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Revenue Recognition (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 30, 2019
Revenue Recognition |
Schedule of disaggregation of revenue by type of contract and geographic breakdown | The following table disaggregates CRA’s revenue by major business line and timing of transfer of its consulting services (in thousands):
|  | Fiscal Quarter Ended
|  | March 30, |  | March 31,
Type of Contract |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Consulting services revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed Price |  | $ | 21,386 |  | $ | 20,714
Time-and-materials |  |  | 84,463 |  |  | 78,762
Total |  | $ | 105,849 |  | $ | 99,476
|  | Fiscal Quarter Ended
|  | March 30, |  | March 31,
Geographic Breakdown |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Consulting services revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 83,529 |  | $ | 76,860
United Kingdom |  |  | 18,507 |  |  | 17,505
Other |  |  | 3,813 |  |  | 5,111
Total |  | $ | 105,849 |  | $ | 99,476
Schedule of reimbursable expenses included in revenues | The following expenses are subject to reimbursement (in thousands):
|  | Fiscal Quarter Ended
|  | March 30, |  | March 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
Reimbursable expenses |  | $ | 12,835 |  | $ | 11,229
Schedule of opening and closing balances and result of changes in contract liability balance | The following table presents the opening and closing balances of CRA’s contract liability (in thousands):
|  | Contract Liability
|  |  |  |  | Year Ended
|  | Quarter Ended |  | December 29,
|  | March 30, 2019 |  | 2018
Balance at the beginning of the period |  | $ | 5,453 |  | $ | 3,287
Balance at the end of the period |  | $ | 3,606 |  | $ | 5,453
During the fiscal quarter ended March 30, 2019, CRA recognized the following revenue as a result of changes in the contract liability balance (in thousands):
|  | Quarter Ended
|  | March 30,
Revenue recognized in the period from: |  | 2019
Amounts included in contract liabilities at the beginning of the period |  | $ | 3,663
Performance obligations satisfied in previous periods |  | $ | 2,412

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