On Nov. 15, Ross Guckert, the program executive officer at U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), told a packed room of AFCEA Belvoir luncheon attendees that he will be retiring from federal service in January 2024.  

It’s hard to believe it’s November already, and we’re well into our new fiscal year. With it comes a lot of change, and as always, a great deal to share with you. Let’s get right to it:  

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Last fall at the Association of the United States Army’s annual conference, PEO EIS Program Executive Officer Ross Guckert said one of the key pillars in his acquisition organization’s Agile journey was the transformation of how software testing is conducted.

As deputy project manager for Enterprise Services at PEO EIS, Sergio Alvarez helps lead the project office responsible for acquiring, fielding and performing lifecycle sustainment of enterprise-level services supporting many of the Army chief information officer’s largest enterprise initiatives.

U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems' (PEO EIS) Global Combat Support System – Army (GCSS-Army) completed the fielding of its Enterprise Aviation (EAVN) solution to more than 3,300 Army users worldwide at the end of September 2023.

“GovExec” Events Director George Jackson interviewed PEO EIS program executive officer Ross Guckert at the Association of the United States Army’s annual conference on Oct. 10.

The U.S. Army has begun previewing its 21st century talent acquisition solution, the Accessions Information Environment (AIE), to select users from the active-duty Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve.

U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems’ Foreign Military Sales – Army Case Execution System product office and the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command functional proponent held an in-person and virtual industry day Sept. 7, 2023. More than 110 individuals attended the event in-person while 137 participated virtually.