During a May 2022 Agile information session for Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), ASA(ALT) Principal Deputy Young Bang said one of the chief benefits of moving from waterfall to Agile software development was risk reduction. 

U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) is working closely with senior Army leaders on an initiative to consolidate and centralize the service’s cyber defense capabilities by piloting a Neighborhood Watch program at EIS. 

Well before the Army’s ongoing transition to Agile software development, U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems’ (PEO EIS) Global Combat Support System – Army (GCSS-Army) product office saw a need to shorten the software testing timeline.   

Rachel Phillips is the deputy product lead for Foreign Military Sales – Army Case Execution System (FMS-ACES) at PEO EIS — a role she assumed in January 2023.

In the midst of U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems’ (PEO EIS) Agile transformation last year, the head of the organization’s Acquisition Innovation Directorate (AID), Aric Sherwood, saw the need for better information sharing at the program level. 

U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems’ (PEO EIS) Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) product office held a virtual industry event Feb. 13 in collaboration with Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI) and the Army Information Systems Engineering Command.

Ross Guckert, program executive officer (PEO) for U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) since May 2020, passed the reins of leadership to incoming PEO William (Bill) Hepworth in a Jan. 19 change of charter ceremony at the Pentagon.

Happy New Year! This is my final Perspective as PEO, as I retire and leave PEO EIS in the most capable hands. I have a few words to leave you with — but first, some important information to share with you as we jump into 2024.

U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) officially shut down its Headquarters Army Environmental System (HQAES) product office Jan. 13, transferring the Army’s environmental program data to the Web Compliance Assessment and Sustainment System-Enterprise (WEBCASS-E) at the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), G-9. WEBCASS-E, a commercial off-the-shelf system used by the Army for over 20 years, will serve as the replacement program and the Army’s enterprise system of record for environmental data.