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Final Project Instructions this is a 2 part assignment June 8 PAD3204 FIN MGMT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

The final project consists of a written report and a PowerPoint presentation that highlights the important concepts covered in your paper.

Project Summary

Your paper for the class should address an important budgeting issue for a state or local government(use Florida EMS Dept). You can examine issues related to government spending on programs, discussions of new budgeting techniques and applications and so on. For example, you might be interested in how governments spend funds on housing programs, health care, crime prevention programs or on performance budgeting. Or, you might be interested in surveying local governments to determine how they utilize various cash management techniques. Your paper should include all of the normal sections that one would expect in a research paper. You must use APA formatting style. The maximum number of pages for the paper is 15 and this includes references and tables. For Part 2 the presentation- It is expected that you fully utilize Power Point, Excel, websites or any other electronic forms of communication into your paper. You should not have more than 12 slides in your presentation and the presentation should not exceed 12 minutes. Your power point is a summary of part 1 report for you to present to the class

Project Guidelines for the written paper specified:

1. Individual Project Papers should be word-processed in Microsoft Word Document, double spaced using 12 point (none bold) Times New Roman font, pages numbered, and structured in accordance with the APA format.

Design, develop, and justify a public safety agency budget of EMS. In addition to the project paper, students are required to develop and submit a presentation covering the final paper. The Final Individual Project Paper is to be submitted in the following format or organization:

Table of Contents

Page 1- Description of the agency, its background, and its jurisdiction.

Pages 2 – 3 An identification of the specific Florida Statute(s) and Administrative Code(s) regulating this particular budget with specification of how they apply to each section of the budget.

Pages 4 – 6 Identify and apply components of this public agency’s financial system and explain how they fit into the overall organizational structure of each component of the organization that has a specific budget.

Pages 7 – 9 A discussion and evaluation of the political and technical aspects of this budget’s administration and process, from conception to passage.

Pages 10 – 11 Prepare a long-range revenue and expenditure plan for this agency.

Pages 12- Identify the common ethical concerns that arise in the area of this organization’s public finance and propose approaches for addressing them

Page 13- References - Your work and statements are to be supported by references in proper APA format. Unless a particular portion of the paper request your opinion be cautious when stating your opinion, or using terms suggesting absolute facts. Anything of this nature requires support by reference.