Quick Hits

*** The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a new contract for a dashboard that will lay the groundwork for the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program to take advantage of artificial intelligence, machine learning and CDM's vast stores of data. ECS Federal, a Fairfax, Va.-based subsidiary of ASGN Inc., is the awardee. Read more in GCN.

*** Dan Helfrich, incoming CEO of Deloitte Consulting LLP, writes in Washington Technology about what he's learned about mission, collaboration and scale over the course of a long career in the government market.

*** The Office of Personnel Management is encouraging agencies to allow employees affected by a 100-day Metro repair project to take advantage of telework and flexible work schedules. The train platform reconstruction project will see six Blue Line and Yellow Line stations completely closed between May 25 and September 8.