Direct Costs [Federal Elections] Law and Legal Definition
According to 11 CFR 4.1 (g) [Title 11 -- Federal Elections; Chapter I -- Federal Election Commission; Part 4 -- Public Records and the Freedom of Information Act], the term direct costs means “those expenditures which the Commission actually incurs in searching for and duplicating (and, in the case of commercial use requestors, reviewing) documents to respond to a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request. Direct costs include the salary of the employee performing the work (the basic rate of pay for the employee plus 16 percent of that rate to cover benefits) and the cost of operating duplicating equipment. Direct costs do not include overhead expenses such as the cost of space and heating or lighting the facility in which the records are stored.”
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- Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
- Administrative Governor [Federal Reserve System]
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