Analysis of Direct and Indirect CostsThis assignment is a continuation of the previous assignments where you will focus more on your company, Universal Drones Inc., and VectorCal. You will make more assumptions on specific types of costs.Compare your company with VectorCal relative to the price of acquisition, semi-variable costs, and allocated direct and indirect costs of the drone navigation system. Justify the response.Assignment InstructionsWrite a 2–3 page paper in which you:Analysis of Universal Drones, Inc.’s expensesAnalyze and provide examples in detail the following costs that both Universal Drones and VectorCal will incur when contracting with the government.Labor costs.Manufacturing costs.Research and development.General administrative expenses.Analysis of Direct and Indirect CostsFrom the previous section define and indicate which costs will be direct and indirect.Direct costs.Labor.Manufacturing.Research and development.General & administrative expenses.Indirect CostsLabor.Manufacturing.Research and development.General & administrative expenses.Allocation MethodsDiscuss the following cost allocation methods and indicate which ones that Universal Drones, Inc., and VectorCal would use. Remember to provide a rationale for each of these methods.Units of production method.Machine hour method.Direct labor hour method.Direct labor cost method.Additional Notes:Refer to the rubric for this assignment to become familiar with how your paper will be graded.Refer to scenarios and readings from previous weeks in order to complete this assignment.You may use the Analysis of Direct Material and Other Direct Costs Case Analysis [DOCX] to assist you with formatting and completing the paper.Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.The Strayer University Library is a good source for quality resources.The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:Evaluate company pricing and costs related to production.

You are in Johnson County in the deep South. The Sheriff, Jim Jones has had a murder, and the FBI has come in to claim jurisdiction. It appears that this suspected perpetrator is a serial killer who has been crossing state lines. Sheriff Jones has a force of all Caucasian officers. He is also known for his propensity to denigrate minorities. The FBI force consists of Caucasian officers, Asian-American officers and African-American officers. The lead investigator is of Asian descent. Sheriff Jones has to work hand-in-hand with this lead investigator. He has shown that he is not happy about the situation.Assignment Guidelines Address the following in 3–4 pages: What effect would this have on his leadership role with his officers? Explain. What effect would this have on his interaction with another agency? Explain. Would this have an effect on community relations and cooperation with the community with the FBI? Explain. If this attitude continued and Sheriff Jones held back pertinent information from the FBI that caused the perpetrator to flee the area, would this behavior cause moral problems within Sheriff Jones’ department? Why? How would it have an effect on the officers? Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Up to this point in this course, you have been asked to review, evaluate, assess, and write about existing state and federal homeland security strategic planning documents. Now you have an opportunity, in a group setting, to prepare your own State Homeland Security Strategic Plan (SHSSP).The ProjectAs a group, you will prepare a draft SHSSP for State A. You can read the scenario by clicking on the following link:State A Strategic Planning Scenario DocumentYour plan will be developed in accordance with the most recent guidance documents issued by DHS to the states, which are the 2005 State and Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy: Guidance on Aligning Strategies with the National Preparedness Goal; the 2007 National Preparedness Guidelines; the Homeland Security Institute’s Homeland Security Strategic Planning: Mission Area Analysis; and other federal guidelines, as well as any widely accepted best practices. Project StepsTo complete this project, follow the steps below:Step 1Develop a strategy for completing the project as a group. It is extremely important that everyone in the group know their roles and responsibilities. You may want to consider assigning roles, such as group leader, researcher, editor, and writer. Most if not all group members will have to perform more than one role for the group to complete the assignment on time.Step 2Using the library, conduct a literature search for articles and other relevant information to this assignment. In preparing this assignment, you must incorporate a minimum of 3 scholarly (peer-reviewed) sources.Step 3Using the Internet, search for relevant information, including existing SHSSPs. Be careful to weigh both the timeliness and accuracy of this information before incorporating it into your project.Step 4Using the steps above, the results of your literature and Internet search, and course textbooks, prepare a draft plan of 4-5 pages entitled State A Homeland Security Strategic Plan in accordance with the following criteria:Apply best practices wherever possible in the plan development process.Align the strategic objectives that support state goals to the 7 identified national priorities:Regional CollaborationNational Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Response Framework (NRF)National Infrastructure Protection PlanInformation Sharing and CollaborationInteroperable CommunicationsChemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) capabilitiesMedical Surge and Mass Prophylaxis CapabilitiesDescribe the strategies, goals, and objectives within the framework of the 4 identified mission areas:PreventProtectRespondRecoverEnsure the strategic planning process sufficiently takes the following into account:Allowing local jurisdictions to participate in the planning processCitizen preparedness and volunteer effortsRegionalization and mutual aidStep 5Quality Control Questions: Use the following questions to check the quality of your work:Is the format of the SHSSP consistent with the guidance in the State and Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy: Guidance on Aligning Strategies with the National Preparedness Goal?Does the current SHSSP meet the update requirements found on page 7 of the State and Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy:Guidance on Aligning Strategies with the National Preparedness Goal?Does the SHSSP effectively incorporate the national priorities? More specifically, do the SHSSP’s goals and objectives align with the National Priorities? Make sure to use the most up-to-date guidance in the 2007 National Preparedness Guidelines and Homeland Security Strategic Planning: Mission Area Analysis.Does the SHSSP effectively incorporate the mission areas of prevention, protection, response, and recovery? Make sure to use the most up-to-date guidance in the 2007 National Preparedness Guidelines.