Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Board of Directors
KPMG Consulting, Inc.
We have issued our reports dated September 22, 2000, except for
the third paragraph of note 1, as to which the date is
January 17, 2001, accompanying the financial statements and
Schedule II, of KPMG Consulting, Inc. (successor to
the consulting business of KPMG LLP) contained in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus. We consent to the use of
the aforementioned reports in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, and to the use of our name as it appears under the
captions “Selected Financial Data” and
“Experts”.
/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
New York, New York
January 17, 2001
