{"id":211072,"date":"2026-05-08T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/ai-data-exchange-2026-cdaos-andrew-mapes-on-accelerating-ai-adoption-departmentwide\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:10:12","slug":"ai-data-exchange-2026-cdaos-andrew-mapes-on-accelerating-ai-adoption-departmentwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/ai-data-exchange-2026-cdaos-andrew-mapes-on-accelerating-ai-adoption-departmentwide\/","title":{"rendered":"AI &#038; Data Exchange 2026: CDAO\u2019s Andrew Mapes on accelerating AI adoption departmentwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/federalnewsnetwork.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/05\/ai-data-exchange-2026-cdaos-andrew-mapes-on-accelerating-ai-adoption-departmentwide\/\">AI &#038; Data Exchange 2026: CDAO\u2019s Andrew Mapes on accelerating AI adoption departmentwide<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/federalnewsnetwork.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/05\/ai-data-exchange-2026-cdaos-andrew-mapes-on-accelerating-ai-adoption-departmentwide\/\">https:\/\/federalnewsnetwork.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/05\/ai-data-exchange-2026-cdaos-andrew-mapes-on-accelerating-ai-adoption-departmentwide\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-08 13:36:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"federalnewsnetwork.com\">federalnewsnetwork.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Realignment Benefits AI Strategy<\/strong>: Moving the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) under the Office of the Under Secretary for Research and Engineering is positioning CDAO to deliver AI capabilities quickly across the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Focus on Execution and Capabilities<\/strong>: With the consolidation under the Chief Technology Officer, CDAO can now focus more on delivering warfighter capabilities and working with stakeholders to identify enterprise needs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Reduction of Duplicative Efforts<\/strong>: Under Secretary Emil Michael&#8217;s actions to unify innovation organizations and consolidate critical technology areas to six, including AI, aim to eliminate fragmentation and redundancy.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Strategic AI Projects<\/strong>: CDAO has been tasked with spearheading seven &#8220;pace-setting projects&#8221; 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