ESSAY : Public Administration Individual Project 3 External Applications of Public Administration Agencies

Concern among the public sector is the demand for public organizations to be transparent about their budgets and spending habits.

You have been scheduled to conduct a presentation for the State Budgeting Committee about the type of budget that the organization operates under. Identify the type of public organization for which you work, as well as what types of services, goods, or activities the organization provides to the public. Identify the size and scope of the organization.

Construct a budget using Excel that will provide a breakdown of the various budget items.

Copy and paste the Excel spreadsheet of your budget into a Word document.

Finally, explain how the budget is made available to the public for review.

For example, is the budget made available at public meetings, on a special request, published in a newsletter, on the organization’s premises during regular business hours, via the organization’s Web site, or by some other means?

If the budget is not available for the public to review, explain why.

Furthermore, are there any provisions in place regarding the budget being made available for public view? Explain in detail.

Assignment Guidelines

Address the following in 1,000 words:

Identify the type of public organization for which you work, as well as what types of services, goods, or activities the organization provides to the public. Identify the size and scope of the organization.

Construct a budget using Excel that will provide a breakdown of the various organizational budget items.

Copy and paste the Excel spreadsheet of your budget into a Word document.

Is the budget made available to the public for review?

If yes, explain how in detail.

If no, explain in detail why it is not.

Are there any types of provisions in place regarding the budget being made available for public view? Identify and explain.

Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

External Applications of Public Administration Agencies
Introduction
It is important for both public and private organizations to be open about their budgets and how they eventually undertake expenses. Of particular interest are public organizations because they rely on public resources and probably taxes to undertake their operations. Therefore, one way to ensure that an organization is transparent in its undertakings is to have a publicly accessible budget and other financial tools that call for accountability (Antezana Rocha, 2016). A reasonable budget also depicts how an organization purposes to raise the money towards the budget as well as how the budget is to be financed. As a person preparing to deliver a presentation on the state budgeting committee, this essay seeks to critically evaluate the type of budget that Amazon operates under.
The Organization
The identified organization for which I work for is Amazon.com Inc., which has and is an exciting place to work. The organization made itself available as a public company in 1995 and provided its first initial public offer in 1997. At that time, the…