A GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAM WITHIN A LOCAL, STATE TO EVALUATE / TUTORIALOU A GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAM WITHIN A LOCAL, STATE TO EV | Page 2

Select a governmental program within a local, state, or federal agency
to evaluate (e.g., Homeland Security, Department of Transportation,
the state highway patrol, city's utilities department or police
department, etc.). Your written organizational assessment will focus
on four main areas:
1. 1.
Efficiency: Determine whether the public organization
uses its allocated resources (i.e., human, physical space,
financial, etc.) efficiently to achieve the maximum productivity.
2. 2.
Effectiveness: Evaluate the organization's effectiveness in
terms of achieving program goals. Provide sufficient detail
(including examples) to demonstrate program effectiveness.
3. 3.
Equity: Analyze operations by looking for gaps in
practices and procedures that may affect fairness, justice, and/or
impartiality. Does the organization uphold federal, state, and
local regulations and internal policies?
4. 4.
Accountability: Analyze the size of the budget and
whether the organization's funds are appropriate for the scope of
the mission, goals, goods, and services. Discuss any budgetary
constraints and reporting mechanisms that ensure the
organization remains accountable and a good steward of public
funds.
You are encouraged to contact the specific agency for additional
information, if needed. Each required section should be clearly
identified within your paper. Support your paper with a minimum of
five (5) scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources,
other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be
included.
Length: 10-12 pages, not including title and reference pages