much is this
tax growing in each year of the financial plan? Justify the answer with
examples.
Prepare a budget to
support the proposal to partner with New York City to offer a job training
program housed within the NYC Department of Social Services. (Title this
section “Budget Justification Proposal.”) (Note: The
agency has decided to partner with New York City.)

The agency proposes
$500,000over a three (3) year period beginning FY2013 to be included in
the State Categorical Grants for the Department of Social Services to
provide hands-on job training workshops in office administration,
security, construction, and apartment maintenance.
Use Figure 7.2, Budget
Justification,in Chapter 7 (pages 114-115) as an example.

Provide names and URLs
of the Websites for the state’s budget(s) analyzed and any other
government Websites used to support the assignment’s criteria.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double
spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all
sides; citations and references must follow APA. Check with your professor
for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page
containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the
professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the
reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:

Analyze the basic
skills and tools needed for budgeting for public sector agencies and / or
departments.
Recommend appropriate
policy actions based on the evaluation.
Evaluate a budgeting
system at any governmental level.
Analyze the scope and
sequence of budgeting in terms of sources of revenues, purpose of
government expenditures, budget cycles, budget preparation, and debt
administration.
Analyze the steps
required for budgeting, such as preparing a budget, making a financial
plan, conducting a cost-benefit analysis, and making budget decisions.
Examine the key
components for presenting and justifying the budget to decision makers.
Prepare a preliminary
budgeting system for presentation before Congress, state / local
government, or other organization.
Develop various budget
charts that represent segments of the budgeting process.
Use technology and
information resources to research issues in public budgeting and finance.
Write clearly and
concisely about public budgeting and finance using proper writing mechanics.