Today’s #PEOEISTeammateTuesday is the Service Desk team that supports the PEO EIS workforce’s information technology, server and telecommunications requirements. In March, the Service Desk rapidly configured desktop workstations and mobile devices, deployed new conferencing bridge numbers and provided teleworking tips to enable telework required in response to COVID-19 social-distancing restrictions. The Service Desk’s on-site support, remote troubleshooting and on-going coordination with Fort Belvoir’s regional network enterprise center enabled the PEO EIS workforce to perform at peak effectiveness during a challenging time. Debbie Taylor, an 18-year Army veteran, leads the 10-person Service Desk team. She answered eight questions.

►► UPCOMING EVENTS

• June 12 – Army Birthday (TBD)

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

FORT BELVOIR, Va. ­­– 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.

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FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Ross R. Guckert accepted the charter to serve as the new program executive officer for the Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) during a May 21 virtual change of charter ceremony livestreamed from Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The Honorable Dr. Bruce D. Jette, the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology (ASA[ALT]) and Army acquisition executive, hosted the ceremony, which had several hundred online viewers.

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia. – The U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) recently announced that Perspecta has been awarded a contract to execute the Acquisition, Testing and Deployment (AT&D) phase of the Business Capability Acquisition Cycle (BCAC) for development of the Army Training Information System (ATIS). ATIS will be the enterprise system for all aspects of Army training. The contract has a total expected value of $237.2 million over the course of 48 months.