"A good leader listens. A good leader walks their talk and inspire others to do the same. They don’t hold onto former decisions and make adjustments when something isn’t working the way they expected. They are accountable for their actions and defend their team." Lynn Sims, Acquisition Manager, I3MP

PEO Chérie Smith delivers her perspective for March 2020. It was my pleasure to announce in our Town Hall last month that former PM IPPS-A Darby McNulty will be joining the headquarters staff as a Highly Qualified Executive (HQE) leading our Transition to Sustainment effort. Discussion during Town Hall also focused on accomplishments thus far in our lines of effort: Talent and Stakeholder Management and ERP and Network Integration.

Victor Hernandez, product manager for Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program (I3MP), recently traveled to Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras, to review current IT modernization efforts. The goal was to synchronize with the major stakeholders on the progress of the Soto Cano IT modernization effort.

In November 2019, the Army deployed its Health Assessment Lite Operations (HALO) software to medical forces in Afghanistan. HALO is a digitized version of the Standard Form (SF) 600 used by DoD medical personnel to document patient treatment for wounded, injured or sick patients. It was developed by the Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4), the Army acquisition program with primary responsibility for providing Army operational health IT capabilities for deployed medical forces.

The "PEO Pulse" is a weekly digest of relevant news, recent PEO EIS events and updates to keep our workforce informed. Take a look at this week's headlines: • Army rolls out a simpler, lighter software to operational medical forces • I3MP conducts quarterly review at Soto Cano Air Base • Army announces xTechSearch5 competition

"PEO EIS is a place where people care about each other. When employees know you care, they are more likely to stick with you." Sandra Foster, Team Lead, Human Resources Directorate

"You have to check your ego at the door." Col. Ed Barker, APEO, PEO EIS

"The only reason I am where I am today is because a boy who barely graduated from high school was curious." Preston Hayward, Deputy Product Lead, CHESS