Discuss how Contracting Knowledge areas and Competencies are important to Acquisitions. Consider how relationships, collaboration, and monitoring have an impact the acquisition process.Watch the attached video pertaining to how the government program management process has not changed much since the inception of our government. Instructions: Your initial post should be at least 250 words.

EX16_AC_CH02_GRADER_ML1_HW - My Game Collection Project Description: You have cataloged your video games in an Access database. In this project, you add two tables to a database you have started—one to identify the game system that runs your game and the other to identify the category or genre of the game. Then you will join each table in a relationship so that you can query the database. Instructions: For the purpose of grading the project you are required to perform the following tasks: Step Instructions Points Possible 1 Start Access. Open the downloaded Access file named exploring_a02_grader_h2. 0 2 Create a new table in Design view. Add the field name SystemID and select AutoNumber as the Data Type. Add the caption System ID. Set the SystemID field as the primary key for the table. 8 3 Add a second field named SystemName with the Short Text Data Type. Change the SystemName field size property to 15. Add the caption System Name. Save the table as System. 6 4 Switch to Datasheet view and enter the following system names, letting Access assign the System ID: XBOX 360 PS3 Wii NES PC Game Nintendo 3DS Close the table. 6 5 Create a new table in Design view. Add the field name CategoryID and select AutoNumber as the Data Type. Add the caption Category ID. Set the CategoryID field as the Primary Key for the table. 8 6 Add a second field named CategoryDescription and accept Short Text as the Data Type. Change the field size property to 25. Add the caption Category Description. Save the table as Category. 8 7 Switch to Datasheet view, and enter the following Category Description names, letting Access assign the Category ID: Action Adventure Arcade Racing Rhythm Role-playing Simulation Sports Close the table. 8 8 Begin establishing relationships in the database by adding the Category, Games, and System tables to the Relationships window. Close the Show Table dialog box. Create a one-to-many relationship between the SystemID field in the System table and the SystemID field in the Games table, enforcing Referential Integrity. Select the option to cascade update the related fields. 8 9 Create a one-to-many relationship between the CategoryID field in the Category table and the CategoryID field in the Games table, enforcing Referential Integrity. Select the option to cascade update the related fields. Save and close the Relationships window. 6 10 Create a simple query using the Query Wizard. From the Games table, add the GameName and Rating fields (in that order). Save the query using the title Ratings. Switch to Design view, sort the Rating field in ascending order, and run the query. Save and close the query. 8 11 Create a new query in Design view. Add the Category, Games, and System tables to the query design window. Add the following fields to the query (in this order). GameName CategoryDescription Rating SystemName DateAcquired 8 12 Sort the query in ascending order by GameName and run the query. Save the query as Game List. Close the query. 8 13 Copy the Game List query in the Navigation pane and paste it with the name PS3 Games. Modify the query in Design view by using PS3 as the criteria for SystemName. Remove the sort by GameName and sort in ascending order by CategoryDescription. Save and run the query. Close the query. 8 14 You will create a query that displays games that everyone can play over Thanksgiving break. Create a new query in Design view. Add the Category, Games, and System tables to the query design window. Add the following fields to the query (in this order). GameName Rating CategoryDescription SystemName 6 15 Set the Rating criteria so that only games with an Everyone rating display. Save the query as Thanksgiving Games and run the query. Close the query. 4 16 Close the database, and exit Access. Submit the database as directed. 0

Research Project Part 1 This project is closely aligned with the Course Outcomes and Finance Program Objectives.  Completion of this project can be used as part of a portfolio to show potential employers the student is skilled at performing company valuations and financial statement analysis and can be included on the student's resume. Ratio Analysis OBJECTIVE You are to assume you have been recently hired by The Company and have been assigned to a team that reports to the CEO of THE COMPANY (SELECTED BY INSTRUCTOR). The head of your team is the CFO who is concerned about THE COMPANY’s current financial performance and comparison against major competitors in the industry and the impact that may have on the firm’s stock price. The CFO would like your team to provide insights that will help them to project future financial performance. Specifically, the primary question to answer is: will THE COMPANY be financially viable over the next two to three years, and which steps should be done to improve its financial stability? THE COMPANY that is to be analyzed for this project is to be a company selected by instructor. Alternatively, you can request approval of another publicly traded company. This request must be submitted before the end of the first week of the course. The request must include identification of the company by ticker symbol and name a reasonable and appropriate explanation of why you want to examine the alternative company the source of the analyst's report that will be used in the analysis (which must be submitted to me) acknowledgement by you that all of the specific