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Supporting Financial Information - Equipment and Improvements, net (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 6 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |
Furniture and equipment | 139 us-gaap_FurnitureAndFixturesGross | $ 139 us-gaap_FurnitureAndFixturesGross
Computer equipment | 220 dlhc_ComputerEquipment | 126 dlhc_ComputerEquipment
Computer software | 434 us-gaap_CapitalizedComputerSoftwareGross | 430 us-gaap_CapitalizedComputerSoftwareGross
Leasehold improvements | 24 us-gaap_LeaseholdImprovementsGross | 24 us-gaap_LeaseholdImprovementsGross
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross | 817 us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross | 719 us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization | (697)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment | (656)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Equipment and improvements, net | 120 us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet | $ 63 us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Minimum | Leasehold Improvements |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life | 3 years |
Maximum | Leasehold Improvements |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life | 5 years |

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- Definition Represents the long-lived, depreciable assets that are used in the creation, maintenance and utilization of information systems. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount of accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization for physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.14) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 14 -Article 5 + Details
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- Definition Amount before accumulated amortization of capitalized costs for computer software, including but not limited to, acquired and internally developed computer software. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 985 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6501960&loc=d3e128462-111756 + Details
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- Definition Amount before accumulated depreciation of equipment commonly used in offices and stores that have no permanent connection to the structure of a building or utilities. Examples include, but are not limited to, desks, chairs, tables, and bookcases. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 + Details
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