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BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 1
BPA 301 Entire Course
Based on your readings and explorations of the
text, define and describe Federalism, explaining
what it is, what it means, and how you think it
has changed over time.  Do you think the modern
day use of federalism reflects its original
intended meaning?
BPA 301 Week 1 Individual Assignment Article
Analysis Paper BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 1 BPA 301 Week 1
DQ 2 BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 3
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BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 3
BPA 301 Week 1 DQ 2
Why do you think local governments are having
such a problem funding the services that their
constituents demand? Give an example of this
situation in your local community or one that you
are familiar with, and explain
Define at least three (3) of the following major
theories in the development of public
administration (Formalistic, Reactionary, The New
Public Administration, Post New Administration).  
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BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 1
BPA 301 Week 1 Individual Assignment Article
There is another pending economic recession,
announced by Wall Street, the government and just
about everyone in the media. You are a newly
hired Program Manager working for a government
agency, and your boss has asked you to write a
few key points to include in his next All hands
meeting
Using the Electronic Reserve Readings (ERR) for
BPA/301, the Internet, or other resources, locate
a current article on a contemporary government
program or issue. Prepare a 700-1,050-word
analysis of your article. As part of your
analysis, identify a major public
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BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 3
BPA 301 Week 2 DQ 2
Research the difference but sometimes
connectedness of sales tax versus income tax.
How are they defined, and what is the connection,
or is there one?
Why do some communities have access to increased
financial resources more than others? Should
there be more of an equal distribution by the
federal government or even local and state
governments in this area of public finance?
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BPA 301 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
BPA 301 Week 2 Individual Assignment Federalism
Team Government Relationship PaperChoose a state
or local government service area that receives
federal funding (e.g., public protection, public
health services, social services, education,
transportation, etc.). Prepare a 1,050-1,400-word
paper explaining the functions of that service
area, and how these functions impact the other
levels of government. 
Prepare a 700-1,050-word paper examining the
significance of federalism in the United States
today. Focus your paper on a specific area, such
as healthcare, transportation, homeland security,
etc. In your paper, describe the development
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BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 2
BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 1
Which resources and leadership traits do you feel
are most valuable to a public administrator in
your opinion, based on your reading of the text
and examination of the course material?
In detailed analysis, explain your understanding
of Cognitive Resource Utilization Theory. Define
and describe it, using the text and course
material, and explain how this could be applied
to public administration and a public
administrators
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BPA 301 Week 3 Individual Assignment Role
BPA 301 Week 3 DQ 3
Prepare a 1,050-1,400-word paper in which you
compare and contrast the roles of administrators
in the public and private sectors. Explain the
similarities and differences in areas such as
human resources
What are the positive and negative effects of
politics on governmental leadership? What is the
effect of media on leaders in government? Answer
these questions using your reading of the text
and examination of the course material.
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BPA 301 Week 4 DQ 1
BPA 301 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment
If you could change only one limitation on a
public administrators ability to respond to
public policy issues, based on your reading and
learning this week and thus far in the course,
what would it be and why?  Be specific
Team Funding Sources and Planning PaperUsing the
service area chosen for your Government
Relationships Paper in Learning Team Meeting One
(Week 2), prepare a 1,050-1,400-word paper which
includes the following
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BPA 301 Week 4 DQ 3
BPA 301 Week 4 DQ 2
What is transfer of training and how is it used,
according to our course text and materials?  How
can managers ensure transfer of
training?  Explain your answer and provide an
example.  Demonstrate some connections and
implications/applications of some of this to the
material
Read the article titled Six Trends Transforming
Government in the Electronic Reserve Reading
this week, and compare and contrast it with the
information in our text.  After reading the
article (and the text information), briefly
summarize their content, then, answer the
following question 
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BPA 301 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Effective
BPA 301 Week 4 Individual Assignment Diversity
Prepare a 1,050-1,400-word paper outlining the
qualities of effective leaders in the service
area you selected for your Government
Relationships Paper in Learning Team Meeting One
(e.g., sheriff, public health director, city
engineer). Include an explanation of how the
resources and constraints
Prepare a 1,050-1,400-word paper discussing the
influence of racial and ethnic diversity on the
development of public programs and services.  The
paper should be submitted in proper APA
format/style with appropriate citation,
formatting and grammar and submitted as an
attachment
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BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 2
BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 1
Locate a non-profit that you support (financially
or otherwise) or that you just believe in,
online.  Share with the class the purpose, size,
cause and your best guess at the sources of
funding that allow it
List and define each of the following, including
an explanation of how they have impact public
finance and policy Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles (GAAP) Government Accounting Standards
Board (GASB)
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BPA 301 Week 5 Individual Assignment Government
BPA 301 Week 5 DQ 3
Government Website PaperLocate a government
Website. Prepare a 700-1,050-word paper analyzing
the Website to determine if it provides useful
information for the public (e.g., doing the
public good), or if its purpose is to advertise
Identify a local policy or governmental
initiative recently in the news or media that had
an ethical impact on budgeting and financial
policy. Explain what happened, who was involved,
and how budgetary policy
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BPA 301 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Public

Team Public Policy Trends Paper and Presentation
Public Policy Trends PaperPrepare a
2,100-2,450-word paper analyzing major public
policy trends in the service area you selected
for your Government Relationships Paper in
Learning Team
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