Fair Value Measurements

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

(6) Fair Value Measurements

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, capital leases and accrued liabilities approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these items.

Certain assets, including long-lived assets, goodwill and intangible assets are also subject to measurement at fair value on a non-recurring basis if they are deemed to be impaired as a result of an impairment review. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and year ended December 31, 2016, no impairments were identified.

The following table summarizes the Company's financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 by level within the fair value hierarchy. Financial assets and financial liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement (in thousands):

	As of September 30, 2017
	Quoted		Significant
	Prices in		Other		Significant
	Active		Observable		Unobservable
	Markets		Inputs		Inputs		Total Fair
	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Value
	(in thousands)
Assets:
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	9,957		—		—	$	9,957
U.S. treasury securities		—		2,498				2,498
U.S. government and agency securities		—		6,999		—		6,999
Short-term investments
U.S. treasury securities		—		7,289		—		7,289
U.S. government and agency securities		—		16,740		—		16,740
Total financial assets	$	9,957	$	33,526	$	—	$	43,483
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration		—		—	$	1,705	$	1,705
Total financial liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	1,705	$	1,705

	As of December 31, 2016
	Quoted		Significant
	Prices in		Other		Significant
	Active		Observable		Unobservable
	Markets		Inputs		Inputs		Total Fair
	(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		Value
	(in thousands)
Assets:
Cash equivalents
Money market funds	$	57,032		—		—	$	57,032
Total financial assets	$	57,032	$	—	$	—	$	57,032
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration		—		—	$	388	$	388
Total financial liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	388	$	388

The Company classifies and discloses fair value measurements in one of the following three categories of fair value hierarchy:

Level 1 -

Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets and liabilities.

Level 2 -

Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.

Level 3 -

Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

The Company’s assets that are measured by management at fair value on a recurring basis are generally classified within Level 1 or Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The Company did not have any transfers into and out of Level 1 or Level 2 during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. No assets or investments were classified as Level 3 as of September 30, 2017. The Company did not have any short-term investments as of December 31, 2016.

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with a remaining maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The fair value of the Company’s investments in certain money market funds is their face value and such instruments are classified as Level 1 and are included in cash and cash equivalents on the consolidated balance sheets. At September 30, 2017 the Company’s Level 2 securities were priced by pricing vendors. These pricing vendors utilize the most recent observable market information in pricing these securities or, if specific prices are not available for these securities, use other observable inputs like market transactions involving identical or comparable securities.

The following table summarizes the changes in Level 3 financial instruments (in thousands).

	Amount
Fair Value at December 31, 2016	$	388
Foreign currency translation		47
Contingent consideration from IDV acquisition		5,020
Payments made during the year		(3,750	)
Balance at September 30, 2017	$	1,705

At December 31, 2016, the Company recorded the contingent consideration from the Crisis Commander acquisition under long-term other liabilities.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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