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. 

The Enterprise Business Systems – Convergence (EBS-C) project management office (PMO) at U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) has a pivotal year ahead.  

A systems engineer with more than 25 years of IT experience, Andrew Parr leads the cloud, facilities engineering and systems engineering teams at the Acquisition Logistics and Technology Enterprise Systems and Services (ALTESS) product office in Radford, Virginia.

U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) and the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement (ODASA(P)) are building on the success of the initial launch of the Army Contract Writing System (ACWS) by rolling it out to an additional 400 users across a dozen states and locations outside of the continental United States.

With nearly a quarter of a century of service to the U.S. Army, the Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) product office — part of Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) — is considered an old-timer in the acquisition world. Around five years ago, following deep-dive discussions among Army senior leaders, the decision was made to retire the program.