Less than one year after the Army began rolling out an upgraded version of its Soldier tuition and credentialing assistance portal, ArmyIgnitED, U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems and the Army Credentialing and Continuing Education Services for Soldiers have achieved full deployment of the system, effective Aug. 24, 2023.

It’s hard to believe we are already headed into fall and a new fiscal year. I am amazed by all that PEO EIS and the Army have accomplished this summer, with still more on the horizon for a busy fall season.

Kelly Rutherford started off calendar year 2023 with a new role as product lead for a brand-new product office within PEO EIS’s Defense Integrated Business Systems portfolio — Foreign Military Sales – Army Case Execution System (FMS-ACES).

U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems, recently launched the Army Contract Writing System, a platform designed to provide the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement with a single enterprise writing and management system to streamline the Army contracting process.

On June 30, Project Manager Integrated Enterprise Network (IEN) conducted an assumption of charter ceremony for the Wideband Enterprise Satellite Systems (WESS) Product Management Office.

On Aug. 15, 2023, U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) and Army Contracting Command-Rock Island entered into Other Transaction Authority agreements with three vendors that were selected to develop software prototypes that converge multiple Army business systems into one, known as the Enterprise Business Systems – Convergence (EBS-C).

ArmyIgnitED achieved another key milestone in July with the release of functionality for Army civilians. With the latest capability release, the Army’s voluntary education and training portal is now available to all user groups — Soldiers, cadets and civilians.