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 the headlines in this week's edition: • PEO EIS COVID-19 RESOURCES, Q&A • US ARMY CHIEF: HOW COVID-19 WILL IMPACT MODERNIZATION IS A WAIT-AND-SEE SITUATION • CAN THE ARMY CONVINCE CONGRESS IT'S LEARNED FROM FCS?

AESIP Hub Product Lead Nancy Richardson started her civil-service career as a biomedical engineer at the Defense Logistics Agency and has more than 25 years of defense acquisition experience. She answered eight questions about her career and life.

PEO EIS is committed to ensuring the health and safety of our Soldiers, family members, retirees and civilians both at home and abroad. Army medical staff and public health professionals continue to closely monitor the situation and are working with federal, state and local public health personnel for updates. We continue to follow all CDC guidelines and will report to the appropriate county health departments any potential novel coronavirus cases. Protecting the force includes mitigating the spread of the virus and ensuring personnel have the most up-to-date information on appropriate measures to prevent potential spread of COVID-19. Soldiers and civilians who are in the midst of traveling and need assistance should contact the 24-hour Army Service Center at 1-888-276-9472.

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 the headlines in this week's edition: • LYNN SIMS SHARES INSIGHTS ABOUT LEADERSHIP • ARMY PEO EIS AWARDS TASK ORDER TO SUPPORT BROCADE MAINTENANCE • US PARTICIPATION IN DEFENDER 2020 REDUCED AMID CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK • SOLDIER-CENTERED APPROACH HELPING LEAD GROUND MODERNIZATION EFFORTS • THE ARMY ROUGHS OUT ITS $1B CYBER TRAINING CONTRACT

"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.