GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) contract segment	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) contract segment
Contracts [Line Items]
Number of contracts that can be terminated (in contracts)	15	15
Performance bond commitments \| $	$ 25.2	$ 25.2
Expiring contracts
Contracts [Line Items]
Number of services with expiration dates within 12-month period (in contracts)	11	11
Contract expiration period		12 months
Number of contracts that can be terminated with renewal provisions (in contracts) \| segment	6	6
Consolidated revenues \| Contracts that can be terminated without cause \| Government contracts concentration risk
Contracts [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	45.00%	52.00%
Consolidated revenues \| Expiring contracts \| Government contracts concentration risk
Contracts [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	28.00%	33.00%

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Contracts [Line Items]

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The number of contracts under which the Company provides outsourced state portal services or software development and digital government services that can be terminated by the other party without cause on a specified period of notice.

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The number of contracts under which the Company provides outsourced portal services or software development and digital government services that have expiration dates within the 12-month period following the most recent Balance Sheet date of the filing.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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