Advisory Council on the National Information Infrastructure

President Clinton established the Advisory Council on the National Information Infrastructure (NII) by Executive Order 12864 on September 15, 1993, to advise the Secretary of Commerce on matters related to the development of the NII. In addition, the Council was set up to advise the Secretary on a national strategy for promoting the development of a NII. The intent of the NII was to integrate hardware, software, and skills to make it easy and affordable to connect people, through the use of communication and information technology, with each other and with a vast array of services and information resources. Within the Department of Commerce, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration was designated to provide secretariat services for the Council.