Instruction
Week 2 Assignment
Write a 4 page double-spaced paper (not including the cover and reference pages) in which you do the following:
Briefly describe a government or non-profit organization in the United States.
Briefly describe the current finance and budgeting situations/practices that could be positively affected by technological solutions.
Briefly describe the technology your organization is currently using.
Recommend two additional technological solutions, and explain how each could improve the efficiency or effectiveness of finance and budgeting within the organization.
Use from the Walden University library at least two scholarly sources that were published within the past five years to support your paper. Be sure to follow APA guidelines when citing your sources.
Be sure to support your posting with specific references to the Learning Resources listed below and from the Walden University Library.
Eskridge, R. D., French, P. E., & McThomas, M. (2012). The international city/county management association code of ethics. Public Integrity, 14(2), 127150.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Rossmann, D., & Shanahan, E. A. (2012). Defining and achieving normative democratic values in participatory budgeting processes. Public Administration Review, 72(1), 5666.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
American Society for Public Administration. (2012). Proposed code of ethics. Retrieved from
http://www.aspanet.org/public/ASPADocs/Principles%2012-09-10.pdf
Kavanagh, S., Ruggini, J., Na, M., Kinney, A., Kreklow, S., Greiner, J., & Stewart, A. (2006). Market research report: Budgeting technology solutions. Retrieved from http://www.gfoa.org/sites/default/files/BudgetTechnologyReport.pdf
New York State Office of the Attorney General. (2010). Attorney General Cuomo expands investigation into pension padding. Retrieved from http://www.ag.ny.gov/press-release/attorney-general-cuomo-expands-investigation-pension-padding
U.S. Office of Government Ethics. (2011). Standards of ethical conduct for employees of the executive branch(pp. 123). Retrieved from
http://www.oge.gov/Laws-and-Regulations/Employee-Standards-of-Conduct/Standards-of-Ethical-Conduct-for-Employees-of-the-Executive-Branch-(PDF)/