Defense Acquisition Chief Moves Out

The Defense Department announced today that Kenneth J. Krieg, undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, would resign effective July 20. The move comes two years to the day after Krieg was named to the Pentagon's top procurement position. He had previously served as the department's director for program analysis and evaluation.

In the July 1, 2005, issue of Government Executive, Katherine McIntire Peters told the story of how Krieg was one of only a handful of people at Defense who questioned a multibillion-dollar deal to lease aerial refueling tankers from Boeing that turned into a procurement scandal.