 Established by the Markle Foundation, the task force was a bipartisan collaboration of national security experts from six presidential administrations, as well as senior information technology executives and privacy and civil liberties advocates.In its reports, the task force recommended ways to use information and information technology to establish national information systems that would both protect privacy and prevent terror.Many of the task force's recommendations informed the "9/11 Commission Report" and were later incorporated in executive orders and legislation.