Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

The components of property and equipment are:



	December 31,
	2011			2010
	(In thousands)
Land and land improvements	$	2,490		$	2,581
Facilities in progress and software under development	1,621			2,792
Computer equipment and software	99,050			100,472
Buildings and improvements	43,449			44,534
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	14,977			16,360
Capital lease	3,468			2,538
	165,055			169,277
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(113,063		)	(113,615		)
Property and equipment, at cost, net	$	51,992		$	55,662

As facilities in progress are completed and placed in service, they are transferred to appropriate property and equipment categories and depreciation begins.

Depreciation has been computed for financial reporting purposes using the straight-line method. A summary of the ranges of estimated useful lives upon which depreciation rates are based follows:



Computer equipment and software	3-5 years
Buildings and improvements	3-40 years
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	3-15 years
Capital lease (telephone equipment)	8 years

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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