Audit Analysis – 4 Page Draft

   The Audit Analysis

You are preparing for a challenging City Council meeting. You  need to be able to give the other council members and mayor an accurate  “city 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 program from your local city to analyze the  financial plan to respond to the following questions in a 4 page draft:

1. Evaluate an agency or program financial plan of one of the two following two cities in Michigan – Grand Rapids or Lansing (ONLY CHOOSE ONE CITY) Title this section Financial Plan.
2. Propose one issue for improvement for the budget of the agency or program. Title this section Improvement.
3. Develop a budget proposal for the improvement issue. Title this section Budget Proposal.         
   • Justify your recommendations.
4. Distinguish the similarities and differences between the  federal, state, and local budget submission process. Title this section Federal, State, and Local Submission Process.

Your draft must follow these formatting requirements:

• Include a short introduction (include background information  of 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.