Debt Instrument, Covenant, Leverage Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Floor

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Debt Instrument, Mandatory Repayment, Percentage Of Net Cash Proceeds From Issued Indebtedness

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Debt Instrument, Number Of Periodic Payment

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Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Percentage Of Principal

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(22))
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section S99
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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt, classified as current. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Cash outflow in the form of capital distributions and dividends to common shareholders, preferred shareholders and noncontrolling interests.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (a)
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Long-term Debt and Interest Rate Swap - Cortland First Lien (Details) - Keypoint Government Solutions, Inc (Keypoint OpCo)		12 Months Ended
	Apr. 18, 2017 USD ($) payment_installment	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payments of dividends		$ 102,700,000
Cortland First Lien \| Eurodollar
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate floor	1.00%
Basis spread on variable rate	6.00%
Installments at 1.25% \| Cortland First Lien
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of periodic payment \| payment_installment	8
Periodic payment as a percentage of principal	1.25%
Installments at 2.5% \| Cortland First Lien
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of periodic payment \| payment_installment	19
Periodic payment as a percentage of principal	2.50%
Secured debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Required consolidated net leverage ratio			5.00
Secured debt \| Cortland First Lien
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 215,000,000
Percentage of net cash proceeds from issued indebtedness	100.00%
Current portion of long-term debt			$ 10,800,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Cortland First Lien
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 15,000,000.0