Defense leaders today publicized a new policy directive aimed at readying the military's cadre of acquisition officials, once caught flat-footed by the unprecedented number of contractors supporting U.S. forces in Iraq, for future contingency operations. The new policy, signed by Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn, caps a series of smaller moves over the past years intended to bring order into the way Defense Department officials buy goods and services during wars and post-war operations akin to those in Iraq in...
