This is due in a few hours, and is based off of the U.S.A laws

A financial specialist oversees fiscal management for the government or security agency. The financial specialist performs audits and maintains compliance.

STEP 1: Imagine being a financial specialist for Houston, Texas U.S.A. Your agency director has received an audit report discrepancy that identified the agency was using a mixture of cash basis and accrual accounting methods. Your director wants to implement only one method and has asked you to develop a recommendation.

STEP 2: Write a 525- to 700-word recommendation in which you:

Summarize each accounting method (cash basis, modified, and accrual accounting), including the advantages and disadvantages of each method.

Identify which accounting method you recommend the agency you selected from your home state or local criminal justice agency should implement—cash-basis, accrual, or modified accrual—and explain why you selected that method.

Identify at least two fiscal management strategies and explain how your chosen accounting method aligns with those fiscal management strategies.

STEP 3: Cite at least 2 outside references to support your assignment.

Step 4: Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines to include, at a minimum, the APA cover page, Introduction, level headers/titles for each required assignment discussion point, Conclusion, and Reference page.