Homework: Budgeting; Austin, Texas Police Budget Cuts and the Impact on Public Safety
Topic: Austin, TX Police Budget cuts affecting public safety.
Discuss: What possible changes in public policy and the political process could have led to this decision? What may be the result?
Write a 1,300 to 1,400 word paper about how the political process and changing public policy at the federal, state, and municipal levels influence budgeting. Include details on how the change came about and its effect on the resulting program. Ensure you:
1. Identify political, economic, social, and cultural influences that caused the change in the budget.
2. Identify the interaction among the federal, state, and municipal levels with regard to your selected program.
3. Specify the limits of the agency budget office and how they may try to compensate for those limits.
4. Identify some strategies and agencies politicians might use to justify increasing or decreasing the budget for the program you selected.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.