federal government

Instructions

Write a 35 page paper in which you address the following:

1. Discuss three unique characteristics of the federal government that necessitate special accounting and reporting practices, presenting one example for each characteristic.
2. After reviewing the most recent federal government financial statement at , explain the type of audit performed, the audit opinion issued, and the auditors reason for that opinion.
3. Identify each of the eight financial statements presented by the federal government and the relevance of each statements content to a financial statement user.
4. Select one of the federal government’s reporting entities included in the Financial Report of the United States Government and express an opinion on whether it is meeting its objectives. Justify your opinion with at least three pieces of data from the reporting entitys financial report.
5. Use at least three quality sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the or review .

the federal government

Introduction

The federal government is the national government of the United States of America. The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to make laws; the President the authority to execute these laws and enforce them; and Supreme Court justices the responsibility for interpreting and enforcing these laws. Congress makes most of its laws by passing bills, which usually contain a scope and schedule for how they will be implemented. Congress writes bills that set broad policies, but allow agencies within the executive branch to implement them by specifying requirements, reporting requirements and penalties if they are not met. Executive branch agencies write regulations that establish detailed instructions on how to achieve agency goals or policy objectives

The federal government is the national government of the United States of America.

The federal government is the national government of the United States of America. It has three major branches: executive, legislative and judicial. The executive branch includes many parts such as the president, vice president and cabinet members (including secretaries) who work together with other elected officials to manage federal departments and agencies.

The legislative branch consists of two houses:

• The U.S. House of Representatives (chaired by a speaker) has 435 members who represent districts across the country; they are chosen every two years through direct election by registered voters in each district

The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to make laws; the President the authority to execute these laws and enforce them; and Supreme Court justices the responsibility for interpreting and enforcing these laws.

The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to make laws; the President the authority to execute these laws and enforce them; and Supreme Court justices the responsibility for interpreting and enforcing these laws.

Each branch has its own role in government, but they all work together as one body–the federal government–to achieve their shared goals: protecting people’s rights, maintaining peace among states, providing for national defense and promoting prosperity for all Americans through a market economy based on individual initiative rather than government control of industry or trade policy decisions (for more information about how this works in practice see our article “How does America work?”).

Congress makes most of its laws by passing bills, which usually contain a scope and schedule for how they will be implemented.

Congress passes bills in the form of statutes. A bill is a proposal to change how the government works, and it usually contains a scope and schedule for how it will be implemented. Congress makes most of its laws by passing bills through one house or both houses of Congress, which then sends them to the President who signs them into law. The President can veto any bill sent to him by Congress; however, if both houses vote against overriding his veto (or if they cannot agree on an override), then he has no choice but to sign off on whatever version gets passed into law by both chambers.*

Congress writes bills that set broad policies, but allow agencies within the executive branch to implement them by specifying requirements, reporting requirements and penalties if they are not met.

Congress writes bills that set broad policies, but allow agencies within the executive branch to implement them by specifying requirements, reporting requirements and penalties if they are not met. The process begins with an authorization bill, which sets out what Congress wants the executive branch to do. This can be done through a simple resolution or as part of larger pieces of legislation that authorize money for various programs or activities over a period of time.

The next step is actually passing specific appropriations bills (also known as appropriations acts) each year that allocate funds specifically earmarked for specific purposes within an agency’s budget request. For example, if you wanted your company’s employees’ salaries paid out in biweekly installments instead of monthly payments every two weeks–which would save money on payroll taxes–you could ask Congress for permission to switch their paychecks from biweekly installments into semi-monthly ones in order to keep up with inflationary increases over time without raising anyone’s W-2 form at tax time each year!

Executive branch agencies write regulations that establish detailed instructions on how to achieve agency goals or policy objectives.

The executive branch is comprised of independent agencies that write regulations that establish detailed instructions on how to achieve agency goals or policy objectives. For example, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) writes and implements federal law regarding food safety, nutrition and agriculture programs. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforces environmental laws passed by Congress related to air quality, water quality and land use management across the nation’s landmass. The Federal Trade Commission enforces consumer protection laws against companies selling products that violate federal statutes like false advertising or unfair trade practices which are also enforced by state governments as well as private attorneys general offices within each state’s attorney general office

Regulations have a more direct effect on people’s lives than statutes do because they can constrain what people may do without violating law or regulation.

Because regulations are more specific than laws, they can be enforced by the government. Regulations also make it possible for people to be fined or imprisoned for violating them.

The federal government has three major branches

• The federal government has three major branches: the executive branch, legislative branch and judicial branch.
• The president is the head of the executive branch. He or she appoints cabinet members to help him/her run things in Washington D.C., then they oversee them with their own departments (such as Justice & Commerce).

Conclusion

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