In this course, you will learn tools and acquire skills to conduct budget analysis, with an emphasis in local government administration. Through a combination of instructional methods, you will learn fundamental concepts and issues pertaining to the financial operation of state and local governments, stages of the budget process, differences among budget formats, best practices, capital and operating budgets. Requires familiarity with both spreadsheet and word-processing software, namely Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.
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