Property and Equipment (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

As of the dates specified below, our property and equipment consisted of the following:



	December 31, 2012			September 30, 2012
Land and building	$	6,122		$	6,108
Leasehold improvements	6,974			6,447
Computer hardware	29,638			28,534
Computer software	81,032			76,215
Furniture and equipment	2,386			1,826
Property and equipment, gross	126,152			119,130
Less: accumulated depreciation	(65,182		)	(61,739		)
Property and equipment, net	$	60,970		$	57,391

Depreciation expense of property and equipment totaled $6.6 million and $5.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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