Sustainable Communities Task Force Report

This report summarizes the implementation efforts undertaken when Pres. Clinton asked for: the Council on Sustainable Amer. to begin implementing some of its recommendations; White House offices and Fed. agencies should support the establishment of a Joint Center on Sustainable Communities to implement recommendations in communities across the nation; and the Vice President's effort to implement recommendations with the Admin. Contents: innovative local, state, and regional approaches; new nat'l. opportunities, international leadership, interagency efforts, outreach, and overarching recommendations.

In October 2000, federal Environment Minister David Anderson created the Task Force on a Canadian Information System for the Environment (CISE) to provide advice to him on the design and implementation of an environmental information system. Its aim would be to ensure easy and timely access by decision-makers, citizens, communities, researchers, and the private sector to the reliable information they need to make informed decisions relating to the environment.--Executive summary.