FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

6. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT:

We utilize the following valuation hierarchy for disclosure of the inputs to valuation used to measure fair value. This hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three broad levels as follows:

• Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

• Level 2 inputs are quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly through market corroboration, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.

• Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs based on our own assumptions used to measure assets and liabilities at fair value.

A financial asset or liability’s classification within the hierarchy is determined based upon the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

As of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company’s only financial assets and liabilities required to be measured on a recurring basis were its money market investments and the accrued contingent earnout consideration payable in connection with Company’s acquisition of Meridian Consulting International (“Meridian”), which is more fully described in Note 8.

The following table represents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial assets and liabilities required to be measured on a recurring basis:

	Basis of Fair Value Measurements
	Balance		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Items (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
	(In Thousands)
Balance at March 31, 2012:
Financial assets:
Money market investment	$	4,084	$	4,084	$	—	$	—
Total financial assets	$	4,084	$	4,084	$	—	$	—
Financial liabilities:
Contingent earnout consideration	$	238	$	—	$	—	$	238
Total financial liabilities	$	238	$	—	$	—	$	238
Balance at December 31, 2011:
Financial assets:
Money market investment	$	4,084	$	4,084	$	—	$	—
Total financial assets	$	4,084	$	4,084	$	—	$	—
Financial liabilities:
Contingent earnout consideration	$	231	$	—	$	—	$	231
Total financial liabilities	$	231	$	—	$	—	$	231

The Company has classified its liability for contingent earnout consideration relating to its acquisition of Meridian within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy because the fair value is determined using significant unobservable inputs, which includes probability weighted cash flows. A description of this acquisition is included within Note 8.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending Level 3 net liabilities for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012 is as follows:

	Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
	(In Thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	231
Change in fair value related to Meridian contingent earnout consideration		7
Ending balance at March 31, 2012	$	238

The Company routinely examines, on a periodic basis, actual results in comparison to the performance measurements utilized in the earnout calculation and assesses the carrying value of the contingent earnout consideration. During each of the three-month periods ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company increased the estimated accrual of contingent earnout consideration earned by the former Meridian stockholders by $7 thousand. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2011, the Company also increased the estimated accrual of contingent earnout consideration earned by the former Fullscope stockholders by $9 thousand. The Fullscope contingent earnout was settled in the fourth quarter of 2011 and therefore no contingent liability is recorded as of March 31, 2012.

Each of the adjustments, as required by Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 805, “Business Combinations,” was reported as part of our selling, general and administrative expenses.

No financial instruments were transferred into or out of Level 3 classification during the three-month period ended March 31, 2012.

As of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the fair values of our other financial instruments, which include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable, approximate the carrying amounts of the respective asset and/or liability due to the short-term nature of these financial instruments.