Category: Public Administration

You are preparing for a challenging City Council meeting. You need to be able to give the other council members and the mayor an accurate state of affairs to make sure significant cuts can be made in the appropriate areas, and other critical areas can continue to be funded. Select an agency or a program from your local city to analyze the financial plan to respond to the following questions in a 4–5 page paper:
Evaluate a budget or financial plan of your local city agency or program. Title this section Financial Plan.
Propose one issue for improvement for the budget or financial plan of the agency or program. Title this section Improvement.
Develop a budget proposal for the improvement issue. Title this section Budget Proposal.
Justify your recommendations.
Distinguish the similarities and differences between the federal, state, and local budget submission processes. Title this section Federal, State, and Local Submission Process.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Include a short introduction that addresses background information of the agency or program information and use the questions as section headers.
Please include at least four references; at least two references must be peer-reviewed.
Include the URL of the location of your city’s financial plan and any other documentation you used for your budget analysis.
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.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Evaluate an existing budget and justify its recommendations.

Overview: Begin the assignment by going through the material in the Lessons. Review any feedback or templates that has been provided to you by the instructor. Review the APA manual or other APA Resource material as the indicated by the instructor. Ensure that you do not make any repeat errors in your papers. Your papers will be heavily discounted or returned for resubmission if you do not show an effort to improve your work.
Reading: Please visit eReserve to read the assignment material for the week, and conduct additional research.
Assignment: Provide an approximate 1500-word document analyzing important concepts in the readings. Ensure your apply the discussion points and assume you are writing for an uninformed reader that knows nothing about the topic and has not read what you read. Provide an introduction, body, and conclusion.
Analyze, discuss, and apply the following:
The interagency (local, state, and federal governments, NGOs, volunteer organizations, etc.) response to the 1927 Mississippi flood and the contribution to the theories of response.
The interagency (local, state, and federal governments, NGOs, volunteer organizations, etc.) response to the Dust Bowl and the contribution to the theories of mitigation.
The interagency (local, state, and federal governments, NGOs, volunteer organizations, etc.) response to the 1947 Texas City explosions and the impact to preparedness and the law.
DO NOT list out the topics or questions and answer them. Provided APA formatted headings. Ensure that you meet or exceed the 1500-word target, and that your paper meets APA presentation requirements.
Course References added below in links, any download available will be uploaded with this request as well.
https://www.local1259iaff.org/report.htm

Please look at the attached document for the instructions. I also have access to the book referenced in the instructions if needed.

What is a translation memo?
Memo, short for memorandum, is a brief written communication that follows a format specific to the institution or field of study for which it was written.  Memos are written from someone within an organization/field to others inside the organization/field. They contain information of a directive, advisory or informative nature.  Memos are shorter and less formal than a white paper, research paper, or dissertation.
Translation comes from the Latin translat meaning “carried across.” In order to translate the selected research study, you must interpret and explain the study in your own words with the goal of making it more comprehensible and accessible to others in your field of study.
A successful translation memo will analyze the findings and observations of a specific study (or body of research) from your chosen field. It will then use that analysis to develop relevant and detailed recommendations regarding policies and practices.
Overview
One of the goals of the DPA 701 is to develop the ability to translate public policy and administrative research into practice. To that end, students will participate in the process of writing a translation memo.
This assignment should help students develop the ability to analyze and synthesize information in order to propose solutions for public service problems. Students must think critically by demonstrating procedural and conceptual knowledge, analyze data and research methods, and make recommendations that are evidence and outcome based.
In Public Administration, translation requires the ability to analyze and synthesize information in order to propose solutions for public problems. Students must think critically by demonstrating procedural and conceptual knowledge, analyze data and research methods, and make recommendations that are evidence and outcome based.
Translation memos are designed to instill in students the competency to translate public policy and administration research into practice. In doing so, students will demonstrate the ability to access, identify, evaluate, and use effectively the extant research on substantive topics. Translation memorandums should be addressed to either a supervisor or elected official(s). Thinking broadly, translation memo topics may be from any area within the public service literature, including: public policy and administration, nonprofit management, human resource management, criminal justice, social work, etc.
Instructions
A translation memo is structured around an inclusive and critical review of a focus or primary article or book. Memos should review the article/book’s main thesis, research question, methodology and findings, and then evaluate the article/book’s methods and findings. Strong translation memos cite at least 5 relevant references, usually journal articles, to situate, contextualize and evaluate the selected primary article/book. Translation memos conclude with explicit recommendations on how to implement a policy or program based on the selected article/book. These recommendations should focus on either how to implement or apply the article’s recommendations/findings, or the student’s own recommendations based on their reading of the article. Translation memos should be between 4 and 6 pages in length. You can use the translation memo checklist (next page of this assignment prompt) and the assignment rubric (last two pages of this assignment prompt) to help you write and edit your memo.
For the purpose of learning how to prepare a translation memo in DPA 701, all students must this semester must utilize one of the four articles provided on D2L with this assignment prompt as a starting point and anchor point for their translation memo—that is as your primary source toward the completion of your translation memo. Additional course readings and the Library website can be used to identify the additional references, preferably peer-reviewed scholarly articles.
Key points
Memo Structure:
A. Header (to, from, date, subject)
B. Summary (include study details and research question)
C. Background (context of study)
D. Evaluation (strength/weaknesses of premise, methodology, conclusions)
E. Recommendations (consider possible challenges to implementation)
Remember: A translation memo is not the same as a policy memo. The focus of this written document is the research study.
APA Style/Format: ALWAYS use APA guidelines to ensure the correct format.
Length: Using 12-point font, the memo must be no more than six pages (double spaced), and no less than four pages (double spaced) in length (and yes, I acknowledge “memos” traditionally follow a single-spaced format). Each page of the memo should be numbered and include the author’s name. The citation page(s) do not count toward this page limit.
Use Dula2018 as primary source for translation memorandum. Use other sources attached as supporting sources for evaluation and recommendations, or wherever else it fits.

*****Please choose Tunnels to Towers Foundation.*****
Prepare a double-spaced 12-15 page literature review (12 pt. font, double-spaced; APA) incl. bibliography, focused on a public administration or nonprofit management topic of your choice. The paper will be evaluated on the quality of research, formal structure and elements, and quality of writing. Please consult the Writing Center resources for tips and guidance:
You will present your paper in one of the final two sessions of the course, which will be live Zoom sessions. Be prepared to use Powerpoint or equivalent for a 10 min presentation.

Create their own ten-page professional career tactics and strategies for preparing for an administrative fire service position. Apply your experiences, education, course assignments, and conference discussions to offer practical and specific tactics and strategies for preparing for career advancement opportunities.

The budget process for a nonprofit organization is different than the governmental process. Discuss 2–3 obstacles that a nonprofit organization might encounter when developing a budget.

Pros and cons of allowing off-duty firefighters to use marijauna focusing laws and policies in the state of Massachusetts.

Using the template as a guide, prepare a written report summarizing the planning and expected outcomes of your proposed research topic/project, incorporating any revisions or clarifications as indicated on instructor’s feedback from earlier class activities, lab exercises and assignments. Incorporate expected project outcomes, conclusion and project timeline. Note: Utilize the work you already submitted in the previous sessions. Do not forget your references.

Please include evidence-based conclusions, logical structure and flow of topics, logical and well-developed arguments, and review of relevant literature.