Part 1 Job Description Resource: An online search for effective job descriptions Select a public agency at the state or local level such as the IRS, DMV, or Police, and identify a significant leadership role. Analyze the key decisions that this agency needs to make on a daily basis, and the potential resource constraints that impact their service to the public. Develop a job description for the leadership role you identified as if you are responsible for filling this position.  Include required skills and abilities that will enable this individual to successfully lead the organization in the fulfillment of its mission and objectives. Write a 350- to 700-word professional email to the Human Resources department defending your need to add this key position to the budget. Include how the benefits of this position will offset the personnel costs involved. Grading Guide Content Met Partially Met Not Met Comments: The student selects a local or state level public agency, such as the IRS, DMV, or Police. The student selects a significant leadership role in the public agency that is selected. The student analyzes the key decisions that this agency needs to make on a daily basis. The student analyzes the potential resource constraints that impact the leader’s service to the public. The student develops a job description for the leadership role identified. The student includes the required skills and abilities that will enable the person to successfully lead the organization in the fulfillment of its mission and objectives. The professional email, addressed to Human Resources, is 350 to 700 words in length defending the need to add this key position to the budget. The student includes how the benefits of this position will offset the personnel costs involved. The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page, and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting guidelines and meets course-level requirements. Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a reference page. Paragraph and sentence transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout the paper. Sentences are complete, clear, and concise. Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and punctuation. Part 2 Performance Measurement Recommendation Research the different performance measurement tools used by public sector organizations in the United States. Select a specific performance measurement tool and a local government program in your community. Prepare a 350- to 700-word recommendation to your local city council or county board detailing the benefits of using this tool to measure program performance, including the identification of some performance measures. Content Met Partially Met Not Met Comments: The student researches different performance measurement tools used by public sector organizations in the United States. The student selects a specific performance measurement tool and a loc.

1. Part 1
Job Description
Resource: An online search for effective job descriptions
Select a public agency at the state or local level such as the
IRS, DMV, or Police, and identify a significant leadership role.
Analyze the key decisions that this agency needs to make on a
daily basis, and the potential resource constraints that impact
their service to the public.
Develop a job description for the leadership role you identified
as if you are responsible for filling this position.
Include required skills and abilities that will enable this
individual to successfully lead the organization in the
fulfillment of its mission and objectives.
Write a 350- to 700-word professional email to the Human
Resources department defending your need to add this key
position to the budget.
Include how the benefits of this position will offset the
personnel costs involved.
Grading Guide
Content
Met
Partially Met
Not Met
Comments:
The student selects a local or state level public agency, such as
the IRS, DMV, or Police.

2. The student selects a significant leadership role in the public
agency that is selected.
The student analyzes the key decisions that this agency needs to
make on a daily basis.
The student analyzes the potential resource constraints that
impact the leader’s service to the public.
The student develops a job description for the leadership role
identified.
The student includes the required skills and abilities that will
enable the person to successfully lead the organization in the
fulfillment of its mission and objectives.
The professional email, addressed to Human Resources, is 350
to 700 words in length defending the need to add this key
position to the budget.

3. The student includes how the benefits of this position will
offset the personnel costs involved.
The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page,
and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting
guidelines and meets course-level requirements.
Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a
reference page.
Paragraph and sentence transitions are present, logical, and
maintain the flow throughout the paper.
Sentences are complete, clear, and concise.
Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and
punctuation.
Part 2
Performance Measurement Recommendation
Research the different performance measurement tools used by
public sector organizations in the United States.
Select a specific performance measurement tool and a local
government program in your community.
Prepare a 350- to 700-word recommendation to your local city
council or county board detailing the benefits of using this tool
to measure program performance, including the identification of
some performance measures.
Content
Met
Partially Met

4. Not Met
Comments:
The student researches different performance measurement tools
used by public sector organizations in the United States.
The student selects a specific performance measurement tool
and a local government program in the community.
The student recommends the benefits of using this tool to the
local city council or county board.
The student showcases the benefits of using this tool to measure
program performance, including the identification of
performance measurements.
The paper is 350 to 700 words in length.
The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page,
and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting
guidelines and meets course-level requirements.

5. Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a
reference page.
Paragraph and sentence transitions are present, logical, and
maintain the flow throughout the paper.
Sentences are complete, clear, and concise.
Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and
punctuation.
Part 3
Government Website Paper
Locate a government website.
Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper analyzing the website to
determine if it provides useful information for the public (doing
the public good) or if its purpose is to advertise a government

6. program or service (doing well for government).
Justify your analysis using specific examples from the website.
Attach a screenshot of the website's home page to your paper.
Grading Guide
Content
Met
Partially Met
Not Met
Comments:
The student locates a government website.
The student analyzes the website to determine if it provides
useful information for the public or if its purpose is to advertise
a government program or service.
The student justifies the analysis using specific examples from
the website.
The student attaches a screenshot of the website’s home page to
the paper.

7. The paper is 700 to 1,050 words in length.
The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page,
and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting
guidelines and meets course-level requirements.
Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a
reference page.
Paragraph and sentence transitions are present, logical, and
maintain the flow throughout the paper.
Sentences are complete, clear, and concise.
Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and
punctuation.