A) A progress report for the division of tourism promotion prepared for transactions through March 31 of the fiscal year that runs from July 1 to June 30 shows that the travel account, with a total appropriation of $9,000, has expenditures to that date of $2,500 and encumbrances of $3,500. Because of an important trade fair in May, the allotment distribution for the division had 40 percent of the division budget planned for expenditure in the last quarter of the fiscal year. What is the status of the division's travel account? What managerial actions are appropriate?
8) A 9-1-1 emergency telephone line provides a single telephone number to be called when help is needed. An operator receives the call and directs police and/or fire-fighter assistance as needed. The address of the call is displayed on a computer screen, along with other information appropriate to guiding a response. Calls are also recorded, providing full information about the nature of the conversation. In a major metropolitan county, the cost is around $3.6 million per year, after an installation cost of $4.5 million. The system would be financed by a tax of 1.5 percent of the monthly line charge paid to the local telephone company.
Prepare a narrative justification for the initiation of such a system.