OVERVIEW Agency budgets consists of appropriations spent and expenditures for se

OVERVIEW
Agency budgets consists of appropriations spent and expenditures for services delivered. The
approved budget becomes an important device to monitor and evaluate spending and service
delivery. Budget and finance officers must constantly monitor the relationship between
appropriations and expenses. Evaluating agencies assist in understanding budgetary impact and
internal infrastructure of efficiency and/or waste.
INSTRUCTIONS
For this assignment, you will write 8-10-page paper (not including title page, reference page, and
any appendices). More specifically, you will need to:
1) Compute and create tables and charts to analyze a three-year trend (2020, 2021, and
2022) of selected appropriations and expenses for agencies within the Department of
Homeland Security
2) Using the tables and charts, write an 8–10 paged research paper that discusses and
analyzes the relationship between appropriations and expenses.
The paper must be in current APA format with 1-inch margins and 12-pt Times New Roman
font. You must also include a title page and reference page. You must include citations to a
sufficient number of appropriate professional, scholarly, or other appropriate sources to fully
support your assertions and conclusions (which will likely require more than the minimum
number of citations); each paper must include a minimum of 5 sources, not including the course
textbooks, assigned readings, and the Bible.
To successfully complete this assignment, please refer to Research Paper: Appropriations and
Expenses Trend Analysis Assignment Guide.
Plagiarism in any form is strictly prohibited and may result in failure of the assignment, failure
of the course, and/or removal from the program. It is your responsibility to ensure that you fully
understand what constitutes the various forms of plagiarism and to avoid all forms of
plagiarism.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.