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Report | July 30, 2025

Audit of the Impact of Continuing Resolutions on DoD Acquisition Programs (Report No. DODIG-2025-132)

Audit

The objective of this audit was to determine the DoD’s ability to effectively manage the constraints of continuing resolutions on acquisition programs.

A continuing resolution (CR) provides temporary funding that allows the Government to continue operations when final appropriations have not been approved by Congress and the President. The DoD has operated under a CR in 9 of the last 10 fiscal years. CRs placed constraints on DoD acquisition programs by preventing new starts, production rate increases, and funding rate increases. DoD officials can request anomalies, which are legislative provisions in a CR that provide relief from these constraints.

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