PEO Pulse - May 29, 2020

►► UPCOMING EVENTS

• June 12 – Army Birthday (TBD)

• June 16 – IPPS-A Inc II Change of Charter Virtual Ceremony (conducted on CVR/Teams)

• June 18 – PEO EIS Virtual Lunch and Learn: A Day in the Life of a Deputy Product Manager/Lead (conducted on CVR/Teams)

• June 23 – Newcomer’s Brief (conducted on CVR/Teams)

• June 26 – WESS Change of Charter Ceremony (details to come)

►► CAREER DEVELOPMENT

JOB OPENING: ASSISTANT PROGRAM MANAGER (ACQUISITION)

PEO EIS has posted a job opening on USAJOBS for assistant program manager (acquisition) at the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center at Fort Belvoir. The position is open to career transition employees, federal employees/competitive service, land and base management employees, and military spouses. The application deadline is June 1. For more information, visit the USAJOBS listing.

►► PEO EIS IN THE NEWS

AKO COMMUNITIES PROVIDE SECURE AND RESTRICTED ACCESS TO 600+ SOLDIER MONOGRAPHS

(May 27, 2020) FORT BENNING, Georgia - “It must not be forgotten that the true use of history, military or civil…is not to make men clever for the next time; it is to make them wiser forever.” British military historian Sir Michael Howard wrote this passage to a generation of officers in 1961.

ARMY FAMILY PAYS VIRTUAL TRIBUTE TO RETIRING PEO EIS LEADER, CHÉRIE SMITH

(May 27, 2020) The May 21 retirement ceremony for Chérie Smith, outgoing program executive officer for Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), may have been non-traditional due to its online format, but it made a powerful impact on its large virtual audience with its heartfelt tributes from senior Army leaders, moving award presentation and emotional words of gratitude from Smith.

OBITUARY: KEVIN CARROLL

(Defense Systems, May 27, 2020) Long-time Army procurement expert Kevin Carroll has passed away.

ROSS GUCKERT APPOINTED TO LEAD PEO EIS

(MeriTalk, May 26, 2020) The Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), whose chief oversees 37 program offices and 71 acquisition programs across the Army and Department of Defense, has a new leader.

INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS TO BE DELIVERED TO ARMY

(Military Embedded Systems, May 26, 2020) WASHINGTON. Blue Prism, company specializing in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), announced that is has partnered with the ImmixGroup to deliver intelligent automation solutions to the U.S. Army via its Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) Program.

►► ARMY NEWS

ARMY RESEARCH ADVANCES STATE-OF-THE-ART CYBERSECURITY METHODS

(Army.mil, May 28, 2020) Soldiers in combat face challenging scenarios on the battlefield as they work to complete their missions. To assist them in the decision making process, Army researchers have discovered a novel cybersecurity technique that will enhance threat detection and prevention for Soldier protection.

ARMY TO HOST VIRTUAL TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE WITH INDUSTRY

(Army.mil, May 28, 2020) ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (May 28, 2020) — The Army will host a virtual exchange of information with industry July 17.

ARMY SEEKING TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL BETTER “HARNESS” ITS DATA

(Fedscoop, May 27, 2020) As the Army continues its efforts to use data as a “strategic asset,” it’s asking for industry help in finding emerging technology to assist day-to-day activities.

SPACEX AND US ARMY SIGN DEAL TO TEST STARLINK BROADBAND FOR MILITARY USE

(Ars Technica, May 26, 2020) The US Army has signed a three-year deal with SpaceX to test the company's Starlink satellite-broadband service, SpaceNews reported today.

ARMY SEEKS NONTRADITIONAL CONTRACTORS TO SUPPORT CYBER TRAINING TECH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

(ExecutiveBiz, May 26, 2020) The U.S. Army is inviting nontraditional defense contractors to participate in a project that aims to integrate new tools into the military service's Persistent Cyber Training Environment.

ARMY’S DATA STRATEGY MOVES THE SERVICE FROM INDUSTRIAL TO INFORMATION AGE

(Federal News Network, May 25, 2020) The Army’s chief information officer said the service has an “operational imperative” to migrate data to a cloud environment. First and foremost, it’s about protecting the force.

INSIDE THE ARMY’S RAPID IT RESPONSE TO COVID-19, WITH LT. GEN. BRUCE CRAWFORD

(Fedscoop, May 22, 2020) At some point during the move to mass telework across the military, the Army could conceivably become the biggest global user of Microsoft‘s Teams collaboration tool.

THE ARMY’S FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS HAVE ENOUGH TECH. HERE’S WHAT THEY NEED NEXT

(Fedscoop, May 22, 2020) The Army’s systems for managing its money are all squared-away with tech.

►► FEDERAL NEWS

GOVERNMENT’S ANNUAL CYBER REPORT SHOWS IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD

(Nextgov, May 28, 2020) The number of government agencies actively exercising measures to account for their contractors’ handling of sensitive federal information is significantly lower than the number meeting other performance criteria in the Federal Information Security Management Act, the government’s main cyber compliance law.

SENATE’S NDAA MARKUP IS TWO WEEKS AWAY. HOW WILL THE PANDEMIC CHANGE THINGS?

(Defense News, May 27, 2020) WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee will mark up its annual defense policy bill the week of June 8, mostly in closed sessions, its leaders announced Tuesday.

A SIMPLER, FASTER WAY FOR DOD AGENCIES TO ACQUIRE CLOUD SERVICES

(Fedscoop, May 26, 2020) Defense agencies looking for a faster way to acquire and utilize cloud services may be overlooking a unique cloud platform already at their fingertips.

WHITE HOUSE TO SEEK COMMENT ON NATIONAL 5G SECURITY STRATEGY

(Nextgov, May 26, 2020) The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has posted a request for public comment on how fifth-generation telecommunications networks should be implemented to support the White House’s strategy for securing the technology.  

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