Develop a four- to five-page paper in which you analyze the Public Budget Cycle in a government agency of your choice. Be sure to include each of the phases of the budget cycle (preparation and submission, approval, execution and audit, and evaluation) and address how each relates to the overall organizational mission of the government agency. Your paper must be four to five pages (not […]

Recent study illustrates that nearly two (2) million juveniles are processed through juvenile courts across the United States each year. Depending on the nature of the crime, juveniles may face detention or incarceration if they are convicted. Given the fact that many courts are reluctant to incarcerate criminal offenders, judges often consider alternatives to incarceration. The driving force behind these alternatives is to save taxpayer […]

As state governments have struggled with economic challenges over the past few years, elected officials have had to find new ways to think about budgeting and revenue sources.  View the Forbes video: “A Government of Growth: Politics and Policy That Foster Innovation.”  Based on the discussion between the business leaders and elected officials in this video, discuss the following:

Centervale councilman Pete Parsimonious has received funding requests for two competing juvenile corrections boot camp programs and requires your assistance on how to evaluate program success through appropriate research. There is a general perception that one of the two programs is only marginally successful while the other succeeds through much lower recidivism rates. Of course, the director for each program cites the outstanding success of […]

One area where the governor holds real power, though, is in the legislative process. The Texas Constitution allows the governor to call the state legislature into special session and gives him the sole power to set the session’s agenda. Bills on subjects not included in the governor’s “call” cannot be considered. The Constitution also allows the governor the power to veto bills passed by the […]

Figure 5.4 (attached) contains several pages from the City budget document. Analyze these budget pages from the perspective of (1) a city council member who will have to make decisions about which city services to fund; (2) the public works department director, who wants to improve services to the community; and (3) an average citizen interested in seeing whether the city’s tax dollars are being […]

Contemporary public policy often is the result of a complex series of interactions among a large group of actors. Legislative bodies and government agencies are important players in policy formulation and implementation; however, they are not the only entities involved. There is a multitude of interested parties that may be involved in a public policy issue. For example, education policy issues might involve National Departments […]

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper identifying a current issue that demonstrates a disconnect between the development of a policy and its implementation. In the early 1990s, for example, Congress mandated that state and local governments add 100,000 new police officers but did not provide long-term funding for these officers. In your paper, identify the specific obstacles and constraints that generated the disconnect in your selected […]

1. Between the years 1915 and 1922 Great Britain embarked upon a series of conflicting initiatives and agreements that shaped the landscape of the Middle East and simultaneously became fertile grounds for intense and protracted conflicts. Identify and very briefly explain the factors underlying Great Britain’s behavior. List and explain these agreements, examine their impact on the nature and scope of Middle Eastern state boundaries, […]

The responsibility of responding to emergencies, disasters, and catastrophic events rests with the lowest possible level of government and usually begins with local first responders and government organizations. This doctrine is embedded in America’s federal system and the U.S. Constitution’s division of responsibilities between federal and state governments. The guiding document for these efforts is the National Response Framework (NRF), which replaced the National Response […]