; and (ii) submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for implementation of such strategy. (B) Elements The implementation plan shall include, at a minimum, the following: (i) An accounting of the efforts undertaken in support of the strategy described in subparagraph (A)(i) since it was issued in June 2016. (ii) A description of any updates or changes to such strategy that have been made since it was first issued, as well as any expected updates or changes in light of the establishment of the task force. (iii) A description of the role of the Department as part of a broader whole-of-government strategy for strategic communications, including assumptions about the roles and contributions of other Government departments and agencies to such a strategy. (iv) Defined actions, performance metrics, and projected timelines to achieve the following specified tasks: (I) Train, educate, and prepare commanders and their staffs, and the Joint Force as a whole, to lead, manage, and conduct operations in the information environment. (II) Train, educate, and prepare information operations professionals and practitioners to enable effective operations in the information environment. (III) Manage information operations professionals, practitioners, and organizations to meet emerging operational needs. (IV) Establish a baseline assessment of current ability of the Department to conduct operations in the information environment, including an identification of the types of units and organizations currently responsible for building and employing information-related capabilities and an assignment of appropriate roles and missions for each type of unit or organization. (V) Develop the ability of the Department and operating forces to engage, assess, characterize, forecast, and visualize the information environment. (VI) Develop and maintain the proper capabilities and capacity to operate effectively in the information environment in coordination with implementation of related cyber and other strategies. (VII) Develop and