The Information Infrastructure Task Force (IITF) was created in 1993 by Vice-President Al Gore (through the National Economic Council and the Office of Science and Technology Policy). . Its mission was to articulate and implement the Administration's vision for the National Information Infrastructure (NII). The IITF was chaired by Secretary of Commerce Ronald H. Brown and consisted of high-level representatives of the federal agencies that play a role in advancing the development and application of information technologies.