In AS 35.10.160 - 35.10.200,
(1) “life cycle costs” means analytic techniques which provide data to describe the first cost of procurement of public facilities and the maintenance cost, operation cost, and occupancy cost of the facilities;
(2) “policies” includes but is not limited to budget accounting and cost planning techniques, facility design techniques, and contractual techniques for the procurement of labor, materials, and contractual services.