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Operating under a CR for a substantial period at the beginning of a fiscal year is widely cited as introducing a wide range of management challenges, but few attempts have been made to subject assertions to empirical analysis

• The authors developed an empirical approach for assessing one widely cited consequence: delays and cost increases for weapon system procurement.

Preliminary analysis does not provide strong evidence that continuing resolutions are associated with delay or increased costs in DoD weapon procurement

• Overall, the results of the analysis do not provide strong evidence that CRs are associated with delays in weapon procurement awards or increased costs. This includes selected specific instances the analysts examined in which DoD explicitly expressed concerns that these effects would result.

This analysis should not be interpreted as a finding that concerns over operating under a CR are misplaced; more analysis is necessary

• The empirical approach focused only on delays and cost increases for weapon system procurement, only one of numerous widely cited effects of operating under a CR.
• The analysis should be considered a first, limited step in analyzing the consequences of operating under a CR; additional analysis will support a clearer articulation of challenges and potential policy responses to mitigate them.