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ID	AI Initiative	Stage	Description	Sector	Region	AI Bucket	SME
250	DFO Data Centre Chatbot	Development	• Faster access to Data Centre information and processes • Reduced dependency on SMEs and email-based support • Improved staff onboarding...	Strategic Policy	National Capital Region	Interaction and Engagement	Tran, Tan
247	NECTR - Power Apps Solution - AI Copilot integration	Development	We would like to integrate copilot into power apps to be able to help users find and identify data in the database. This will save time for...	Strategic Policy	Not region specific	Interaction and Engagement	Pennie, Colin
227	Github Copilot	Pilot	GitHub Copilot is being piloted at DFO aimed at enhancing developer productivity and exploring the operational value of AI-assisted coding....	Chief Digital Officer	National Capital Region	Infrastructure and Enablement	Balbona, Joseph
215	Projet pilote d’utilisation de M365 Copilot, pour le programme de Protection du poisson et de son habitat (PPPH / FFHPP) Not translated · original: French	Pilot	Utilisation de Microsoft 365 Copilot dans le cadre de la modernisation du PPPH Réflexions sur les possibilités d’optimiser les processus d...	Chief Digital Officer	Quebec	Cognitive and Generative AI	Roy, Vincent
184	Email searches in response to requests	Ideation	Leverage M365 Copilot functionalities to leverage AI to perform email searches in response to certain requests, including those related to A...	Programs Sector	National Capital Region	Automation and Decision Support	Fernandes, Ashley
181	Pacific Aquacutlure Regulations (PAR) Gap Analysis	Pilot	Copilot is being leveraged to develop engagement tools for a regulatory consultation that are intuitive, builds on best practices and existi...	Programs Sector	National Capital Region	Cognitive and Generative AI	Andrade, Margaret
180	Pacific Aquaculture Regulations (PAR) Gap Analysis	Pilot	Copilot is being leveraged to analyze written submissions and meeting notes from the Transition Plan engagement process to identify key them...	Programs Sector	National Capital Region	Cognitive and Generative AI	Andrade, Margaret
179	Change Management center of excellence- AI Assistant	Ideation	Change Management Centre of Excellence – AI Assistant: Using a Copilot agent as our dedicated assistant to support the sector by providing a...	Strategic Policy	National Capital Region	Cognitive and Generative AI	Kiefl, Richard
178	Records of decision for governance committees supporting the CDO	Ideation	Records of Decision for Governance Committees Supporting the Chief Digital Office: Leveraging the transcript function in Microsoft Teams to...	Strategic Policy	National Capital Region	Automation and Decision Support	Kiefl, Richard
84	Daily Use	Pilot	Dashboard Development, Used the standalone M365 version of Copilot to assist with coding.	Programs Sector	National Capital Region	Cognitive and Generative AI	Newman, Candace
26	Generative AI in intranet Internet content creation	Ideation	Integrate Generative AI capacity right into Drupal CMS to help users create draft content, ease translation, generate images, tags and metad...	Chief Digital Officer	Quebec	Cognitive and Generative AI	Bussieres, Martin
6	ITSD internal chatbot	Development	ITSD is currently implementing a simple chatbot leveraging Copilot, to streamline access to its knowledge base for our agents. This initiati...	Chief Digital Officer	Quebec	Interaction and Engagement	Miousse, Gaétan
3	Labels Pilot	Pilot	We are looking into using Labels back end for smart labels as well as a free copilot agent for the departement to use in order to validate a...	Chief Digital Officer	National Capital Region	Automation and Decision Support	Bartoli, Saul
2	Change Management and AI	Ideation	We wish to leverage AI for the change management group. this will leverage copilot for now or more elevated tools, but it will, consolidate...	Chief Digital Officer	National Capital Region	Cognitive and Generative AI	Tsang, Paul
1	M365 Copilot Pilot	Pilot	We are running the Copilot Licensed pilot to see the use of Copilot as an elevated assistant. We are looking into how productive it can help...	Chief Digital Officer	National Capital Region	Cognitive and Generative AI	Tremblay, Julien

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DFO Data Centre Chatbot
• Faster access to Data Centre information and processes • Reduced dependency on SMEs and email-based support • Improved staff onboarding and operational efficiency • Supports GoC digital-first and AI-enablement direction

Development Strategic Policy Interaction and Engagement
247
NECTR - Power Apps Solution - AI Copilot integration
We would like to integrate copilot into power apps to be able to help users find and identify data in the database. This will save time for users looking to identify and extract data from the system. We currently have almost 500 users, so enabling AI for this would save a lot of time for these employees.

