Segment Information (Service Revenue, Direct Costs And Gross Profit On Service Revenue Of Reportable Segment) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Service revenue	$ 502,033us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 492,375us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 1,492,998us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet	$ 1,428,765us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet
Direct costs	337,954us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts	323,149us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts	984,094us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts	950,850us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts
Gross profit	164,079us-gaap_GrossProfit	169,226us-gaap_GrossProfit	508,904us-gaap_GrossProfit	477,915us-gaap_GrossProfit
CRS [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Service revenue	384,779	373,216	1,131,994	1,069,675
Direct costs	274,053	255,244	791,418	748,663
Gross profit	110,726	117,972	340,576	321,012
PC [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Service revenue	50,070	55,302	162,495	171,523
Direct costs	28,645	32,833	90,760	101,463
Gross profit	21,425	22,469	71,735	70,060
PI [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Service revenue	67,184	63,857	198,509	187,567
Direct costs	35,256	35,072	101,916	100,724
Gross profit	$ 31,928	$ 28,785	$ 96,593	$ 86,843

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