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Business combination recognized identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed, accrued salaries and benefits.

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Business combination recognized identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed contract assets.

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Business combination recognized identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed contract receivables net.

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Business combination recognized identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed, goodwill.

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Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed Other Current and Non-current Assets

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences assumed at the acquisition date.

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The amount of identifiable intangible assets recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Amount recognized as of the acquisition date for the identifiable assets acquired in excess of (less than) the aggregate liabilities assumed.