Consulting News

In April 1999, Computer Sciences Corp. took its first, fateful step into the lucrative energy market. The El-Segundo, CA–based company announced an agreement with Houston-based Enron Energy Services, a subsidiary of Enron Corp., to provide business process outsourcing services valued at $1.1 billion over an 11-year period “assuming Enron Energy Services’ growth projection,” the CSC press release stated — in what now seems like an ominous prediction.

Four months after his post as SEC chairman, those consulting firms rooted in Big Five accountancies are still assessing the impact of the rules the brash regulator marshaled through in the twilight days of his tenure.