The Defense Logistics Agency is seeking early engagement with the military services on new acquisition programs to ensure they consider technical data rights issues that can emerge later, according to an agency official. Matthew Beebe, director of DLA acquisition, appeared Sept. 28 before the congressionally mandated government industry advisory panel on technical data rights. He laid out the types of challenges that can emerge for DLA , which manages more than 5 million line items. Beebe said DLA is...