Development Strategic Policy Interaction and Engagement
227
Github Copilot
GitHub Copilot is being piloted at DFO aimed at enhancing developer productivity and exploring the operational value of AI-assisted coding. Stats: (90-day period) - 27,584 lines of code were accepted - 17,801 prompts were accepted - Potential savings of $144K ($50/hour developer) based on 40 developers

Pilot Chief Digital Officer Infrastructure and Enablement
215
Projet pilote d’utilisation de M365 Copilot, pour le programme de Protection du poisson et de son habitat (PPPH / FFHPP)
Utilisation de Microsoft 365 Copilot dans le cadre de la modernisation du PPPH Réflexions sur les possibilités d’optimiser les processus du programme en s’appuyant sur l’utilisation de M365 Copilot.

Pilot Chief Digital Officer Cognitive and Generative AI
184
Email searches in response to requests
Leverage M365 Copilot functionalities to leverage AI to perform email searches in response to certain requests, including those related to ATI/P

Ideation Programs Sector Automation and Decision Support
181
Pacific Aquacutlure Regulations (PAR) Gap Analysis
Copilot is being leveraged to develop engagement tools for a regulatory consultation that are intuitive, builds on best practices and existing requirements, and adopts a tone and approach that is adequate for the general public.

Pilot Programs Sector Cognitive and Generative AI
180
Pacific Aquaculture Regulations (PAR) Gap Analysis
Copilot is being leveraged to analyze written submissions and meeting notes from the Transition Plan engagement process to identify key themes, concerns, and suggestions. It helps summarise large aounts of input that help detect gaps in the feedback - such as missing perspectives, underrepresented topics, or unclear areas - enabling AD to plan more targeted and inclusive future engagement and consultations on the PAR amendments. Copilot also helps to dig into input in a more manageable way.

Pilot Programs Sector Cognitive and Generative AI
179
Change Management center of excellence- AI Assistant
Change Management Centre of Excellence – AI Assistant: Using a Copilot agent as our dedicated assistant to support the sector by providing answers to questions on change management strategies, services, tools and templates.

Ideation Strategic Policy Cognitive and Generative AI
178
Records of decision for governance committees supporting the CDO
Records of Decision for Governance Committees Supporting the Chief Digital Office: Leveraging the transcript function in Microsoft Teams to formalize records of decision and streamline follow-up on action items.

Ideation Strategic Policy Automation and Decision Support
84
Daily Use
Dashboard Development, Used the standalone M365 version of Copilot to assist with coding.

Pilot Programs Sector Cognitive and Generative AI
26
Generative AI in intranet Internet content creation
Integrate Generative AI capacity right into Drupal CMS to help users create draft content, ease translation, generate images, tags and metadata. Technologie already exists, need to be security reviewed, integrated and configured. Challenge, web infrastructure team capacity

Ideation Chief Digital Officer Cognitive and Generative AI
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ITSD internal chatbot
ITSD is currently implementing a simple chatbot leveraging Copilot, to streamline access to its knowledge base for our agents. This initiative aims to further improve the speed and quality of service provided by our technicians by enabling them to quickly locate the information they need to provide support and service to clients.

Development Chief Digital Officer Interaction and Engagement
3
Labels Pilot
We are looking into using Labels back end for smart labels as well as a free copilot agent for the departement to use in order to validate a user's classification. if we could fund the "query" fund for the user community we could point the Free agent to consume DFO specific Information on Information Classification. as for the other option we will need to ensure we have items to feed the machine learning.

Pilot Chief Digital Officer Automation and Decision Support
2
Change Management and AI
We wish to leverage AI for the change management group. this will leverage copilot for now or more elevated tools, but it will, consolidate the meeting notes, and leverage a sharepoint site to gather related information. we would also like it to be able to review the impact and provide an unofficial assessement We would only need readyness and support to look into it.

Ideation Chief Digital Officer Cognitive and Generative AI
1
M365 Copilot Pilot
We are running the Copilot Licensed pilot to see the use of Copilot as an elevated assistant. We are looking into how productive it can help people perform their work, reduce administratrive tasking We have 300 licenses, but we also have all DFO users available for a smaller version of Copilot that could be leveraged.

Pilot Chief Digital Officer Cognitive and Generative AI