elements of the assignment (see below) will be prepared by you and included in the final research project report SUGGESTED WEBSITES www.morningstar.com - To find the information for your company you need to type the stock symbol in the Quotes window to get into the company’s page. www.marketwatch.com  -To find the information for your company you need to type the stock symbol in the Search window to get into the company’s page. www.Finviz.com - To find the information for your company you need click on Screener on the top of the screen, type the stock symbol in the Ticker window to get into the company’s page., and click on the company in the list. www.money.cnn.com  -To find the information for your company you need to type the stock symbol in the Search window to get into the company’s page. www.finance.yahoo.com - To find the information for your company you need to type the stock symbol in the Search window to get into the company’s page. www.nyse.com – Click on Data, then click on Stocks (under Quotes), and type the name of the company or the stock symbol in the window “Keyword or symbol” to get into the company’s page. www.nasdaq.com - To find the information for your company you need to type the stock symbol in the Search window to get into the company’s page. Company’s websites YOUR SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT Using the information from the websites the students will develop evaluation of the financial performance for THE COMPANY (SELECTED BY INSTRUCTOR). (The evaluation portion will total 85% of the assignment grade)   -1—Background and Industry (one short paragraph).  -2— Common size analysis (15% of the project grade). You can find the common size financial statements for the company for the last 3-5 years on www.morningstar.com. Type the stock symbol in the Quotes window to get into the company’s page. Scroll down and click on All Financial Data. Switch View from “$” to “%”. Create a table that contains the most significant common size financial performance results for the last 3-5 years for THE COMPANY and for the last year for the major competitor. Present the table with this information in your report. Write about 1-2 pages of the analysis of the financial conditions, its stability, and trends. -3— Trend analysis (15% of the project grade) Analyze the financial trends over 5 years of Revenue, net income, and any other of the most significantfinancial performance results of your choice. To present your findings, you will use the table(s) and/or graphs. You can use the bar graphs provided by www.morningstar.com. Or create your own ones. Write about 1-2 pages of the report of the results that you received. What important information does this analysis provide? -4— Financial ratio analysis. (20% of the project grade) In this part of the project you will complete ratio analysis of THE COMPANY. Please remember that you are the financial analyst of THE COMPANY and should prepare the report to be read by the chairman (CEO) of THE COMPANY. The ratio analysis should be completed from the point of view of THE COMPANY’s the management. The chairman of THE COMPANY is especially concerned about the following groups of ratios: Liquidity (current ratio, quick ratio, and net working capital-to-sales ratio) Operating performance ratio (Days of Sales in Inventory, Days of Sales in Receivables), turnovers Profitability ratios (Gross Profit Margin, Operating Profit Margin, Net Profit Margin) Return on Investment ratios: (Basic Earning Power ratio, ROA, ROE) You can find financial ratios for the company for the last 3-5 years in the Internet or calculate them. If you use published ratios you must indicate that and cite their source. a) Present the ratios as the table(s) in your project. Create graphs for some ratios on your choice over three years to show trends. b) Write 2 pages (or more) of analysis of the ratio results that you found. In your analysis you should answer the following questions: How liquid is the company? Is management generating a substantial profit on the company’s assets? If the management of the company would like to improve the company’s financial performance, what should the management of THE COMPANY do? -5- Evaluate Return on Equity for the company for the last three years using the DuPont analysis. (15% of the project grade). Find ROE, Net profit margin (listed as net margin), asset turnover, financial leverage for the last three years for your company. You also may use debt/equity ratio in your analysis. Present the ratios as the table(s) in your project. Find ROE, Net profit margin (listed as net margin), asset turnover, financial leverage for the last year for its major peer competitor. You also may use debt/equity ratio of peer competitor in your analysis. Present the ratios as the table(s) in your project. Has the company’s ROE changed over the last three years? What was the main factor that influenced this change? Compare the ratios of you company to the peer competitor. If the management of the company would like to improve their return on equity, what should the management of the company do?  Write about 1 page of analysis to answer the questions (c) and (d). 6- Develop a specific recommendation, with supporting rationale, as to whether the assigned company's recent trends and results in financial performance is of sufficient financial strength, will THE COMPANY be financially sustainable over the next two to three years, and which steps should be done to improve its financial stability? (about 1 page) (15% of the project grade). -7- Reflection – the student should write a paragraph in their own words reflecting on specifically what they learned from the assignment and how they think they could apply what they learned in the workplace. (5% of the project grade)