Section 1016(e) of the IRTPA requires the President to submit an Implementation Plan to Congress within 1 year of enactment. To initially respond to this requirement, the Program Manager, on January 9, 2006 provided to Congress an Interim Implementation Plan Report (iPlan). This interim report describes the 11 requirements stated in IRTPA and provides a road map for developing the comprehensive Implementation Plan for the ISE, which is expected to be submitted to the Congress in July 2006. This interim plan identifies a vision and strategy for the development of the ISE, and describes the corresponding activities to be undertaken by the PM, Federal departments and agencies, State, local, and tribal governments, and private sector entities.

The attacks on 9/11 underscored the fed. government¿s need to facilitate terrorism-related info. sharing among gov¿t., private sector, and foreign stakeholders. In response, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act mandated the creation of the Info. Sharing Environment (ISE), which is an approach for the sharing of terrorism-related info. A Program Manager oversees ISE development with assistance from the Info. Sharing Council, a forum for 16 info. sharing officials from fed. agencies and dep¿ts. This is a report on: (1) what actions have been taken to guide the design and implementation of the ISE; and (2) what efforts have been made to report on progress in implementing the ISE. Includes recommendations. Illustrations.