Summer is always a time of great transition in Army acquisition programs, and if you are keeping track, we have had quite a few changes in recent months (please see last month’s Perspective for recent leadership changes).

Deidra McCaskill formally accepted the charter for PEO EIS’s Enterprise Content Collaboration and Messaging (EC2M) product office in a virtual assumption of charter ceremony Aug. 20.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Soldiers and Department of the Army civilians tuned into Microsoft Teams on Monday, Aug. 10, to hear Army leaders discuss PEO EIS's Integrated Personnel Pay System-Army (IPPS-A), a new, cutting-edge online human resources (HR) system that is modernizing the force.

Maj. Nicole Meruvia is a confident leader who learned a lot of lessons in the school of hard knocks. As the assistant product manager for two programs—Mission Planning and Threat Emulation—Meruvia helped Defensive Cyber Operations award a Federal Acquisition Regulation-based contract within 90 days under an Agile 874 software-development-program pilot. She answered eight questions about her career and life.

FORT BELVOIR, Va. – Col. Enrique Costas relinquished the charter for PEO EIS’s Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems (DCATS) project office at a virtual ceremony held August 6 on Fort Belvoir.

Deidra McCaskill, the Enterprise Content Collaboration and Messaging (EC2M) product lead, manages five enterprise IT programs and a $137 million annual operating budget. She answered 11 questions about her career and life.

FORT LEE, Va. – The Transportation Coordinators’ Automated Information for Movements System II (TC-AIMS II) is the premiere Army logistics software used for the management of transportation operations.

FORT BELVOIR, Va. – The Army Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) office, in coordination with the Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI), awarded a contract extension for Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software (ITES-SW) on August 5, 2020.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – PEO EIS’s Army Training Information System (ATIS) recently awarded a contract to FEDITC, LLC to acquire the services and materials for the Enterprise Management System (EMS) and the Army Training Help Desk (ATHD).