Economics Homework Help

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 assists in understanding budgetary impact and
internal infrastructure of efficiency and/or waste.
INSTRUCTIONS
For this assignment you will write an 8-10-pages (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 (2015, 2016, 2017) of
selected appropriations and expenses for agencies within the Department of Homeland
Security
2) Using the tables and charts, write an 8–10 paged, double-spaced, research paper that
discusses and analyzes the relationship between appropriations and expenses.