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Assignment 2: Week 3: Paper 2 

DUE: Oct 22, 2017 11:55 PM

 

Grade Details

 Grade  N/A     Gradebook Comments None       

Assignment Details

 Open Date Oct 16, 2017 12:05 AM   Graded? Yes   Points Possible 100.0   Resubmissions Allowed? No   Attachments checked for originality? Yes          

Assignment Instructions

Assignment 2:  Week 3: Paper 2

This  is the first paper of several for this course. These are short papers  intended to fine tune your research and critical thinking skills. 

Assignment Focus:

 Review the importance of Learning Objective 3 in the syllabus.  

3.  Demonstrate how the Defense Contract Management Agency can help with  negotiation objectives, and a Defense Contract Audit Agency audit report  can be prepared to meet a negotiation objective.

You  have already discussed the previous two learning objectives in the  Forums and you should review these past two Forums for possible input to  this assignment topic.

Assignment Topic:

You first must decide which of two topic areas to research for your assignment paper. Using this universities online library, search for a peer reviewed article or conference paper or professional published paper on either:

(1) issues or problems or policy changes within the DCAA for this current year, or

(2) an analysis of a past audit based on some waste or fraud or other unethical discovery.  

Assignment Paper Format:

1. Prepare a title or cover page with for your paper. 
2. Write a one to two-page paper with the following subheadings:  
   1. Introduction (one paragraph)
   2. (title of the focus area, such as Requirements Issues)
   3. Conclusion (one paragraph, different from the Introduction)
3. Use Font Times New Roman, size 12.
4. Prepare a separate last page titled References.

Assignment Paper Writing Style Guidelines :

• Examine the paper to be free of grammar or spelling errors.
• Use APA writing style to list References and to indicate citations  when quoting a source, providing facts such as dates or numbers. 

APA Guidelines:
University of California Berkeley Library APA Style Citation http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/APAstyle.pdf

Purdue University APA Formatting and Style Guide http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/#resourcenav

Research And Writing Guidelines:
APUS Online Library Tutorial Center
http://www.apus.edu/Online-Library/tutorials/index.htm

Plagiarism Advice:

To avoid intentional plagiarism
http://www.plagiarism.org/
 

Assignment Paper Grading Rubric:

Refer to the  [assignment grading rubric]  for details on how the assignment will be evaluated.