My first article in this series, “Ten Steps to Modifying User Behavior and Reducing IT Costs,” described 10 steps IT departments could take to negotiate the road to demand management by modifying user ...

On April 21, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued a much-anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) proposing changes to its transmission planning and ...

Federal regulations require that similar costs be treated consistently as either direct costs or indirect costs, in like circumstances. This regulation imposes a requirement on the University to ...

Cost accounting refers to the accounting procedures designed to assess the costs of production a business incurs. Managers typically use cost accounting as a budgeting tool for establishing cost ...

Cost allocation serves several purposes. Also referred to as cost apportionment, this practice of identifying the source of an expense and assigning the cost accordingly is an important factor in ...

Even for companies with strategic meetings management departments, cost allocation remains a thorny issue, deeply tied to corporate culture. The debate centers on determining the departmental budget ...