Property And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following:



	September 30,
	2014			2013
	(in thousands)
Computer hardware and software	$	230,591		$	217,724
Furniture and fixtures	19,025			19,211
Leasehold improvements	36,896			35,289
Gross property and equipment	286,512			272,224
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(218,729		)	(207,572		)
Net property and equipment	$	67,783		$	64,652

Depreciation expense was $27.1 million, $31.5 million and $30.4 million in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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