The chair of a panel tasked with helping the Defense Department streamline its acquisition process said this week that the department's increased use of certain "workarounds" to the traditional processes provides important insight into which parts of the system need to be fixed. Speaking at a Sept. 27 Women in Defense Conference, Section 809 Panel Chair Deidre Lee said she is particularly intrigued by the services' pervasive use of Other Transaction Authority as a way to work with non-traditional companies...
