SEGMENT INFORMATION:

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

SEGMENT INFORMATION:

SEGMENT INFORMATION:

9.             SEGMENT INFORMATION:

The Company reports segment information consistent with the way management internally disaggregates its operations to assess performance and to allocate resources.  The Information Services segment includes the Company’s global lines of business for Customer Data Integration (CDI), Multichannel Marketing Services, Infrastructure Management Services and Consulting Services.  The Information Products segment is comprised of the Company’s global Consumer Insights line of business and the U.S. Background Screening Products line of business.  The Company’s calculation of segment operating income allocates all corporate expenses, excluding those reported as gains, losses and other items, to the segments.

The following tables present information by business segment (dollars in thousands):

	For the quarter ended September 30						For the six months ended September 30
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Revenue:
Information services	$	230,655		$	225,584		$	456,259		$	436,240
Information products	69,379			66,085			132,709			125,824
Total revenue	$	300,034		$	291,669		$	588,968		$	562,064
Income (loss) from operations:
Information services	$	23,211		$	22,952		$	43,383		$	43,831
Information products	8,201			4,436			10,503			5,576
Other	(2,465		)	(78		)	(2,709		)	(21		)
Income from operations	$	28,947		$	27,310		$	51,177		$	49,386